Google Ads to Start Policing your Landing Pages

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As of October 2022, Google has joined the ‘Coalition for Better Ads‘ in a bid to improve their ad experience. A recently completed study of more than 150,000 web users highlighted the top disliked landing page experiences. Long story short, if your landing pages produce any of the following experiences across the browsers they display […]

Pipeline CRN Conference & Impact Awards

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This week the team have been busy in Queensland, attending the Pipeline CRN Conference and Impact Awards. An excellent opportunity to connect with some of our suppliers and re-seller customers, as well as familiar faces in the IT industry. Both IT events were an absolute pleasure, and looking forward to having our key staff back […]

Domain Management Changes

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IT Support | Managed IT Services Following the merger between Screwloose IT and Host One, all domains previously registered with Go Daddy have been moved to a different registrar that is directly integrated to all our management and billing systems. An email will be sent from the registrar branded as Screwloose WA directly to your […]

Microsoft Teams and Exchange Affected by 365 Outages

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IT Support | Managed IT Services Global outages reported Customers worldwide have reported a number of delays, sign-in and other issues with their Microsoft 365 accounts. This also extends to other Microsoft services such as Teams, SharePoint, Graph API, Universal Print and Exchange Online; where users are reporting problems logging in and sending emails. “Users […]

Fix Windows Server Update for VPN, RDP and RRAS Connections

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IT Support | Managed IT Major issues with recent updates Connectivity issues are arising for VPN and RDP on servers with Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) enabled. RRAS allows additional TCP connection and routing features, such as remote access or site-to-site connectivity using a VPN. The recent update by Microsoft is ‘Windows Server 2019 […]

Australia Post Customers Warned Over Phishing Scam

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Cyber Security | IT Support Thousands of customers targeted Australia Post customers have been warned to be on the lookout for a new email scam. A new phishing scam was detected, which intends on stealing customers credit card details. The subject line of these reads “Your package is waiting for delivery” with the sender name […]

Thousands of Websites Hacked with Redirect Links to Scam Sites

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Website Design | Cyber Security | IT Support WordPress websites targeted Researchers recently discovered a monster campaign of attacks against WordPress websites. The hackers injecting malicious JavaScript code into the compromised sites to redirect users to scam pages. This tactic can unfortunately be quite effective, as users trust the websites they are visiting. According the […]

$31.9 Million Lost in Victoria to Business Email Compromise

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Cyber Security | IT Support | Managed IT Services Cyber threats continue to rise Business email compromises are a major issue right across Australia, but particularly in Victoria. In 2021, there were a total of 670 reported attacks resulting in 436 victims making a payment of some sort, which is well over 60%. The attackers […]

Microsoft Recommend Uninstalling Optional Windows 11 Update

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IT Support | Managed IT Services A Microsoft mistake A recent update, released on the 25th of April, is causing various apps to crash on users devices. Unfortunately, it’s not currently known exactly which apps are affected, meaning the only logical solution requires users to uninstall the update. KB5012643, is an update to the operating […]

Users are Warned Microsoft Office to Stop Working Next Year

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IT Support | Managed IT Services Microsoft Office 2013 to be retired Microsoft is about to cease support for its Office 2013 app suite, which means that programmes like Word and PowerPoint will no longer be maintained – which means it’s probably time for an upgrade. If you’ve been using the same versions of these […]