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Welcome! Craig continues discussion on Anti-Virus and why it costs more now to cut the cable plus more on Tech Talk with Craig Peterson on WGAN
Welcome!
In this segment, Craig continues his discussion of Anti-Virus and explains why it will cost you more if you cut the cord on cable tv.
For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com
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Read More:
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YouTube TV jumps 30% in price effective immediately
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New Mac ransomware is even more sinister than it appears
Ransomware is now your biggest online security nightmare. And it's about to get worse
Apple's Silicon Macs promise screaming performance
TikTok and 32 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data
An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle
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Automated Machine-Generated Transcript:
[00:00:00] Well, we covered some of the very first things you need to do to keep your computer secure. Now we're going to get into what I think is going to help stop the ransomware.
You are listening to Craig Peterson. Thanks for joining us. We are talking about your computer right now. Your computer security. There are many reasons. To pay for antivirus. In fact, that was in my newsletter this week, seven reasons to pay for Anti-virus, very worthwhile. And we had just mentioned Bitdefender antivirus plus 2020.
So that's another one to consider putting on. So you've got Malwarebytes. You have your Bitdefender. I'm not gonna mention the names of the other ones that I don't want you to use, because that is going to confuse you, right? But there's one more thing that you should put on that.
Again, you should get a
[00:01:00] paid version of it's important to get the paid versions of some of these things because you get better support, you get better software, you get more features and that helps the company stay in business. And. Frankly, if they're not in business, they're not going to be able to support you very well.
Are they the last piece that you need to put on? There is something called open DNS. Now I did a webinar or actually a couple of webinars about open DNS. You will find it online. It just opendns.com. My company mainstream has the commercial enterprise versions that we use for our customers.
However, if you go to opendns.com, you'll see, there is a consumer tab and a consumer. Button. So they have DNS services for your home or small business. If you are a home user and
[00:02:00] you have a family, the open DNS family shield is a really great way to go. It is simple. You couldn't get more simple than this.
It doesn't have any configuration options. It's not like the enterprise version where we can do all kinds of specific restrictions, but it is going to be very, very handy for you. Okay. So, it just goes to opendns.com click on the consumer. And they'll look at Familyshield and it helps to stop your kids, your self, even from getting those websites that you really don't want to go to.
Okay. Then they have open DNS home. This is a little bit more open. Then Familyshield is, but they do want you to have an account with them. So I don't have a problem with that, frankly.
I know Cisco, I trust Cisco. My company
[00:03:00] mainstream uses Cisco. We sell Cisco. Okay. So I trust it. So you can enter in all of your information there and it's going to help with some of the website's loading faster, open DNS is much higher.
Time than most of the ISP is out there for their DNS services. So many times when you think the internet down, or it's not really down, or it's just that there's no name resolution working because you're, you're a internet service provider. They're DNS is busted, so it'll, it'll fix a lot of those things for you.
They have over 30 million customers, by the way, OpenDNS. Now, this is what I mentioned at the very end of the last segment. Is going to help with the ransomware because most of the time, the ransomware calls home. So what it's doing is setting itself up to do the bidding of the bad guys out there. And your
[00:04:00] computer becomes part of a botnet, or at least a remote control net. And then they start poking around looking through what's going on, looking through what you're doing and becomes a problem. Now, remember I said, you should get the paid versions. Well, they have open DNS home, VIP, which is $20 a year. And then they have a small business prosumer version, which is $20 a user.
I believe that is per month. I am not absolutely positive about that. I think it is cause that's I know that's what we charge for the professional version is $20 per user per month, but you'll see all of that. So if you tie all of these things together, your windows defender. And you add the malware bytes to that, because again, windows defender, isn't going to catch absolutely everything.
[00:05:00] So you have to be careful about what you have on your computer Bitdefender and openDNS. You are going to be safe against far more than 90% of the attacks out there. And if you're a home user, this is going to be good enough. If you are in a regulated industry, like your defense subcontractor, you have medical information. In other words, even if you have employees and you have the employee's information for health care, et cetera, be very careful because this is not good enough. You could get yourself in a whole lot of trouble.
Hey, you're listening to Craig Peterson. You can find me [email protected].
This week's articles you would have received if you were subscribed to my email list. So make sure you subscribe right now. You'll find out about it. All of the training and I'm going to be starting to do probably every other day pieces of training coming up soon that
[00:06:00] you can watch it at your convenience. I'll probably be doing a lot of them live so you can ask questions live, and I'll be telling me about those as well, but you have to sign up Craig peterson.com/.
Subscribe. Well, let's move on to our next topic here, by the way, if you have questions about any of what we just talked about or what we're about to talk about, just email me M [email protected]. Be more than glad to get back to you. If you've been looking for a way to save money on your cable bill, most of us have, of course, and many of us have kinda cut the cable.
You know what? I haven't cut the cable. I've got my cable set up so that it only gives me the channels I want. I'm not paying for extra channels. I don't care about sports. So I don't have any of these sports packages, which tend to be a huge part of the cost of cable.
