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On the Lookout for Tech Spam
Spam 101
From Our Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair
Technology scams are running rampant right now, whether they come by email, phone call, and now text messaging. We have had several customers reach out about texts that look to be from their bank asking to "verify information." Be vigilant when dealing with any communications via phone call, email, or text that regard any exchange of money or "verifying" any account information with a link or number to call.
Our recommendations are as follows:
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Is the Windows 11 Upgrade for You?
Windows 11
From Your Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair
(If you own a Mac, this doesn't apply, your OS is updated yearly.)
Many of us have seen the update for Microsoft's newest operating system (OS), Windows 11 come through on our laptop or desktop PC. Some of you have likely had it automatically applied.
If you have NOT seen the update, your computer may be too old to upgrade. This is not a cause for concern!
Anyone can stay safely on Windows 10 unti...
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2022: Your Technology Checklist
2022: New Tech Habits
From Your Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair
A few ideas and some new, some old - tried and true… start 2022 with some new tech practices!
- Backup, backup, backup! Whether you rotate a flash drive or hard drive, or use an online/cloud backup service, backing up and checking that backup is critical. Irreplaceable or important family photos/documents/files? Back up to the cloud.
- Set a reminder every week to perform general tech maintenance: check your backup, scan for malware, apply any w...
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Dealing with Junk Email
More Email Best Practices: How should you handle junk email?
From Your Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair
A spoofed profile is where a scammer copies your profile and pretends to be you. The scammers use the information that the original profile makes public. This includes
We all are familiar with that random email from a weird sender that makes it into your inbox, that phishing attempt on your non-existent Dropbox account, a message to verify your Apple ID, or even emails you may have subscribed to that are jus...
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Facebook: Spoofed Profiles
What is a "spoofed" profile?
From Your Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair
A spoofed profile is where a scammer copies your profile and pretends to be you. The scammers use the information that the original profile makes public. This includes profile pictures, location(s), and biography information, so they are very convincing. Oftentimes, these spoofed profiles send out another friend request to people on copied profile's friends list. While more and more people are becoming aware that this is an...
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