Monthly Archives: May 2017

Have you checked your backup recently?

Have you done a recent check of your backed-up data? Today’s article is about backups. Muzz IT recommend that you have a separate backup hard drive for your data and photos. This means having a separate external hard drive, that is not left plugged into the main devices eg Computers, and making sure this hard drive […]

Trade Me to offer buy now and pay later option

Trade Me announced that they are going to offer a buy-now and pay later option with an Aussie based company. Trade Me and an Australian company called Afterpay which has been operating since 2014 in Sydney, are set to bring us this new payment feature. Afterpay offers simple free or low interest installment payment options […]

Huawei is entering into the PC market!

Would you buy a Huawei Computer? Huawei announced last Tuesday at a news conference in Berlin, that they are entering into the PC market. They have already showcased a few of their prospected Computers, they are aiming for the mid-range spec Computers, using the 7th Gen Intel Microprocessors, running Windows 10 software and in-built developed […]

New Virus Look out !!! Adylkuzz – thousands affected around the world

Last weeks global virus attack WannaCry has opened the gateway in the cyber world. Everyone is now paying more attention to what is happening around the cyber world. The latest news is that a nasty virus called Adylkuzz is a malware campaign that uses the same backdoor entrances as the WannaCry Virus to hack into […]

Scams and Hackers, some useful information

Here at Muzz IT we get a lot of questions around IT and we thought today’s web post should be about getting some of the most asked questions answered for you. At the moment there seems to be way more scams and malware floating around, let us re-assure you there has always been a lot […]

Liquid Damage, how this can affect your Devices!

Today we are focusing on a Liquid Damage.  We have seen over the 5 years now in our line of business what liquid damage can do and what can be done to reduce the damage to your device in different scenarios. Scenario’s can vary a lot, from the type of liquid, to the device it’s spilt on, or how its managed during clean up, to what […]

Have you ever wondered what its like working in an Apple Based Factory?

We have all heard the stories of just how Apple factories are run. In this new article it’s explained to us just how things are currently running in this particular Apple supplied factory and how your employee life is expected to be. It’s actually quite involved and has a lot of details about how day to […]

Twitter is set to update their privacy policy.

Twitter and their new Privacy Policy Twitter was created in March 2006 and launched in July 2006, and it gained more popularity in 2012. There are around 340 million tweets each day. That is a huge amount of users, and over time as any social media software, it upgrades its services and policies to improve […]

Please ensure you have updated your Windows to protect your system against WannaCry

WannaCry is circulating around the globe as well as in New Zealand. We have been following the data and have found several hundred people have already paid the ransom for their data to be returned. Here at Muzz IT we DO NOT recommend that you pay this ransom money, in fact any bitcoin or money to […]

Phone Scammers involved now with WannaCry Ransomware

All of the tech news right now is around the latest ransonware that has been floating around. We have some information from CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) here in New Zealand, that they are aware of cold calling apparently some people are getting the Microsoft Callers, which yes we are all aware of, but they […]