Stay Safe Online – hosting your website; speed up your computer; watch out for fake Post Office parcel delivery texts

Rainford IT are specialists – not just in fixing hardware and solving software problems but we also manage everything you need for a website. A website design is just the start – you need to register a domain name so your website has a label on the world wide web and you need to rent space for it – called hosting. Many website companies use someone like 123REG.com to register domain names and host websites and, if you have a problem, you have an 0345 number to ring which can cost up to 30p per minute if you don’t have a phone package with inclusive minutes.

We register dot.uk domain names directly with Nominet and we host websites on servers we manage ourselves – and if you need to call us – it’s just the cost of a local call – all your IT in one place – one local call away!

We had a computer in recently – the client had done all he could to speed up his computer – deleting files and defragging which made the hard drive more efficient, but it was still very slow, so he brought it in for a diagnostic check. We found over 200 viruses – which we removed – but we also recommended installing more RAM (Random Access Memory).

People get confused because computers have 2 kinds of ‘memory’. If you think of your computer as a brain – the computer storage where your files and folders are (the hard drive) is like long term memory – and the RAM is short term memory. So, computers need a big enough hard drive to store all the files and folders – and enough RAM to handle all the ongoing processes.

Installing more RAM meant we could make the computer work faster without having to reinstall all the essential programs.

If your computer is going slow – whether it’s a PC or a Mac – give us a call – 01948 840102

Current Scams

Which? warn of fake delivery texts that link to a cloned Post Office website which is one of the most convincing clone websites they have seen. Fake texts claim that a parcel delivery has failed and give instructions to click the link to ‘book a new date’ or ‘reschedule a delivery’.

Clicking on links takes you to an extremely convincing Post Office clone website where you have to enter your postcode, then enter your full name, delivery address, email address, date of birth and mobile number. This information is fed directly to scammers who could use it commit identity fraud.

https://campaigns.which.co.uk/scam-alert-service/

Find details of recent scams here: www.actionfraud.police.uk and on our Facebook page:
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Published in the February edition of the Whitchurch Gossip