There was a great article in the February Business In Vancouver newspaper, written by Alan Zisman. In the High Tech Office section, the headline reads "Lessons from another malware meltdown". The article explains how by mid-January of this year millions of Windows systems had been successfully attacked by malware, even though Microsoft had released a patch in October. It goes on to explain how easily one infected machine can spread throughout a network, even a network that is behind a firewall. "Infected systems are hooked into botnets, serving up mass amounts of spam e-mail messages. An estimated 90% of all spam comes from such botnets."
For business owners, the lesson learned is to ensure all your machines, including Desktops, Laptops and Servers have Virus Protection and they have been regularly updated and are always current. I'd argue that your Virus Protection be updated automatically, without you thinking about it, or without your staff or IT guy needing to update manually. Now here's the Sales Pitch. Insight IT customers, who take advantage of our "5 to 50" Computer Support Service have the option of our Virus Protection service that is always current 24/7. Nothing for your staff to do, and each machine is monitored around the clock, 365 days per year.
Click here, to read Alan Zisman's Business In Vancouver article.
And if you are interested in an inexpensive way to ensure your Computer Network is safe, contact us anytime. Insight Information Technology or Insight IT for short delivers Enterprise Computer Support at a Small Business price, for organizations throughout Vancouver BC Lower Mainland, Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley.
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