Green is good, but not for security. Here is an example of why turning off computers at night can save a few dollars in power costs, but at a much higher cost. Turning off computers can prevent updates from installing correctly. Watch out for Chuck (Norris, that is). This malware target routers, rather than computers. [...]

Detouring your website lookups – ISP DNS Proxy We apologize in advance that some aspects of this article contain NerdSpeak but we hope that the gist of the article is of value to you. What is this DNS proxy all about? DNS is fundamental to the Internet, similar to your address book or phone book. [...]

Let’s start with this cool device I found: Imagine this scenario – you copy your client’s precious data for a wipe and reload, reformat their drive, and when you begin to restore the data, your backup drive dies. Sound unlikely? It is – but this actually happened to me. I vowed to never format a [...]

Yesterday I posted a video exploring the possibility that a website could or would be hacked, and in it we presented some alarming statistics. At the end of the day, the general consensus is that nearly every website is at risk for getting hacked, and that it really is only a matter of time until [...]

Kevin O’Reilly, an eNerd with Nerds On Site in Brampton, Ontario Canada was preparing to go meet a client at 9 a.m. on the freezing –17˚C morning of the 29th of December 2009. Thinking “it sure would be nice to be sitting next to a warm fire on a day like today” He went outside [...]

Tomorrow is Patch Tuesday (again). This is going to be another big one – 13 patches, 5 of which are critical. Here is another reason that access to commercial bank accounts should be limited to computers that are used for nothing else. Online bank accounts should NOT be accessed by computers used for general-purpose web [...]

Does your hosting provider offer unlimited disk space? If not, you should strongly consider moving to a provider that offers this feature. In today’s online world, with video and photos becoming the main way we communicate, you may suddenly find yourself outstripping your providers space limitations. Running out of disk space will cause your site [...]

In a previous article, I explained a few of the problems caused by the never-ending struggle by many hosting providers to lower pricing. Today I would like to explain a few of the qualifications that you should be looking for when searching for a new hosting provider for your business activities. Availability The easiest way [...]