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As we all know, WordPress provides people a cheap and easy route to getting a website. However, you get what you pay for with these things, and this is a classic example of that.

Zero-Day Viruses infected users through Insecure WordPress Plugin

One of WordPress’s most popular plugins, “FancyBox” had gone un-updated for nearly two years, leaving it open for attackers to inject malicious scripts into websites using the plugin. This redirected victims to “203koko” websites, infecting their computers.

This was discovered on Wednesday, February 4th. The next day, Thursday, the plugin was updated to secure it again.

However this should be a good warning to you. With a CMS like wordpress and the variety of third party plugins, you never really know if what you’re getting is secure. Going through a professional web design firm that uses its own code and CMS will generally ensure that you’re getting constantly updated and safe content.

Don’t cheap out on your website! Play it safe.

This post was sourced and paraphrased from this News360 Article.

In case you stumbled across this post and have no idea what Windows File History is, I’ll give you a brief explanation below.

Windows file history is a new feature added to Windows 8 that was present in Microsoft’s server software for years under the name shadow copy.

Basically the operating system saves copies of every file on the C or Boot Drive anytime there is a change. This way you can revert back to any previous version of a file in case it is changed or corrupted.

However, by default there is no way to have it perform this feature on any drive other than the main hard drive.

Windows file history will back up any libraries you have setup on your machine, so all you have to do is add your second drive to an existing library or create a new one.

By default you should have the libraries Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos.

If you open File Explorer and look on the left you should see your existing libraries like I do in the picture below. If they are not showing, click on the Navigation Pane icon in upper left corner and add Libraries to the view.

Okay, now for what you want to know.

From Files Explorer right click the second drive or any folders on that drive you want file history to backup. In the context menu you will see Include in Library. Select that and either include your selection in an existing library or create a new one like I did.

I created a library called Redundant Drive as you can see in the picture below.

Creating this library does not move any files or change anything other than give you a new shortcut to get to the files and get windows to back up the files for you automatically.

If you have installed Windows on a machine and it will not boot or it doesn’t boot unless you have the install cd in the dvd drive. The below steps may solve your issue.

1. Boot from the install DVD and select System Repair.
2. Then select System Startup Repair. If this doesn’t work move to step 3.
3. Repeat step 1 then click Repair Computer then go to the command prompt
4. Type BootRec /fixmbr hit enter
5. Type BootRec /fixboot hit enter
6. Re-boot and see if this fixed your problem.
7. If not repeat step 3 and then try BootRec /rebuildbcd. If it finds your windows installation everything should be fixed. If it says 0 windows installations found go to step 8.
8. Go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 Scroll down to bottom and follow the RebuildBcd procedure.

Ninety percent of all media interactions are screen based, and consumers use multiple screens to consume media, research products, and stay in contact with family and friends.  Twenty-four percent of these interactions occur on a computer, 38% on a smart phone, and 9% on a tablet device.  This is the multi-screen world we live in. For your site to be an effective tool that drives growth for your business whether you’re an online retailer or a local pizza shop, your site must be built to accommodate the new way users are consuming information.  Every business should have a digital strategy! Within your strategy there should be some consideration for mobile devices.  If you haven’t taken the step to develop that strategy, it is never too late. The only thing you lose by procrastinating is potential customers.  Most business owners realize they need a website Most have commissioned one to be created or have attempted to create one from a template themselves without first considering anything more than the fact they need a website.  This is a bad way to approach your digital strategy. In order for you to maximize your investment in a digital representation of your business, you must first decide what your goals are for the site.  Some questions to consider: Who is your customer? How will your customer be consuming the content on your site? How will that customer find your site? Why will they come to your site? Once they are at your site, what would you like them to do? How do you intend to achieve the goals that you have set for your site? Do you want to sell products or services through the site? Answering these questions will help you develop the content for your site. Once you have decided what you want to get out of your investment, you can move into developing the strategy and launching it.

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