THE WEEKEND SNOOZE...
MICROSOFT AND WINDOWS 8.1
If you never updated to Windows 8.1 you may want to rethink that now because Microsoft's updates will ONLY install on computers with 8.1 (no 8.0). While it didn't bring back the start menu everyone wanted, and didn't seem worth the bother at the time, Microsoft and it's mighty sledgehammer of power is making sure you do [remember, the late August update to finally give Windows 8.1.1 a start menu has been cancelled].
SMACK DOWN IN HACK TOWN
Hackers responsible for "ZEUS" and the much hated "CRYPTOLOCKER" malware were swarmed like bee's by various agencies, arrested and the operation was shutdown. This doesn't mean there isn't any 2nd tier units standing by to fill in the gaps left by the arrests, but it's a step in the right direction. For more about this story you can find an article HERE.
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| New infections of the Cryptolocker ransomware plummeted to nearly nothing after the takedown of the Gameover Zeus botnet earlier this week. (Image: Heimdal Security.) |
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A MICROSOFT EMAIL TO LOG INTO YOUR WIN 8 PC
When starting up your new Windows 8 computer it asks you for your Microsoft email and password to be used for logging into your computer. If you don't have one there is a link so you can create one and continue with your computer setup. If you click on that link, the usual "fill in the blanks" form is seen, but if you look lower you'll see a link saying something along the line of "Skip this and don't use a Microsoft email login". Click on that and you can setup your computer like you always did.
One last thing: Check your current JAVA version. It's been at JAVA 7.55 for awhile but it's now 7.60.
Enjoy your weekend -
'Nuff Said,
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