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6 Ways to Help Identify a Malicious Email Remember when you could easily identify phishing emails because they all came from a foreign prince who wanted to share his wealth with you? As with all cyber attacks, malicious emails have evolved to the point where they look like they came from the person or company the bad actor is trying to imitate. Here are some things to watch out for: You don’t know or trust the sender – Not all malicious emails come from an unknown sender (see Google Docs Phishing Attack), but many will. Spelling errors – These could be in the company name, email domain, or anywhere throughout the email. The “To:” line looks suspicious – This could mean it is blank or contains an email address that doesn’t look legitimate. You are asked to verify account information or an order you don’t remember placing – When in doubt, do not click links in the email. Go to the webpage you typically log into without clicking links and make changes and/or verify ...

Installer Fails and Rollback. Nowadays users reported that they are not able to install applications. When they try to install any of the application it stuck and rollback to the previous state mentioning installer fail. This can happen on any OS, though reason for failure of installation could be different. Windows installer plays major role in installation as well as configuration of any application in OS. In case, installer is failed or dependencies files of installer are corrupt you will get issues while performing the task.   The best solution for such problem is updating Windows OS regularly. Patches and security updates are already deployed by the Windows team regularly, though they are also deploying service pack and update properties for different issues at the interval. By enabling these options, you can protect your computer from hacking and virus attacks as well.  Nowadays, OS are with full security features and it takes less time to update the ...

Why businesses need a UPS Power outages caused by utility failure, accidents, and natural disasters such as storms, flooding, or earthquakes are inevitable. There’s very little you can do to prevent any of these from happening, but you can avoid the consequences to your business by using an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). What is an uninterruptible power supply? An uninterruptible power supply is an essential piece of hardware that protects both your computer and your data. It provides a backup power source in case of main power failures caused by electrical current problems such as blackouts, brownouts, and power spikes. Smaller UPS units can protect individual computers while larger models can power multiple devices or an entire office. Small businesses can opt for individual UPS units, which should be enough to back up critical computers and other devices that are key to business continuity. Benefits of having UPS It’s a known fact that power outages can dama...