The 31 Worst Face-Palm Moments in IT
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August 2, 2013
You’ve probably heard the phrase “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. I want to introduce another in the same vein as that – “The Dumb, the Stupid, and the Unbelievable”. I’ve been an IT consultant for many years, and …
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Common reasons why content updates fail in GFI MailEssentials (Part 3 of 3)
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September 9, 2010
In my last post I did some further pre-checks to identify the main reason for the update failure. I found out that the build version of GFI MailEssentials is up-to-date, my license key is entitled to download update files for …
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3 Very Good Reasons to Monitor Internet Usage in the Workplace
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September 6, 2010
3 Very Good Reasons to Monitor Internet Usage in the Workplace Social media platforms are becoming increasingly popular even within the workplace and although such sites may turn out to be great promotional tools, and therefore blocking them completely would …
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Don’t be fooled by Labor Day phishing scams
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September 3, 2010
If you see an increase in phishing attacks it’s to be expected due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday. GFI Labs, our dedicated malware research center, warns that consumers are traditionally at high risk for targeted phishing attacks due to …
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GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August
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September 3, 2010
GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August The top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of August are: 1. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 25.11% 2. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen 4.23% 3. Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra 3.61% 4. INF.Autorun (v) 3.27% 5. Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 2.01% 6. BehavesLike.Win32.Malware …
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Common reasons why content updates fail in GFI MailEssentials (Part 2 of 3)
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September 2, 2010
In my last post I performed some pre-checks to identify the reason for the update failure. I found out that the update fails permanently, the license key is however valid and the licensed users have not been exceeded. In the …
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Pangea Supercontinent finish the Mongol Rally – Did you guess?
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August 31, 2010
August 25: We crossed the finish line last night at 7pm. We are pretty excited to finally be here. The team have reached their destination and made it to Mongolia in one piece on August 25, 2010 at 19:00 (local …
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GFI Software Wins Six Best Channel Product Awards
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August 30, 2010
GFI Software Wins Six Best Channel Product Awards We’ve been awarded six Best Channel Product awards from Business Solutions Magazine in the August issue of the publication. GFI received recognition for the strength of its channel products in the DLP …
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Common Reasons why Content Updates Fail in GFI MailEssentials (Part 1 of 3)
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August 30, 2010
Common reasons why content updates fail in GFI MailEssentials (Part 1 of 3)There can be various reasons why one or more GFI MailEssentials Anti-Spam modules may fail to download the latest updates files or to update the local engines of …
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Have Email Archiving needs changed?
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August 26, 2010
Email Archiving has been around for quite a while now and according to a 2009 study (The Radicati Group “E-Mail Archiving Market, 2009-2013“) the market is predicted to grow from $2.1 billion back in 2009 to over $5.1 billion by …
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Is web security becoming more important than web filtering?
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August 25, 2010
Recently I was reading a very interesting article in a newspaper about the importance of web security in online banking. The editor reported about an incident that affected approximately 3000 personal bank accounts which caused damages of around £675,000 in …
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