The global CrowdStrike outage in July 2024 served as a stark reminder of the fragility of our digital infrastructure. In response, Microsoft is undertaking a fundamental reinvention of its operating system with the Windows Resiliency Initiative. It’s a strategic overhaul designed to make sure Windows can withstand crises of similar scale and impact in the […]
How Microsoft is reinventing Windows to survive the next tech crisis
Warning signs your computer has malware
With the rise of eCommerce and online banking, cybercrime has evolved. Like criminals who pull smash-and-grab jobs, they go where the money is. However, unlike bank robbers, cybercriminals do their best to avoid detection by letting malware do the work for them. Viruses and ransomware sneak into PCs to quietly steal passwords, financial credentials, and […]
A crash course on the Blue Screen of Death
Everything seems fine at first, your PC is running normally but then a blue screen suddenly greets you. After restarting your computer you find that a lot of your unsaved work is gone. If this has happened to you before, rest assured, you’re not alone. What you’ve just encountered is the Blue Screen of Death […]
How to find out if your computer has a virus
Your computer has been acting up a lot lately. It keeps crashing, it’s slow and, to top it off, you keep getting pop-ups you don’t want to see. If these problems keep occurring then your computer may have a virus. So is there a way to prevent things like this from happening again? While there […]