Unfortunately, there’s no way to provide 100% complete protection from hackers and spammers. But don’t despair, that’s no reason to throw out all the computers and go back to paper and pencil. There are recommended best practices for businesses to follow that can help better protect your network, your Windows devices, and your business-critical data.

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Educate your staff how to recognize a phishing attempt (ie. fake email or fake website).

It’s one of the best and cheapest methods to defend your office from hacking and virus infection.

Internet Service Providers (also called “ISPs”) such as Spectrum, Metronet, AT&T and others use unique identifiers, called IP addresses, to distinguish your home or office from other users on their service.

Have you ever purchased a car and then neglected to change the oil, rotate the tires, or wash and wax the exterior? Hopefully, your answer is “No” because you understand the importance of proactively maintaining your vehicle to extend its lifespan.

At Diversified Computer Solutions, we are often asked to recommend what type of computer to buy for home and business purposes. Please note the specs in this article are not for gaming computers, CAD computers, or image and video editing computers.

Diversified customers report receiving emails or form submissions through their website from people claiming to be photographers. These emails claim that photos used on the customer's website are stolen. The intent of the sender is to convince the recipient of the email to click on hyperlinks within the email thereby opening themselves up to virus infection.

Even the most sophisticated security plan may not protect you from an employee that clicks on a bad hyperlink, that attempts to open a dangerous email attachment, or that allows a fake technician to remote into their computer. The well-meaning employee is often the weakest link in your security plan. Hackers know this which is why they target your employees daily with email phishing campaigns, popups, browser redirections and alerts urging them to call fake technicians.