by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Services, Uncategorized, Upgrades, What We Do
We will be open on Saturdays again with new hours! Come and drop your computer off or pick them up between 9 am and 12 noon!
by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
The Nasty List is a phishing scam that has been circulating on Instagram and targeting login credentials. The Instagram post looks like one of the following: If you end up clicking on it to see what it’s all about it is going to send you to a fake login site. ...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
TrickBot is a banking Trojan that is spread through phishing emails with attachments. These emails are well written and very official looking without the grammatical errors that we have come to associate with scams. After you open the attachment, TrickBot is...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
The latest ransomware is called Unnam3d and is demanding a $50 gift card from Amazon. The email pretends that it’s from Adobe Flash Player for an update. It looks similar to this: After the attachment is opened from the email it starts to move your files from...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
What happens? Hackers spoof the phone number on the back of your credit card to call and alert you to a fraudulent charge. They ask you to verify the CVV code on the back of your card. Everything sounds right. The person on the other end of the phone has even...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
BatMobi is an Advertisement Software Development Kit (Ad SDK). This is software added to an app that connects to ads. It’s not necessarily malicious, just irritating. It’s how developers can offer free apps but still make money. Most BatMobi installs are...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
Researchers have noticed an overall decrease in ransomware over the last year, however, the one that seems to be hanging in there and actually increasing is called ‘Shade.’ This ransomware is sent as an email attachment with an urgent note to open it...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized, What We Do
In January of 2018 HP recalled 150,000 devices because of defective batteries that were overheating, melting or causing fires and possible burning people. They have recently expanded that recall to include another 78,000 plus devices with defective batteries. Which...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, Info/Contact, News, Uncategorized
This term is used to describe accounts that been closed for a while and reopened. There are three ways that these accounts can ‘come back to life’ if you will: 1: Accidentally. 2: ‘Targeted,’ which means that someone intentionally uses an...
by The Same Day Computer Team | Mar 18, 2019 | Blog, Front Page, News, Uncategorized
Ever wonder how hackers get their tools? A lot of them purchase them and their victims on line. Sometimes not even on the ‘dark web’! There recently was a Rasomware-as-a-Service advertised on Twitter! It shows what the cost will be for purchasing the...
