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5 Easy Fixes to Speed Up Your Laptop

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Opening a brand new laptop computer, taking it out of the box and booting it up for the first time—there’s nothing quite like it. It turns on faster than anything you’ve ever imagined, and from the first time you launch the browser, test your favourite programs, watch a DVD, it happens at lightning speeds. It stays this way for a while, but with time, everything feels like it has slowed down. Whether from overuse or natural degradation, that initial out-of-the-box experience becomes a distant memory, but it doesn’t have to be this way. There are many quick fixes that even novice computer users can make to get their old PCs running more quickly and smoothly, like they used to. Clean out the dust Tiny specks of dust don’t often come to mind as having a huge effect on...

Free IT Health Check

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Our offering comprises of a completely free, no obligation IT Health Check, whereby one of our qualified engineers will visit your company and advise on any IT problems that may be besetting your IT network as well as offering advice on best IT practices. Furthermore our visit will be followed up with a comprehensive written report enabling you to obtain unbiased quotations if needed. SYSK is a business information technology services company based in Tonbridge, catering for organisations of all types and sizes. We pride ourselves in providing a personal yet comprehensive service to our clients. We work in a collaborative and supportive manner to achieve outstanding results on a range of services Our team possess a...

1 In 4 DNS Servers Still Vulnerable? More Like 4 in 4

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I was reading this article over at NetworkWorld today on a study by a commercial DNS vendor that concluded 1 in 4 DNS servers is still vulnerable to the big Kaminsky vulnerability.

The problem is, the number is more like 4 in 4. The new attack method that Dan discovered is only slowed by the updates everyone installed, it isn’t stopped. Now instead of taking seconds to minutes to compromise a DNS server, it can take hours. Thus if you don’t put compensating security in place, and you’re a target worth hitting, the attacker will still succeed. This is a case where IDS is your friend- you need to be watching for DNS traffic floods that will indicate you are under attack. There are also commercial DNS solutions you can use with active protections, but for some weird reason...