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Christmas & New Year Closing Times

Christmas & New Year Closing Times   Cortec IT will be closed on Monday, 26th December 2022 & the Christmas substitute bank holiday of Tuesday, 27th December 2022; we will also be closed for the substitute New Year’s Day on Monday, 2nd January 2023.   We will only be carrying out emergency call-outs between Wednesday,…

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Halloween Web Dev Offer!

WEBSITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT No tricks, just treats for the month of October. Get 10% off a brand new website or web based application built by Cortec. Beautiful Custom Designs Responsive Websites Custom Web Applications Digital Marketing (SEO & PPC) FIND OUT MOREBOOK A CALL

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Spam Spoofed Emails

Recently we have seen a large amount of malicious emails, in which the sender claims to have hacked your email account and placed malicious software on your PC to steal your personal information. These emails can be fairly convincing, often containing an old password of yours that has been compromised in a data-breach and will use email spoofing to make it appear as though it has been sent from your own email account.

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Phishing

Online Security – Take Action Now! We would like to reiterate that all users must be very careful when clicking any form of link be it a link to an unknown website or an attachment embedded within an email. If the sender is unknown or you feel that the email is not actually from the stated sender it is better to ignore the email than risk opening it.

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Isn’t it time you made a change?

Are you hesitant to reach out to your IT support provider?   • Can you count on your IT support company as a professional staff member? • Are you encouraged to ask questions? • Do you feel comfortable discussing all IT issues, no matter how minor? • Are they proactive partners or just firefighters? •…

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Windows 7 End of Life

Windows 7 End of Life is rapidly approaching!   Microsoft has announced the official end-of-life date for Windows 7: January 14th 2020. This means Microsoft will no longer provide updates or support for this operating system, released a decade ago on the 22nd of July 2009. This may create serious issues, as a lack of…