What to do with 2 - 4 years old computer running slow ? Time and again we encounter this question at our shop. First thing we do is run a small diagnostic in their presence and try to check the SMART status of the hard drive. 80% of the time we will see many attributes which are way over then normal values. To name a few, Read Errors, Write Errors, Load Unload Cycle Counts, Write Errors, Command Time Out etc. Bottom Line is these factors bring down the hard Drive Read/Write performance substantially making whole computer use very slow. Most of us use the computers these days for browsing on the Internet and that required huge amount of data to be downloaded, written on to our hard drive and then rendered to be displayed where our Internet speed plays role in the 1st Step, Hard Drive Performance the 2nd Step and the Processor & Memory the 3rd Step. So if you have a good internet connection & reasonably good specification on your processor & memory and still it's slow the...
Be Careful !!! - Sneaky Amazon Google ad leads to Microsoft support scam. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sneaky-amazon-google-ad-leads-to-microsoft-support-scam/
This Social Security Scam That Gives Hackers Full Access to Your Computer. If you receive an email about your Social Security statement, proceed with caution, hackers are impersonating the Social Security Administration (SSA) to trick people into installing a remote access tool and handing over full control of their devices. How the Social Security phishing scam works It begins with an email that appears to come from the SSA with the message, "Your Social Security Statement is now available" and a prompt to download an attached document. The supposed statement is actually a ScreenConnect client, which grants remote control of the affected device. ScreenConnect is a legitimate remote support platform for IT pros to help users configure systems and resolve technical issues by allowing the same access as if they had your device in hand. Once hackers have control of your computer via ScreenConnect, they can use it for anything from installing malware to transferring files to ac...