Beware – Ransomware is out there!
Below is some vitally important information taken from the Norton website, about the latest cyber-crime that is sweeping the world… The latest spin on a ransom note isn’t composed of letters clipped out of a newspaper. Increasingly, criminals are unleashing brash attacks on your PC and its data through a type of malicious software called […]
Who doesn’t love a freebie?
Keeping your PC and computer system backed up, secure, and fully functioning can be expensive. There are a multitude of packages and software that helps protect against malware, backs up data, loads multimedia, modifies images and much more. But you can get these programs without breaking the bank. We’ve made a list of the top […]
What ‘Mom vs Triplets + Toddler’ Can Teach Us About Business
You may have seen this video doing the rounds recently. The video, titled: Mom vs Triplets + Toddler, gives us a glimpse of a Mother’s manic bedtime routine with her four adorably cheeky kids. If you haven’t seen this video yet, where have you been? Since the video was posted on the 4th February, it’s […]
This made me smile
All the team here at Barton Technology work extra hard to ensure the I.T. Support Service we offer is second to none. So you can imagine my face when I received the following news by phone last week: “Hi Dominic, it’s David here from Network Computing Magazine. I’ve got some fantastic news for you. I’m […]
Is this YOUR password, too?
Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK) The Worst Passwords Of 2015 Revealed! Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent on a recent blog via The Huffington Post. Discover the worst password combinations of 2015 … The most popular (and worst) passwords of 2015 have been […]
Latest Scam – Fraudsters Claiming To Be Your Colleague
Source: Katie Morley (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Treat emails from senior members of staff asking you to transfer money with extreme caution. Workers are falling for a new email scam in which fraudsters impersonate a senior member of their company to trick them into transferring money, according to police intelligence. Financial Fraud Action UK has warned that conmen […]
Best Customer Service Finalist at the National Entrepreneur Awards…
As an I.T. Support Company, we know that the majority of our customers come to us when they’ve got an urgent problem that’s impacting on their ability to work. Often, when our customers call us they are stressed, frustrated and require immediate assistance; so it’s our job to ensure that we don’t add to that […]
How Hackers Steal Your ID
Hackers have stolen the personal details of millions of customers from companies like Talk Talk. So how do cybercriminals get hold of our data? Panorama Reporter Daniel Foggo meets a group of hackers that can break into any website, and finds out how criminals profit from our information. […]
Are You Proactive Or Reactive With Your IT?
A good IT support company will be proactive, and it’s their job to do that for you. Not only will they offer monitoring services, so that they can detect problems before they become large issues, but they will offer this on a 24/7 service, so that they are working hard to make sure that the […]
Response-abilities…
Probably one of the most critical elements to having an IT support provider is how quickly they can respond when you have a problem, a query or an emergency. Most providers will categorise these into three different types of response. Critical, High Priority and Normal Priority: Critical: Meaning anything that is affecting the business from […]