What is a Registry? Before going into detail about cleaning your computer’s registry, first I want to discuss your registry is. The registry within your PC holds details about every piece of your computer. For instance where programs are stored, which programs are in your Start menu, which programs have shared applications, and so much […]
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Kanawha County Schools Struggles To Regain Access Another county school was victimized by ransomware this week. Kanawha County Schools, located in Charleston, West Virginia was hit with ransomware on January 11, 2017. As of today, January 13, 2017, the school continues to work on regaining access to their encrypted files. Officials are not reporting the
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PC Pitstop was founded in November 1999 by Rob Cheng and Dave Methvin with the sole purpose of creating a better way to diagnose common computer problems. We’ve released several products since then including Optimize, Disk MD, PC Magnum, Erase, Exterminate and most recently, PC Matic! PC Matic was released in 2009 with our whitelist
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As if our jobs as IT admins isn’t difficult enough, hackers have taken to finding misconfigured MongoDB databases, and are holding them hostage, until a ransom has been paid. Similar to traditional ransomware, where files on a computer are encrypted until a fee has been paid, databases, are being held hostage, instead. The modus operandi
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Ransomeware hit yet another medical facility. On August 30, 2016, ransomware struck the Susan M. Hughes Center, impacted both office locations. The Center is located in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. This attack impacted over 11,000 patient records. However, the Center did not inform the patients of the security issue until late
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PC Matic includes a scheduler that allows you to set up a scan and clean for any time period you would like! Pairing this with SuperShield means you can sit back and not worry about your computers protection. We even include email reports so you can get a summary from your computer after it has
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Tech support scams are all over. One of the most popular are scams occurring includes cyber criminals posing as Microsoft’s technical support. This isn’t a new scam, but remains widely used. Microsoft BSoD Support Scams For those who are unaware, the Microsoft BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) tech support scam is a screen that takes over your PC,
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If you’re having an issue trying to make sure PC Matic is working, you’ve come to the right place! There are a few simple ways to ensure that PC Matic is working on your systems. To start, PC Matic has two functions that you may want to ensure are working, real-time protection and scanning. Both
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We must find a way to catch cyber criminals who continue to victimize businesses and home computer users, worldwide. Cyber criminals made $1 billion in ransomware payments alone in 2016. If and when these hackers are caught, what is an adequate punishment? Punishment For Cyber Criminals – Or Lack Thereof Krasimir Nikolova, a Bulgarian native, was extradited to the
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PC Pitstop is pleased to announce that Malwarebytes is no longer flagging PC Matic as a potentially unwanted program. Both applications can once again co-exist on systems. The Malwarebytes detection began on December 5th, and we initiated efforts to resolve the issue. On December 23rd, we made contact with the proper people at Malwarebytes. After
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