Cristal Clear Solutions

Have you been e-mailed a random file about the coronavirus? Don't open it and don't click on any links! Hackers are starting to exploit fears about the ongoing outbreak to infect people's computers with malware.

Windows 7 is being retired January 2020. Is your computer running Windows 7? If so, I would recommend upgrading to Windows 10 before 2020. Also, if you are running Windows 7 please make sure it is getting the windows updates. There is a greater security risk if you don't update.

Watch out for fake iCloud messages coming from [email protected]. They will tell you that you have used up your 5GB of free iCloud storage and want you to click on the Account Settings link to update. This isn't Apple and you will be entering your username and password on a hacker site. If you get this email message or one similar and think it might be true don't click on any of the links and instead go directly to the businesses website. For example: appleid.apple.com.

Hello everyone, today, March 31st is World Backup Day. Are you backing up your files and photos? If not, please start. I get calls from people who have had a computer crash and lost all their photos. Some I can save if they aren't to damaged, some I can not. Backup!

There is a new email scam circulating around people’s inboxes. A password of yours will appear in the subject line that was bought from a hacked website. They will then tell you they got this information from hacking your computer. (They didn’tit was from a compromised website.) If you are currently using this password anywhere change those passwords right away. But DON’T pay them the money they are asking for. They didn’t get on your computer, they don’t have video evidence of you doing something that they are going to email to your contact list. They are just trying to scare you into sending them money. Here is a link to the RCMP’s website so you can read more about it. http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca//index-eng.