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New firmware for Draytek firewalls
Draytek have release new firmware for their latest range of Vigor firewalls (the 2830) range. This includes a number of improvements and we will automatically upgrade the firmware for our customers who subscribe to our fixed price service service. If … Continue reading
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Problem with Sophos Endpoint & Small Business products update
Please see the below technical alert we received from Sophos affecting 32 bit versions of XP and 2003 only. Please give us a call if you require any assistance with this problem. Sophos Technical Alert Important Advisory about Sophos Endpoint … Continue reading
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Skype scam
One of our customers today reported that they received what appeared to be service call from Skype today. As it appeared to be official the call was answered and an automated system proceeded to advise that viruses had been detected … Continue reading
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Beware – Is your Microsoft software legal?
A company in Chester have been fined £24,000 after being caught using unlicensed copies of Microsoft Office! http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/02/10/bsa_big_charges/ A label company near Chester has handed over £24,800 after it was caught by the Business Software Alliance using unlicensed copies of … Continue reading
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Internet Explorer security vulnerability
Microsoft have discovered a vulnerability in how Internet Explorer deals with MHTML web pages. Generally you won’t come across many MHTML web pages so Microsoft have released a work around tool to prevent MHTML from running in Internet Explorer until … Continue reading
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How to create a VPN connection from your PC to the office
This is a request that we have had quite a few times over the last few days so I thought I might as well post it here for all to see. (Note that below should be sufficient to create a … Continue reading
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Take control of Internet access
Most business allow all personnel to access the Internet, however there is usually little control in place to allow you to report what sites are visited or block unwanted website types. There is a free way to take general control … Continue reading
New AVG 2011
The latest version of AVG has recently been launched, AVG 2011 provides the ultimate protection for everything you do online. Simblox is currently testing the new version and will be rolling it out to clients in the near future. For … Continue reading
Telephone scam
This is one that has been around for a while but worth bringing up again as a number of people are still getting caught by it. If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft (or … Continue reading
October's Microsoft Patches
A large number of patches this month affecting most systems and software. Testing has shown some issues with Companyweb on SBS2008 but everything else looks ok to be rolled out to everyone soon