Android phones and gooligan malware -Don't Panic

Gooligan malware and android phones.

A couple of days ago it was in announced that Google has suffered a massive malware infection affecting over one million android users across the globe.

A security firm named Check Point Technologies was the one the found this malware and announced it. There is a website they have posted where users can enter the email account they use for  google (usually is a gmail account) and it will let the users know if the account has been compromised.  Below is the link.

Gooligan Check Point

Tips for today:

DON'T PANIC

1) If your phone or tablet is running androig 6.0 (marshmallow) or newer, then it is not affected.
2) Moreover if you only install apps on your phone from the google play store and don't install apps from third party places then more likely your account hasn't been compromised.

WHO REALLY NEEDS TO WORRY?

If you own an old phone (running android 4.0 kitkat or 5.0 lollipop ) and are the kind of user that likes to jail brake the phones or install apps from third party app stores (other than amazon) in order the get free apps that are supposed to be paid. Then you might be infected.


I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017.

See you soon with more tips :)

Windows 10 free upgrade offer to end on July 29 2016

Don’t miss out! The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July 29, 2016

Microsoft has been making Windows 10 available as a free upgrade for compatible devices that are running genuine Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.1 Update.  However, this offer is coming to an end.

Not that I want to push you to upgrade if you don't want to, but if you have been just thinking about it, then it is time to line all your ducks in a row.

Remember to make sure your computer is compatible with windows 10 and check with your manufacturer if they have available drivers for your hardware for windows 10.

for more info check this link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications?OCID=win10_null_vanity_win10specs

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Microsoft Clutter.... very cool feature.

Clean clutter free inbox.

I am sure by now you have met the new folder /tool included on your  microsoft's email accounts. They named it "clutter".

What about junk email ? you  might be asking. Well , clutter is not the same as junk.   Although both will be filtered out of your inbox, junk email is evaluated and filtered first, then after that, clutter analyzes the remaining messages and filters out the types of messages that you usually ignore or don't respond to.

This means that clutter is a very smart feature that filters emails according to the user's behavior!.

So what to do if you see some emails in the clutter box that you want them on your inbox?

Move then to inbox and clutter will get the signal that you want that particular emails on your inbox.

So my tip for today:

If you are having issues with clutter filtering important emails out of your inbox, just get in the habit of check your clutter folder and parse it to find message that you might not consider clutter.

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Is it really about costumers? ....Apple vs FBI

What the FBI is really asking vs Apple marketing campaign

I had to put my two cents in this matter since it really aggravates me the amount of miss interpretation it could come from all this tweets from Apple vs. FBI. 

Apple vs FBI

In a nut shell what the FBI is asking to Apple is to allow them inside one single iPhone. The one used by terrorists in the San Bernadino attack. The phone apparently is locked and the FBI is asking Apple help to unlock the phone. 

Now Apple has started a big anti-FBI campaign and included all their costumers on it. Of course in the mean time they are using all this to market their phones as so secure  that not the FBI can access it. I am not so sure about the so claimed security since the iCloud has been hacked before.

What it bothers me the most is this that this is a matter of national security and Apple is basically using it to gain costumers (IMO). 

We are all entitled to believe whatever we want but I just wish people would be more informed.

The easiest path to our hearts

Keeping up with social networks trends #bringdonuts

Bring Donuts

We are constantly joking  about feeling unappreciated, I guess it is part of working in a service department. Nobody remember us when everything is going "peachy". In fact there is people that don't know who we are and what we do. 

So yesterday we took this picture as many people do on social networks. David decided to make the "O" look like a donut.

It is ok to have fun at work, makes the days go smother.