Annual Shop and Dine Lake Forest 2014
Lake Forest Kicked-Off the Annual Shop and Dine Event Sunday, September 7th Orange County Computer® has proudly served the Lake Forest Community and local businesses since 1998. We are excited to participate and support this event by offering valuable discounts! Great food and discount promotions are available from Businesses Citywide! The coupon books are currently being mailed […]
Continue Reading...Cryptolocker Ransomware Threat Has Been Stopped
The Department of Justice declared victory over the Cryptolocker Trojan, calling its global operation against the Gameover Zeus botnet effective in completely knocking out the infrastructure used to communicate with the notorious ransomware. Cryptolocker emerged in 2013, crippling consumer and business PCs by encrypting the files and demanding victims pay a fee for the key […]
Continue Reading...Microsoft Will End Some Windows 7 Support
Microsoft, in a document posted recently to its product support website, is reminding Windows 7 customers that it’ll be ending some support for the nearly five-year-old operating system next January. Microsoft will stop providing what it calls “mainstream” support for all versions of Windows 7 on Jan. 13, 2015. But as noted by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, this doesn’t […]
Continue Reading...The root of the StubHub Breach was Stolen Passwords
An international cyber crime ring that defrauded online-ticket reseller StubHub of $1 million now face charges. Six men face money laundering, identity theft and grand larceny charges for their role in the cybercrime ring. They defrauded StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay, by purchasing thousands of fraudulent e-tickets to popular concerts, sporting events and Broadway shows. Police charged Vadim […]
Continue Reading...The Quest for a Culture of Data Security
Most companies do not worry about Data Security until it’s too late. We still treat data security the same way we do sexual harassment: as an unpleasant chore. Maybe your organization has occasional security training days for end users but probably not. Data security isn’t in our culture. It isn’t a daily part of our […]
Continue Reading...Windows 8.1 Update Install Deadline Has Passed
June 10 was the install deadline for consumer users of Windows 8.1 to move to the Windows 8.1 Update. Most Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 users with Microsoft’s Windows Update service turned on will have received the update. If the Windows 8.1 Update doesn’t get installed on a Windows 8.1 machine, future operating system […]
Continue Reading...IT Security Expert, Alex Pinedo, CEO of Orange County Computer Inc. NBC News Interview
NBC News interviews Network Security and Infrastructure expert Alex Pinedo, CEO of Orange County Computer, Inc.regarding data security and email hacking.
Continue Reading...Microsoft Windows Support Scam Tries to Strike Again! Acadia Technology is a bogus company.
On December 4, 2013, One of our clients received a call that they were convinced was legit. Lucky for them they thought it would be a good idea for their IT Provider to speak with them so they asked this company to contact us in order to proceed. We knew immediately that it was a […]
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