Eliminating Malware with ITC

Our recent partnership has brought us specialised anti-malware protection by Malwarebytes. Malware is considered a mix of malicious software that can infect your computer, most of which may just cause your computer to crash or slow down. However, in some cases, they may be programmed to use your computer to send spam or even steal your credit card information.

You can now be fully protected against Malware with the protection provided by ITC. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is fully supported on Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 (both 32 and 64-bit) and can scan your computer to eliminate malware at the click of a button. Their “quick scan” swiftly searches your computer for all the common places malware like to hide, placing anything it finds in secure quarantine. We were happy with the speed of the Quick Scan, performing a 132,035 object scan (files and folders) in less than 12 minutes without any computer slow down. We also found the automatic quick scans and updates were an excellent tool in protecting yourself against and eliminating malware. Take a look below at some of the screen-shots we created:

Select where you want to scan.	Scan your computer for malware in minutes	Download new malware definitions quickly.
Managing your automatic scanning and updates.	Checking your quarantine in MalwareBytes.	Check previous scans history easily.

If you’re interested in protecting yourself against Malware, or if you have any questions about MalwareBytes in particular, please get in touch.

ITC explore Office 2010

ITC decided to take some time out of their schedule to beta test the new Office 2010 by Microsoft. Replacing Office 2007, it offers many new and exciting features. Some of the features we found most useful were:

• Co-authoring experience: Enables multiple people to work on the same document at the same time- even if you’re in different locations. Brilliant for editing a letter while getting a colleagues input, or managing an Excel spreadsheet with several departments.
• Office 2010 Web Apps: A new feature provided by Microsoft similar to Google Apps. They offer a Business and Home edition, allowing you to store Word, Powerpoint and Excel documents on the web, giving friends and colleagues instant access to them. The business edition requires your own server with Sharepoint installed, while the Home just needs Windows Live.

Management information through Backstage.

Saving your spreadsheet using Windows Live

• Microsoft Office Backstage:  Although Offices 2010 uses the similar ribbon menu as seen in Office 2007 , the Backstage allows you to complete various tasks, all in one place, such as the ability to save, share, print, and publish. The enhanced Ribbon across Office 2010 applications lets you access commands quickly and customize tabs to personalize the experience to your work style.


Microsoft Backstage on Office 2010

Microsoft have decided to release a free but limited version of Office (Word and Excel) which comes pre-installed when you purchase a new computer. However, typical pricing for the boxed editions of Office will be around £110 for Home/Student and £240 for Home/Business. If you can live without the CD however, further discounts are available for “Key Card” versions of Office, which would have either been pre-installed or downloaded.