HM Revenue & Customs Email Scam
There is a new email circulating, informing the recipient they are subject to a Tax Refund, the email at first glance looks to have come from HMRC. The recipient
The importance of backup
We recently had a visit from a client whose laptop had suffered hard disk problems. Unfortunately, as there was no backup available, we had to try to recover the data on the
And now, and iTunes scam…
A few weeks ago, we wrote about a phone-based scam that had come to the fore. If we wanted, we could make every one of blog posts about one or more of
The future is fibre
Zen Internet, the broadband provider we recommend due to the quality and reliability of their service, have announced a new Fibre Optic Broadband offering, with download speeds of ‘up to 40Mbps’ and upload speeds of ‘up to 10Mbps’.
Beware of phony tech-support phone calls
“Hello! It’s Microsoft Tech Support here. We’re calling as our systems have detected a virus present on your PC. No… don’t worry… we can fix it remotely. All you have to do is follow
Why hard drives are playing hard to get
For the last two weeks we have seen limited availability of hard drives, but since Friday stocks are now looking OK at our two main distributors. The cause?
How to avert IT disasters – and recover quickly when they do occur
Last week one of our clients’ servers suffered a major failure. We quickly ascertained that the server was well and truly dead. The company in question – just like many businesses over
Tweet this and post it on Facebook: SMEs are at risk from social media based security breaches
The IT security of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been called into question by an enlightening new survey. Worryingly, the survey revealed that 40% of SMEs
BT broadband customers hit by power (and customer service) failure
BT broadband customers across the country – including several Priority IT clients – were unable to get online further to a power failure at an important exchange in Birmingham last
Zen Internet wins yet more awards
Zen Internet has been awarded the PC Pro Best ISP for the eighth time at this year’s PC Pro Excellence Awards held on 29th September. Zen