Blue Light I.T.

10/06/2023

I've been asked a few times about an area of IT that we work with. Below is a quick description, and the website is: https://bluelightit.ca

Thanks to all who showed an interest.

11/19/2022

Some information for those who are waiting in line for the tire swap in Aurora or Newmarket. Toronto Transit Auto glass do the tire swaps and tire sales, and have lots of appointments available. Guy's name is Hernan, good mechanic and a good man.

07/20/2022

Below are just some of the vulnerabilities that are reported by Microsoft, but all of them will be fixed with the next Windows update, and it's usual for every month. It's always a good idea to have someone managing your network and making sure that all the updates are being installed in time.

06/01/2022

Microsoft announced a new 0-day vulnerability when attacker can run some codes on your system. Here is the info about it:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30190

As a fix and work around, your IT service provider needs to remove mstd registry key in Windows. Remote Management Monitoring tool can be ised to execute:
Run Command Prompt as Administrator.
To back up the registry key, execute the command “reg export HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-msdt filename“
Execute the command “reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ms-msdt /f”.

Hope this helps.

05/09/2022

According to University of Maryland back in 2007 computers and networks were attacked at a rate of one attack per 39 seconds. Report for 2020 shows that the frequency of the attacks are up to one per 1.12 seconds. Cyber protection is critical to any business these day. To protect yourself you need to make sure that all the RDP ports are blocked on your firewall, 2FA is enabled on your online accounts including emails, Java is updated on the Web Facing servers and that you have a business grade anti-virus solution managed by your IT service provider.

02/18/2022

Hello all,
I run an IT company in Aurora. I setup and support servers, workstations, network, cloud services, etc for small and medium businesses. I provide protectiion and preventitive maintenance. I can also arrange for a security cameras installation or card access.
Regards,
Alex

08/06/2021

Quick tip: If your computer is running slow and you need to run a quick scan for addware, use ADWCleaner, it's owned by Malwarebytes and works fine. Here is the link:
https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/
I will try to publish some quick fixes more often.

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for : Adware (ads software) PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program) Toolbars Hijacker (Hijack of the ...