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For Sale, 20” Dell P2012H Monitor. Both VGA and DVI connection capable. Comes with power cable and your choice of VGA or DVI cable. Has a nice stand that raises / lowers, pivots and tilts. Grab a standard USB cable and it turns into a 2 port USB hub with 2 outlets on the left side. Handy! Image colours are nice and crisp. Samples of images in photos. Hurry this won’t last…
$40! Quick Pickup please! 🙏😎

For Sale! Matching pair of 2, 24” Calypso CLP-24LM1a Monitors. Both VGA and DVI connection capable. Comes with power cables and your choice of VGA or DVI cables. Image colours are nice and crisp. I used myself in a dual monitor configuration and was very happy with them. However, I recently upgraded to 2, 27” (I’m getting older, and eyes need the larger screens… lol) Samples of images in photos. Hurry these won’t last…
$120 for both! Quick Pickup please! 🙏😎

Hot off the press from my friends at Sue's Copy Place. These are my handouts. Keeping with my "Green Campaign" the front has my contact info and the back has 8 different of my local photos . This way, hopefully they stay out of the landfill.. As always, please help me get my message out, and share. Elect Paul Hockridge

So I have finally updated and revamped the website... Have a look!
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If any of you are experiencing email issues today (Either Sending or receiving) here may be the reason as this DID effect my receiving email (And several clients mail servers as well).…

Countless emails wrongly blocked as spam after Cisco's SpamCop failed to renew domain name on the weekend;

In brief Cisco's anti-spam service SpamCop failed to renew spamcop.net over weekend, causing it to lapse, which resulted in countless messages being falsely labeled and rejected as spam around the world.

From what we can tell, this is what happened. When the domain name expired, *.spamcop.net resolved to a domain parking service's IP address. The way that SpamCop's DNS-based blocking list works is that if you, for example, want to check that an email sent from a system with the IP address 1.2.3.4 is legit, you run a DNS query on 4.3.2.1.bl.spamcop.net. If SpamCop returns a valid DNS entry for that lookup, then it's an IP address known to have sent out spam in the past and should be treated with suspicion.

Thus, after the domain name expired, every single *.bl.spamcop.net lookup would succeed, as it's pointing to a parking service, meaning every email received by a server checking SpamCop for known spammers would be flagged up as spam and rejected. As such, mail server administrators saw what looked like a deluge of spam.

The good news is that the spamcop.net domain name was renewed, and by the time you read this, the service may be back to normal, though given the distributed nature of DNS, your mileage may vary. The SpamCop website is, right now, giving us errors when we try to visit it or look up IP address.

Source https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/01/in_brief_security/

Countless emails wrongly blocked as spam after Cisco's SpamCop failed to renew domain name at the weekend Plus: Second ransomware operation in the sights of Uncle Sam – and the insurance industry under fire for fueling extortionware rise

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Here's some for a change! We were pleased to help get Magnolias On Main back up and running last night with their computer and debit system!

Really? Watch for these emails folks! This came in this AM!

Using Zoom during this pandemic? Don't be

Zoom-bombing: How to keep trolls out of your Zoom meetings Jerks are crashing Zoom meetings nationwide. Here's how to stop them

Be diligent people...

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This and several other repurposed (Clones, HP, Lenovo) computer systems for sale. All with Windows 10 and most with Solid State Drives making them FAST! Can also customise them for you. Starting at $139 plus taxes. First come, first serve, call 605-855-2782 for more details. 🖥

Only one, hurry a good fast Refurbished system...

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Do you keep important files, music, pictures on your computer or small business network? Of course you do! Now ask yourself; "What if I lost all that?" It would be pretty devastating wouldn't it?

Just 3 words to protect yourself; Backup, Backup, BACKUP!

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Facebook users hit with “You are in this video?” malware scam Are you in this video malware scam targets Facebook users and aims to steal their login credentials by infecting their devices.

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Baltimore Officials Estimate Damage From Ransomware Attack At Over $18 Million, Likely to Rise Early last month, hackers infected somewhere around 10,000 Baltimore, Maryland city computers with a “file-locking” ransomware variant called RobbinHood. Those hackers demanded a ransom of 13 bitcoin (at the time worth around $76,000, and today around $100,000) that would go up over time if it w...

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Hello Everyone,

Be aware that there is a new type of virus that will attach itself when a system is infected within the body of a string of emails going back and forth. Because it is hidden as such, it is difficult to spot because it is within a string of ongoing emails. So far the attachment is called “Request.doc” (But I'm sure it will change), is a Word Document with a “Macro” that needs to be enabled to unleash the virus.

In short, do not ENABLE ANY MACROS on emailed word doc attachments….

More info here…
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2022920-beware-request-doc-sophisticated-send-in-email-chain

Beware- Request.doc sophisticated send in email chain Internal user forwarded message to me bit ago. Email chain back and forth with him and vendor, about 15 messages ... | 20 replies | Threat Watch & Virus Alerts

Don't get caught!

How to protect yourself from ransomware The cyber attack that wreaked havoc across the NHS over the weekend, leading to patients being turned away from A&E and some operations being cancelled, has continued to spread.

How secure is your Small Business Network?

10 Important Steps to Securing Your Small Business Small businesses face the same security threats as large organizations—with much smaller budgets. Here's how they can have big-business-type protection despite their limited budgets.

Here's a sneaky "Phishing" email sample! Don't forget to share!

Don't "Copy and Paste!" from websites! You could be unleashing malicious code!

Why you can’t trust things you copy and paste from web pages Just when you thought it was safe to delve into your clipboard.

Don't want Windows 10 to install? Download and run the utility found here. Although I don't have problems with it.

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Get a Mac they said, you won't get infections they said! Phfffttt

An iCloud scam that may be worse than ransomware

Got a Mac? Ransomware is now out there for them!

First Mac ransomware spotted

Here's an interesting read on "Potentially Unwanted Programs" (PUPs)

How to Avoid Potentially Unwanted Programs