Just in the past few days I've seen several machines that can't get anywhere on the internet, through either Internet Explorer or Firefox. The thing in common was AVG 8.0 so I did some investigating. Turns out, the Webshield / Surf Protection had become corrupt, and was preventing the browser from going to any webContinue reading “AVG Webshield Prevents Internet Access”
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Major Security Hole Prompts Emergency Patch
From Slashdot.org: "Microsoft said late Wednesday that it plans to release a critical security update today to plug a security hole present in all supported versions of Windows. The company hasn't released any details about the patch yet, which is expected to be pushed out at 1 p.m. PT. Normally, Redmond issues security updates on Patch Tuesday, the secondContinue reading “Major Security Hole Prompts Emergency Patch”
Handling POP Email When An Employee Leaves
Sometimes, when an employee leaves a company, and you haven't completely replaced them yet, you'd like their computer to continue receiving their POP email, while at the same time allowing another employee to send email from their computer.