A very talented and generous author designed these color sheets and made them freely available to help your kids, and adults, share and chronicle their 2020 Covid-19 pandemic thoughts, feelings and more. We thought it was such a good idea that we decided to post to our clients and friends. We hope you find it […]

Dear Exelos Clients:To help protect our employees, clients and yours, and also do our part to slow the spread of Covid-19 by complying with government declarations, effective immediately: Any non-essential, routine or scheduled work including upgrades and deployments that requires an onsite presence will be postponed for all clients. Exelos will only dispatch onsite service requests […]

You may have heard in the news that numerous organizations have been attacked by Ransomware in recent months. Ransomware encrypts files so they can’t be opened or used until an organization pays a ransom hoping the hackers will then be honest and decrypt the files. Backups and disaster recovery systems which are properly designed and […]

BlueKeep & GoldBrute Threats to RDP servers… In recent news, two threats have emerged that attack RDP servers. In lay terms, this is the technology that lets you remote into your server, a workstation or other Windows computer usually from home, a remote office or elsewhere and control it as if you were sitting in […]

It’s Time To Vote for Exelos! It’s that time of year when we ask our clients and friends to vote for who’s the best of the best! Readers’ Choice 2019 voting has officially kicked off and we would appreciate your help in voting for Exelos for the Best Computer Store in the Westmoreland area! Please […]

There sure has been a lot of scary news lately about ransomware attacks and data breaches. It’s sort of surprising when a few proactive measures can dramatically minimize your risk of loss or business downtime. Keep your Windows and related applications patched. We know it can be a pain but you have to do it regularly. […]

Ransomware continues to be a major threat and a new variant called Locky is spreading. It’s named “Locky” because it renames all your files with the .locky extension after it encrypts them. And in case you’re not familiar with this type of virus, the decryption key is offered for sale to you by the crooks […]

If your surge protector or UPS is more than 3-5 years old, it may not be providing much protection. The bottom line is that these devices don’t last forever and should generally be replaced every 3-5 years or after a major power event. Surge protection is essentially circuitry that absorbs the hit of an electrical […]

The holidays are a time when people buy new laptops. If its’ been a few years since your last purchase, then you may be baffled by the new hard drive configurations available. Check out this article for some insight into traditional rotating drives, SSD and hybrids.

Just announced, a pretty serious bug has been found in the Microsoft PowerPoint that could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code on your computer. You can read the details here. The short advice: Be very careful opening a PowerPoint email or content you find on a website until a patch is available. Expect a […]