Author Archives for Gavin Mish
September 13, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Recent research shows that small and medium sized businesses are struggling to find affordable IT staff with the breadth and depth of experience needed to maintain successful and efficiently working computer systems. Budgeting, therefore, has become a question that we hear all-too-often here at M&H Consulting. Often the question revolves around the problem of finding IT experience that can...
September 8, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Do you ever think you have gotten rid of a computer virus just to find your computer acting the same way as it did when you had the virus? We have all been there. The reason why this happens is usually because you have actually taken care of the symptoms rather than the actual root cause. Because this is such...
September 6, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
With almost 28 million small businesses in the U.S. currently, these companies are the heart and soul of our economy. One major expense that small businesses need to assess regularly is the cost of the technology to run a successful business. Part of this is knowing when the technology has been outdated or has hit the end of its...
September 1, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Often, we try to visit a website and find ourselves constantly refreshing the site or waiting a much longer period of time than necessary to upload a page. When this happened, we frequently tend to blame the issue on the computer or Internet network when the issue really lies on the website itself. We have put together some points to...
August 31, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
According to studies, about two-thirds of past employees are still able to access their past employer’s system. How could this be? Well, it seems that many times, when employers terminate or an employee leaves the company, employer’s don’t always think about the many data they have access to and don’t think to involve their IT department in their termination process....
August 30, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
We’ve guided you towards the right steps in moving or expanding your network. Now, today we’ll help you in extending your network when its wireless and you need a wider range of wifi. Before we get into the different ways to extend a wireless network, you need to take into consideration the following: your network needs to be placed in...
August 25, 2016 1:19 pm
Published by Gavin Mish
In order to fully understand what anti-spyware is, you must understand what spyware is and does. As we have mentioned before, spyware is a type of malware that can monitor your computer by either tracking the web pages you visit or everything you could be navigating to in order to collect any information available. In order to fully protect your...
August 23, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Welcome to the second part of our ‘Internet Security Myths’ series where we highlight myths that have been used to justify why we don’t really need to take further security precautions. Now, let’s continue with the myths… 1.“I don’t need a security system because I don’t access unsafe websites.†It’s true that many websites, emails, and pop-up ads can navigate...
August 18, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Many myths have developed over time about Internet security that has been used to justify why we shouldn’t take greater precaution when it comes to security protection. Today, we will be highlighting some of those myths in our two-part series of ‘Internet Security Myths.’ In case you thought this could be irrelevant to you because you’re not “important enough†to...
August 16, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. It is an access-denial type of attack that prevents legitimate users from accessing files[2] since it is intractable to decrypt the files without the decryption key. The use of ransomware scams has grown internationally. Security software vendor McAfee...
August 11, 2016 8:03 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. It is not what business leaders ever want to think about but it is a topic they must consider – worst case scenarios of backup disasters! What do we mean by worst case scenarios? Unfortunately, there is a long list of things that could go wrong and could jeopardize your technology...
August 9, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Gavin Mish
Vacation! You have been waiting all year to kick back, relax and step out of the rat race for a while. You may have travel plans and are finally getting to visit the places you have only dreamed of all year. The last thing on your mind is protecting your technology. While we don’t want to ruin your blissfully happy...
