One morning, you check your email and there’s one with a very threatening title. You open it. A hacker claims to have recorded an embarrassing video from your webcam without your knowledge! They claim to have all your contacts too and then it gets scarier. There it is – your old password (or maybe you’re […]

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Mac users weren’t always used to using anti-virus software. In fact, several years ago there were few choices and most were a bit pricey. Very few viruses were written to exploit the Mac operating system (OS) so the main concern was to avoid spreading viruses via email and file sharing to Windows users. Most viruses and

I recently discovered a website where you can enter your email address and discover whether it has appeared on a list used by spammers and hackers (the link is below). Now you may not be surprised that your email address is on some kind of list, you get spam right? If you don’t then you are

This kind of conversation happens far too often. Caller: My laptop is broken, can you fix it. Tim: Sure, I’ll have a look at it, drop it off and don’t forget the power supply. Do you have a backup? Caller: Er… Not really Tim: Is there anything important on the Hard Drive that you don’t