by Rob Marlowe | Feb 21, 2017 | GEEKNOTES
This is an example of a “phishing” email that is designed to trick you into giving the bad guys your login credentials so that they can empty your bank account. In the real email, if you clicked on the “login” button, it would have taken you...
by Rob Marlowe | Jun 15, 2015 | GEEKNOTES
Hardly a day goes by without a news report somewhere about hackers breaking into one system or another. The biggest single factor that most of these breakins have in common is that the system or network was protected with a weak password. [I] Jun 11 4:22:52...
by Rob Marlowe | Aug 17, 2014 | GEEKNOTES
GEEKNOTE: We special ordered a very nice HP notebook for one of our customers this past week. This customer subscribes to one of our “Safe Computing Package” offerings, so the setup of the computer was at no additional cost. Windows 7 is different enough...
by Rob Marlowe | Jul 7, 2014 | GEEKNOTES
GEEKNOTE: I awoke this morning to the sound of thunder. The unsettled weather gives us the opportunity for rain showers almost daily and those showers frequently include lightning. The Tampa Bay area is known for lightning storms. If lightning hits your house or...
by Rob Marlowe | Jun 22, 2014 | GEEKNOTES
GEEKNOTE: I mentioned last week that I have a bunch of webinars coming up. Three of them were this past Tuesday and I supplemented them on Friday and Saturday with additional training courses. Several of the courses were interesting, including a series on email...
by Rob Marlowe | Jun 15, 2014 | GEEKNOTES
GEEKNOTE: Some weeks are crazy busy with everyone just trying to keep up with the work coming in the door. Other weeks are like the past one where we all get the chance to catch our breath and learn some new tricks. I’ve had some new web authoring tools to...
