Windows 10 installed 400 million computers, Malware, Catfishing, how to fix Windows 10 Startup issues and Shameless Plug.

Windows 10 installed base crosses 400 million as business become less cautious.

"Conventional wisdom says enterprise buyers take years before they even think of moving to a new version of Windows.  That playbook is changing with Windows 10."

Read more at;

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-installed-base-grows-thanks-to-business/?ftag=TRE17cfd61&bhid=2219791

Malware, "CatFishing" and other online scams.

Why ransomware is exploding, and how your company can protect itself
Ransomware represents a growing threat for the enterprise.  The first known Ransomware appeared in 1989, known as the "Aids Trojan."  This past year 40 percent of businesses worldwide were attacked with their data held ransom.  That's an eye opening number.  To read more click on the following link.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-ransomware-is-exploding-and-how-your-company-can-protect-itself/?ftag=TRE17cfd61&bhid=2219791

http://www.zdnet.com/article/what-are-the-legal-implications-of-your-business-being-infected-with-ransomware/?ftag=TRE17cfd61&bhid=2219791


How one Amazon Kindle scam made millions of dollars.

NEW YORK -- Emma Moore could have been the health and weight loss guru you spent your life looking for.

You might be forgiven for not knowing her work -- after all, she has a common name, one that she shares with other similarly successful authors on Amazon. Until this week, she had dozens of health, dieting, cooking, and weight loss ebooks to her name. She published over a dozen ebooks on Amazon this year -- five ebooks alone this month. And Moore would even work with other authors -- like Nina Kelly, Andrew Walker, and Julia Jackson -- who have all published about a dozen ebooks each this year as well.

Here's the snag: to our knowledge, Moore doesn't exist. None of them do.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/exclusive-inside-a-million-dollar-amazon-kindle-catfishing-scam/?ftag=TREc64629f&bhid=2219791


Windows 10 Anniversary Roll out upgrade continues.

Last week I was updated twice and ended up with version 1607 of Windows 10, the Anniversary update.  I have noticed some slow down in my computer and have had to reboot a couple of times to clear up issues.  Upon reboot it took a long time to finally become usable again.

I analyzed my startup items and found a Google (7) entry that was causing a high impact upon my start up.  The seven (7) indicated that Google was loading 7 items, upon disabling that and restarting my computer behaved much better.

Why the apps I use insist on configuring my computer for their environment is beyond me, I would think Google would be more responsible than to take over my computer.  Below is a link that describes in further detail the issue and how to resolve it.

http://superuser.com/questions/842210/many-chrome-processes-scheduled-on-windows-startup

Google isn't the only offender, there are many more that jockey and fight for your computer resources.  The following link tells you about 10 non-essential but common annoyances found in the start up items of many computers.  The article provides you instructions on how to configure your Windows 7/8/8.1 start up items.  Although the article is before Windows 10, the same instructions for Windows 8/8.1 applies to Windows 10.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-windows-start-faster-10-non-essential-startup-items-can-safely-remove/

this link is for Windows 10 only;

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-change-windows-10-startup-programs-stop-apps-opening-3615075/


Shameless Plug

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