 We get a lot of questions about if we work on Apple. The short answer is YES! We really like Apple machines. They perform! No matter if you have a MacBook, iMac, Mac Mini, iPhone, or whatever other kind of Macintosh, we can help you ensure your MacOS X is operating in top form.
If you need security or backup solutions for your Mac, we offer top-rated cloud managed security packages from leading vendors, and will help ensure you have peace of mind and are protected. It's not if you'll be hacked, but when, and lets do the best we can to ensure that you have the best protection in place. And while we're on the topic of Mac's, one of our favorite questions we like to ask new Mac customers is "are you running an Anti Virus product?". Regularly, we get the answer "No, I have a Mac" and that always makes us chuckle. You see, Macs are not immune to hackers, viruses, ransomware, and other malware. You still can get viruses, and we regularly clean up and repair Macintosh computers. You must have a top quality security product to protect you in this day and age, no matter if you're on Mac or Windows. (Don't forget about your phone or iPad / tablet.) If you need security or backup solutions for your Mac, we partner with many top-rated cloud-managed security providers, and will help ensure you have peace of mind and are protected. It's not if you'll be hacked, but when, and lets do the best we can to ensure that you have the best protection in place.
No longer is it good enough to simply have an anti-virus or malware program as your defensive weapon to protect you from hackers and bad people. These are good tools, but knowledge and education is more powerful and required. The connected world we live in has propagated many scams and attack methods. Here is one we've seen recently: Customers have called us, only after getting warned online that they had been hacked or their computer had been compromised. Here is a sample picture of the intimidating message you might see:  In this scam, the online warning maybe a real virus or bad person attacking your computer, or it may be a script or virus meant to get the user to call the fake “Microsoft support person” (who is part of the scam). This support person does not work for Microsoft, but pretends to work in order to fix the user’s computer by logging into the machine. They often talk technical terms for as long as 90 minutes in order to overload and wear out the user, who doesn’t understand what is happening other than they are being helped. Then, support person closes the deal by finally asking for the person’s credit card info in order to fix the problem. Overwhelmed and tired, the user gives the credit card to them usually with a exorbitant fee attached ($550 in the fake Microsoft invoice shown below).
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