Google Analytics is a powerful tool for any website owner. It provides data on site visitors like how they found your site and what pages they were interested in. Making the data useful requires looking at reports and finding connections. The tool provides a lot of those reports already. To be able to see those insights at a glance, you can create a dashboard with different … [Read more...]
Using Google Chrome to create a kiosk
A recent task that came across my desk included the sysadmin side of setting up a public-use kiosk. The web developers would handle everything regarding the kiosk experience but it was my responsibility to ensure the environment was secure and controlled. The web developers preferred to use Google Chrome to allow them to use more HTML 5 functionality and better transitions … [Read more...]
Analyzing malware Attentive Antivirus files
Earlier this week, a computer was flagged by our security software as still infected. The malware was residing in C:ProgramDataaUs6sdpV with an executable of the same name as the folder. Symantec identified it as Suspicious.Cloud.5.A while others flagged it as AA2014 or Attentive Antivirus 2014 malware. More interesting than the executable itself which ComboFix was able to … [Read more...]
How to create a local account in Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview
The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview came out last week so I decided to check out some of the new features. Before I could even complete the setup, I ran into the same problems that got Microsoft in trouble in the first place with Windows 8. When Microsoft thinks it knows best and removes options, the users of the product suffer. Understandably, Microsoft has its own agenda to … [Read more...]
Massachusetts becomes fourth state to charge Computer Services tax
Massachusetts legislators were in a mood to tax at the end of July. Even the governor's veto of the transportation funding bill was overridden by the state House and Senate. With in that bill were a few different means of increasing taxes to fund transportation costs. The gasoline tax was raid from 21 cents per gallon to 24 cents per gallon and calls for the tax to be tied to … [Read more...]