I am constantly getting calls from persons claiming to be from Microsoft. They tell me that my computer has reported a problem to them and they are here to help. All I need to do is provide them with remote access and several hundred dollars and they will fix all of my issues. These are scams of course and allowing them to take remote access of your computer could turn out to be disastrous in more[...]
This is the most expensive custom build we have done to date coming in at just under $3,700. A liquid cooled Core I7 with 32GB of RAM, solid state hard drive, a kick ass video card with 8GB of onboard RAM, and a high end HD monitor (see complete specs below). Built to be quiet the noise rating is at mere 3-4 decibels. The customer is a retired engineer looking to take up 3D rendering as a hobby.[...]
We are seeing an uptick in email scams from shipping companies during the holiday season. Lots of us are shopping online and shipping to relatives and friends. So its easy to get conned into clicking on one of these emails thinking it is about one of our own shipments. Here is one that came across my desk recently. As you can see it looks very realistic right down to the FedEx logo.
