Sometimes viruses are simply a hassle and time-consumer. In the worst cases they can mean a total reinstallation of your operating system—and sometimes damage to your hardware. With the recent spate of virus threats, it’s a good time to revisit your company’s virus and malware protection. While the only absolute defense is to totally unplug

In today’s age of identity theft and digital pilfering, properly disposing of sensitive business data is absolutely critical to ensure your business is protected.   Here are a few quick tips for proper disposal of media such as tapes or hard drives. The best way to dispose of tapes or floppy disks is to shred them.  Alternatively, you

 On a regular basis, we come across users on company networks that have “self infected” their computers with viruses, malware (malicious computer programs), spy ware or some other bad computer program.   Why “self inflicted”?  Well how did their computer become infected? A web advertisement popped up saying “Your computer is infected with a virus.

Every month, your companies lose thousands of dollars of productivity to Internet abuse.  A recent IDC poll estimates that “between 30% and 40% of all time spent online at work is not work related”.   That potentially represents a big finanical hit for businesses.  If you find that hard to believe, simply put it to the