Trend Micro 3 | 4 | 2 deal coming to end soon, but it’s not too late to be...
December 31st is the last day to take advantage of the Trend Micro “3 | 4 | 2″ deal, where you buy two years of Trend Micro anti-virus protection and get the third year for free for new purchases! The...
View ArticleSecure IT Alert: December Firefox Update Fixes 13 Critical Vulnerabilities...
Homeland Secure IT Alert Homeland Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, December 14, 2010 In an effort to keep the Firefox browser secure, updates have been released that address multiple vulnerabilities. If...
View ArticleVirus cleanup and removal tops the list of typical computer repair and...
As 2010 draws to a close, I have been looking back over the service that Homeland Secure IT has performed and talking with other computer service techs about the work that has come through our doors...
View ArticleGreenville computer repair and virus removal service special #Greenville
Our Gift To You - Affordable Service Computer running slow? It could have a virus…. WE CAN HELP! Bring your workstation or notebook to our office at 104 Mauldin Rd, STE E in Greenville where we will...
View ArticleThe best resolution for 2011: Backup your computer and server regularly!
Yes, I keep beating this horse, but not a week goes by that we are not reminded how important backups are for businesses and individuals! Happy New Year 2011 This week, a gentleman sent us his Lexar 16...
View ArticlePatch your Mac, patch your Windows, patch your Microsoft Groove too… #patches
Homeland Secure IT Alert Homeland Secure IT Alert for Thursday, March 10, 2011 It has been patch city this past week… Let’s start off with the Mac stuff for a change… Apple Mac OS X 10.5.x...
View ArticleDo firewall appliances expire like a carton of milk?
Something that many people don’t know is that there are actually expiration dates on hardware and software. Let’s say you buy a Cisco ASA 5505 security appliance (firewall) for your business, and you...
View ArticleSecure IT Alert: Zero Day Adobe Flash Vulnerability Results in Attacks on...
Homeland Secure IT Alert Homeland Secure IT Alert for Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Adobe has warned of a new zero day vulnerability the other day that is being used to exploit users of Adobe Flash Player,...
View ArticleSecure IT Alert: Apple Mac OS X Update Patches 57 Vulnerabilities #mac #osx...
Homeland Secure IT Alert Homeland Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Apple Mac OS X owners will be happy to know that they have not been forgotten and that 57 vulnerabilities that affect all...
View ArticleSecure IT Alert: Adobe offers Zero Day Flash exploit patch for Apple Mac OS...
Homeland Secure IT Alert Homeland Secure IT Alert for Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Adobe has released out-of-cycle updates earlier this week that affect Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat across many...
View ArticlePlease stop following every link through that you see in email, Facebook,...
Being in the computer service business, every day we are seeing more and more computers that have been compromised, whether they are Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, it doesn’t matter. Even...
View ArticleSensitive data on your computers? Get it encrypted… NOW!
The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System notebook that was stolen from an employee’s car this year has caused concern for many individuals who’s records were contained on that device. (Story Here)...
View ArticleApple Mac hardware failures… (hard drive, power supply, video card) Why so high?
Here’s a question for you all… Why is the apparent rate of hardware failure higher with Apple Mac products than with Microsoft Windows based products? Homeland Secure IT’s typical client is a Windows...
View ArticleSecurity consultancy advises enterprise clients to steer clear of adopting...
An article in The Register states, “Beware of Macs in enterprise” due to the findings by iSec Partners who claim large numbers of Macs are “in many ways more vulnerable than recent versions of...
View ArticleAdobe Updates for Shockwave, Flash Media Server, Flash Player, AIR, Photoshop...
Running Adobe products? Of course you are! There are number of updates available that you need to apply. Please, if you are prompted to install these updates, do so. If not, make sure they are...
View ArticleDon’t trust those external portable USB hard drives with your important data!
I’ve posted this before… External, portable, USB hard drives are convenient to store some data on, but dang it, don’t put everything on one and trust that it is forever and always going to be there...
View ArticleApple’s Mac OS X Lion poses enterprise security risks (this is not a repeat)…
Using Mac’s in your enterprise? You will want to read this article http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/26/mac_osx_lion_security_hole/… This is kind of a big deal, as it underscores that Mac OS X Lion...
View Articlemysql.com website hacked and used to serve malware to visitors
In what is becoming way too common, the popular site, mysql.com was exploited, and used to distribute malware by redirecting visitors to another site this week. Anyone browsing to mysql.com yesterday...
View ArticleOctober updates for Apple products… Patch ’em up!
Apple released a slew of updates to address major security vulnerabilities this week… Be sure get your devices up to date… OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 iTunes 10.5 Safari 5.1.1 iOS 5...
View ArticleMicrosoft is trying to tempt you to use Internet Explorer 9 with the offer of...
Come to the dark side - We have cookies, and downloads. Are you using something other than Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) for your web browser? A growing number of you are, and Microsoft does not...
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