McGeeks Blog

We write about the threats of viruses, spyware and malware a lot, but it’s still what we’re most often asked about so we are happy to continue trying to provide you with the best information we can find on the subjects.
The bottom line with these threats is that while a majority can be cleaned or [...]

Businesses struggle with securing their Information and Data against intentional and unintentional breaches on a daily basis. Everything from hackers to hardware failures pose a threat to digital files, but one area many businesses overlook or tend to not be cautious enough in is the Internet access of their employees.

Information leaks
Hackers
Spyware and Malware
Virus and Trojan [...]

We’ve received a few messages recently from people who unfortunately found their PC’s infected with the Vundo Trojan. Some have called it a virus, but it’s really a trojan horse which most often causes popups and other dubious and unwanted advertising to appear on your screen.
This trojan horse has also been used by some malicious [...]

My friend has taken her Laptop to a local shop for security “clean ups” 5 times in the last year because she believed it had been compromised by either a virus or some form of spyware. Each clean up trip costing her $74.95
That’s almost $400 in one year to do what she probably could have [...]

We talk about this topic often here, but the fact is people tend to hear the warnings but not act upon them until after they’ve experienced a problem.
Waiting until after some malicious hacker steals your personal information, credit card numbers or even identity is not a good plan, so we’ll continue offering tips like these [...]