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Windows 10 Anniversary Update — takes awhile
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0Well, Microsoft’s free Windows 10 Upgrade offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8 expired at the end of July. If you recently upgraded before that deadline, be prepared for another major Update, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Yes, it’s been over a year now since Windows 10 was released. Be prepared to set aside around
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Ready or Not — free Windows 10 Upgrade ending soon
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0If you’re still getting nags on your PC to upgrade to Windows 10, then either I hope that’s an oversight you’ll address before the end of July, or you really do not want the Upgrade. PC World’s article “10 reasons to reject Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade” summarizes why some people are not upgrading. However,
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PC Support Phone Scams — three month study
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0PC World recently posted an article “What I learned playing prey to Windows scammers” by a senior writer at InfoWorld. That article summarizes what was learned over a 3-month period from phone contact with companies claiming to be “Windows Technical Services” or “Windows Security Services” or “Windows Service Center” or another similar name. “I am
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Email spoofing — a reminder to be alert
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0Malwarebytes Labs’ blog recently posted an article about email spoofing. It’s a good reminder about following best practices — ways to avoid scams. Email spoofing basically comes down to sending emails with a false sender address. This can be used in various ways by threat actors. Obviously pretending to be someone else can have its
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Windows 10 Upgrade sneakiness — latest trick
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0Last week I received a panicky call from a client. The Windows 10 Upgrade was being installed without her permission! She’d not done anything different for the last months — in response to all the nagging to Upgrade, she just clicked on the “X” button in the pop-up. She didn’t want Windows 10 on her