I wanted to take a moment to tell you how sorry we were not to be here yesterday on Memorial Day. I know we did do Memorial Day postings on Sunday, which now I am so glad we did. Everyone thought I was getting an early jump around here but I was planning on celebrating Memorial Day for two days instead of one. Our veterans who gave so much for our country and our freedom, deserve more than just one day a year to be honored. In fact, I believe we should make an effort every day to say a silent prayer for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and those that are fighting today. Without them, our country would be nothing, no freedoms, no right and no telling what kind of government we would have. I hate it we were not here but we love all our servicemen and women and pray for their safety every day.
Now, something you need to pay attention too. I have been in this business long enough that I have developed all sorts of friends who can do anything on a computer. I have always heard grapevine stories and not too long ago I heard one that upset me. This rumor involved Microsoft and as you know, when Microsoft did their upgrade from 7 to 8, we lost five computers. I no longer trust Microsoft and I would not download anything they offer. That is just my personal opinion and they have costed us a lot. Anyway back to the grapevine rumor, apparently Microsoft has been pushing a security program for the past few months. This program is due to end today. A whistle-blower came forth and acknowledged that Microsoft had viruses, trojans, worms, you name it ready to be released tomorrow. Because today is the last day this program Microsoft is offering will be available for sale. What the purpose of this is, I have no idea. I do not trust Microsoft and the few computers that we do have Microsoft software on them, I spent yesterday updating and upping the firewalls and security on everyone of them. It is public knowledge that Microsoft wants to get out of the software business. But to actually destroy so many computers is beyond me. They won’t give updates to any of their software, they won’t give patches for any viruses, you are just left out there to sink or swim. We are not sinking this time. As I stated our firewalls are maxed out and all our security software is up-dated as well.
I wouldn’t be telling you this unless Microsoft did eventually mention that the upgrade that destroyed so many computers did cause it. They admitted it but they did not offer to replace a one of the computers that were destroyed at that time. Now this current threat that has appeared, I take it very seriously and I hope you will too. Do all your security software updates today, set your firewalls up and do not download a thing from Microsoft. After today, there is no telling what you will be downloading. It was also told to me that Microsoft has tracking cookies that will be in this mess that is sent out. These cookies can track your movements, get your passwords, your credit card info and any personal information. They will able to tell every place you go on the net and if you log into your bank or a credit card site, they can steal your password and have full access to everything at that site. So, please, please, take this very seriously. The only real reason I can think of a company doing this is to sell more computers. Business must be bad. The truth is coming out about these companies and some of the tricks they pull to boost their sales is unreal. They prey on the poor and uninformed. I beg you to take this very seriously, if I did not know my source well enough to believe this, I would not be relaying it to you. Please take every precaution you can today to protect yourself. We don’t want you to lose your computers because we love having you here. We also believe that everyone has a right to know when a company does such under-handed tricks just to make a dollar.
We will see you shortly……
Love ya,
Lady A
Witches Of The Craft® 