A RARe Virus Delivery Method
Yesterday I received the following email from someone I don’t know: The unusual thing is the attachment of type .rar. RAR is an archive format not as common as .zip …
Change Background of a Single PowerPoint 2007 Slide
It’s infuriating when something you’ve done for years in Office 2003 suddenly seems impossible in Office 2007. Case in point: changing the background of a single PowerPoint slide. It seems …
MCB Now Certified in SBS 2008
I’ve been a Microsoft Certified Professional for several years. Recently I invested the time to prepare for and take Microsoft exam 70-653. With that successfully behind me, I’m now a …
Remove a Contact from an Outlook 2007 Distribution List
You may have learned the hard way that if you open a distribution list in Outlook 2007, highlight one contact, and click on Delete, the entire distribution list is deleted! …
Facebook: Scam Central
In the last 24 hours I received two invitations from different Facebook friends to sign up for “events.” Both emails actually came from Facebook, and both included the first and …
Phony Facebook Email
Recently I received a very legitimate-looking email supposedly from Facebook. It wanted me to click on a link to read a message. Even though the visible link text shows the …
Welcome to the New MCB Systems Web Site!
MCB Systems is proud to welcome you to its new web site at www.mcbsys.com. The site features new information about our premier I.T. services, MCB Proactive Watch and MCB Proactive …
Tricky PDF Virus Evades Virus Scanners
On April 27, multiple users at a San Diego client site received emails purporting to come from the “operator” of the email server. The text of the email was written …