Cryptolocker Ransomware Threat Has Been Stopped
The Department of Justice declared victory over the Cryptolocker Trojan, calling its global operation against the Gameover Zeus botnet effective in completely knocking out the infrastructure used to communicate with the notorious ransomware. Cryptolocker emerged in 2013, crippling consumer and business PCs by encrypting the files and demanding victims pay a fee for the key […]
Continue Reading...Third Annual Back to School Kick-Off Event
Back to School Repair Offers & Discounts! It’s Back to School season and Orange County Computer® is teaming up with The Jessie Rees Foundation, NEGU, to send hope and joy to kids fighting cancer. Kids are headed back to school and parents are scrambling to arm them with all the necessary tools to succeed in the upcoming […]
Continue Reading...Microsoft Will End Some Windows 7 Support
Microsoft, in a document posted recently to its product support website, is reminding Windows 7 customers that it’ll be ending some support for the nearly five-year-old operating system next January. Microsoft will stop providing what it calls “mainstream” support for all versions of Windows 7 on Jan. 13, 2015. But as noted by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, this doesn’t […]
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