Are Hackers using Sidebars and Gadgets to Access Your System?

Microsoft has released an alert and fix for Windows 7 and Vista users. This alert affects the use of Sidebars and Gadgets; small desktop applications that pull data from the web that can deliver financial, weather, or other data directly to a computer's desktop. The issue is that hackers can use those as point of entries to gain access to those machines. 

Is your company concerned about security? Do you know if your employees are doing everything they can to prevent valuable data from possibly leaking out to malicious entities? Contact us and we can do a free evaluation of your small business network and let you know what is secure and what could keep you up at night.

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