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Want your PC to run like new again? Has it turned from a Hare to a Tortoise?
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There is nothing more niggling and annoying than having a PC that is very sluggish and slow. With Norton Utilities Ultimate it can optimize your processing power, memory, and hard drive automatically behind the scenes while your PC is idle, cleaning, repairing, and removing clutter. Common issues and problems can be fixed, and it can free up space, so you get faster access to your programs. Most of us keep our personal files on our PC, and in an era where personal information is the world’s highest saleable commodity, Norton Utilities Ultimate cleans out your internet files to improve your...
Ransomware won't happen to me! or will it?
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This is a word we probably have all heard of, but assume it applies only to large business’s /companies, this is not strictly true. As our world becomes more reliant on ‘online’ life, we are venerable to these infiltrations. But what is it? Let’s start with the basics. Ransomware is malware that employs encryption to hold a victim’s information at ransom. The hacker uses it to encrypt a user or organization’s critical data so that they cannot access files, databases, or applications. A ransom is then demanded to provide access. It is a growing threat, generating billions in payments to cybercriminals and inflicting...
Start the New Year right!
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Have you heard the phase ’Credential stuffing’? No? well this is a method that cybercriminals use to infiltrate and breach systems, anything from PayPal, Netflix, Amazon, the list is endless. The cyberattacker has lists of compromised users account details i.e sign in details/passwords. There will be hundreds of thousands of stolen identities on the lists, gained from places like the Dark web. The attackers will then use these lists using special software & powerful computers to work at cyber speed, processing the stolen I Ds against thousands of Online services. It’s a game of chance, but with the number of...
Merry Christmas!
The team at Simply Antivirus Ltd would like to wish all our customers (and prospective customers!) a truly wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy 2022! Your ongoing support is very much appreciated, thank you.
Do you really need antivirus software in 2022?
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Do you really need to use antivirus software these days? As we all know, technology is racing a long, changing and reforming, to aid us in our daily lives, but like Ying and Yang, with the good side of these amazing strides comes the bad side. The cybercriminals are working just as fast to keep ahead of changing technologies and creating malicious programs with the intent to either steal something or create havoc or both! The answer is plain and simple, we need to keep our devices protected. I know that most of us think that not having...