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How was Christmas for you?

Written by Matt B · first published 27/12/2010
Funny Pictures - Christmas Cats
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Boxing day blues?

Written by Matt B · first published 26/12/2010
Another one of those holiday Seasons is done and dusted.

How was your festive day?

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Too manee shinees fur my brain to handul!

Written by Matt B · first published 23/12/2010
funny pictures - Too manee shinees fur my brain to handul!
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Tech Support Cold Caller Scam

Written by Matt B · first published 13/12/2010
It looks like the pre-Christmas scams are out in full force again. I've just had a phone call from a guy clearly not based in the UK claiming to be a legitimate partner of Microsoft who has been informed that my windows PC had a virus problem. Given that I do not use Microsoft on my PC it was a dead give away that the guy was talking rubbish.

When pressed he changed his story and said that Microsoft had not informed him of this fact but that my details (which he read out to me) had come from "a computer mailing list". He claimed his company was called "Smart Solutions" but Google has yet to hear about such an important Microsoft partner.

You guessed it this is of course a scam. The name of the company changes but the aim is to get a couple of hundred quid out of you by making you think that your computer is at risk and that it was your fault. A full write up of the Smart Solutions Tech Support Scam can be found on my technical blog.

The short version is - please don't download anything or hand over cash if a cold caller suggests that you need to. Virus and Malware remove costs £0.00 and pro packages cost very little for a years subscription. Also Microsoft Live Update would take care of anything that Microsoft is that worried about. That's free too.
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