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Adobe have just released the latest version of their popular (and oft necessary) Flash Player, now at version 11.

Whenever a new update to Flash Player is made available many computer users find themselves being bombarded by requests to install the update.  While keeping software up to date is a good best practice you should always use caution when updating Adobe's Flash Player when requested to do so by a website as quite often 'fake updates' are run on less than secure sites which will not update Flash Player but will instead install a virus on your computer leading to all sorts of problems down the line.

The best way to update Flash Player is to download the update direct from Adobe's own website, thus ensuring you are getting the real thing.

Below is a link to the Flash Player page on Adobe's website where you can grab the update now.

Get Adobe Flash Player 11 here
 
 
Today I received an email from one of Evolve's customers; the contents of which is detailed below - 


"Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.

This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton.

Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.

You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point presentation 'Life is beautiful.'

If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately.

If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.'

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.

This is a new virus which started to circulate on Tuesday  afternoon.

AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it.

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY"

This 'Life Is Beautiful" virus hoax has existed since 2002, and frankly I am surprised that is still doing the rounds!
You can read more about this hoax at Wikipedia.

Please do not forward the email to any of your friends if you should receive it.
 
 
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Watch out, scammers want you card details!
Evolve would like to inform our customers of a new scam that is spreading and effecting many computer users.

Please read carefully:
Scammers are calling people on the phone to access their computers and obtain credit card details.

How the scam works:
  1. The scammer calls and pretends to be from Microsoft, Windows or an ISP and telling them they have a dangerous virus.
  2. The scammer then asks the user to look at a log file on their computer - one that always has alerts - and informs them that this is the virus.
  3. The scammer then asks the user to go to a website and download and install some software.
  4. The scammer also asks for £60 and credit card details so that they can fix the problem.
DO NOT under any circumstances ever do this. Not only will you be out of pocket, but you stand to lose far more than £60 as you could be the victim of identity theft and your computer could be used for fraudulent activities.
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