[00:07:00] Well, many people have used some of the other services that are out there.
And, you know, what we're talking about really here is cable TV over the internet. And what are the platforms out there? Sling is one of them I've had Sling on the show before you've got FUBO or BTV I've had on my show before as well. But there's a, been a number of cord-cutting options over the years and things that'll help you do to really get what you want.
Okay. But when you start adding these up, they get very expensive, very, very quickly. And I am looking right now at an article talking about what our friends at YouTube have done. If you've been on YouTube over the last six months, you've seen these ads that keep popping up that remind you, Hey, you YouTube.
We have cable TV, try it free for 30 days. And
[00:08:00] many people jumped right on that. Existing customers have been paying $50 a month for basic cable TV. Now, remember YouTube is not getting you the internet. You still have to have the internet. So you're probably paying a cable company to give you the internet.
You might be using a lead telephone company using DSL or something like that, which is, you know, limited juice. good for you. Isn't that wonderful? But now brand new customers can expect to pay $65 a month for you tubes live cable, TV, alternative. And those people that already have it take a look at your July bill because the price jumps from 50 to $65, it's a lot of money when you get right down to it.
[00:09:00] I love this article here by ARS Technica. And he wrote an article titled YouTube TV ads, channels, and raises prices. And you can't opt-out of either change. So the price started at $40. Then it went to $50. Now it's at $65. and it's even worse if you are using A T and T.
So there you go so much for that stick around. When we come back, I'm going to tell you a little bit about the five G alternatives that are coming when it comes to cable TV. And we have even more to talk about here. As pleased in Europe are closing down a crime gang, interesting stuff. Your listening to Craig Peterson, stick around.
---
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Welcome!
In this segment, Craig continues his discussion of Anti-Virus and explains why it will cost you more if you cut the cord on cable tv.
For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com
---
Read More:
7 reasons to pay for antivirus software and skip the free versions
YouTube TV jumps 30% in price effective immediately
Police roll up crime networks in Europe after infiltrating popular encrypted chat app
New Mac ransomware is even more sinister than it appears
Ransomware is now your biggest online security nightmare. And it's about to get worse
Apple's Silicon Macs promise screaming performance
TikTok and 32 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data
An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle
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Automated Machine-Generated Transcript:
[00:00:00] Well, we covered some of the very first things you need to do to keep your computer secure. Now we're going to get into what I think is going to help stop the ransomware.
You are listening to Craig Peterson. Thanks for joining us. We are talking about your computer right now. Your computer security. There are many reasons. To pay for antivirus. In fact, that was in my newsletter this week, seven reasons to pay for Anti-virus, very worthwhile. And we had just mentioned Bitdefender antivirus plus 2020.
So that's another one to consider putting on. So you've got Malwarebytes. You have your Bitdefender. I'm not gonna mention the names of the other ones that I don't want you to use, because that is going to confuse you, right? But there's one more thing that you should put on that.
Again, you should get a
[00:01:00] paid version of it's important to get the paid versions of some of these things because you get better support, you get better software, you get more features and that helps the company stay in business. And. Frankly, if they're not in business, they're not going to be able to support you very well.
Are they the last piece that you need to put on? There is something called open DNS. Now I did a webinar or actually a couple of webinars about open DNS. You will find it online. It just opendns.com. My company mainstream has the commercial enterprise versions that we use for our customers.
However, if you go to opendns.com, you'll see, there is a consumer tab and a consumer. Button. So they have DNS services for your home or small business. If you are a home user and
[00:02:00] you have a family, the open DNS family shield is a really great way to go. It is simple. You couldn't get more simple than this.
It doesn't have any configuration options. It's not like the enterprise version where we can do all kinds of specific restrictions, but it is going to be very, very handy for you. Okay. So, it just goes to opendns.com click on the consumer. And they'll look at Familyshield and it helps to stop your kids, your self, even from getting those websites that you really don't want to go to.
Okay. Then they have open DNS home. This is a little bit more open. Then Familyshield is, but they do want you to have an account with them. So I don't have a problem with that, frankly.
I know Cisco, I trust Cisco. My company
[00:03:00] mainstream uses Cisco. We sell Cisco. Okay. So I trust it. So you can enter in all of your information there and it's going to help with some of the website's loading faster, open DNS is much higher.
Time than most of the ISP is out there for their DNS services. So many times when you think the internet down, or it's not really down, or it's just that there's no name resolution working because you're, you're a internet service provider. They're DNS is busted, so it'll, it'll fix a lot of those things for you.
They have over 30 million customers, by the way, OpenDNS. Now, this is what I mentioned at the very end of the last segment. Is going to help with the ransomware because most of the time, the ransomware calls home. So what it's doing is setting itself up to do the bidding of the bad guys out there. And your
[00:04:00] computer becomes part of a botnet, or at least a remote control net. And then they start poking around looking through what's going on, looking through what you're doing and becomes a problem. Now, remember I said, you should get the paid versions. Well, they have open DNS home, VIP, which is $20 a year. And then they have a small business prosumer version, which is $20 a user.
I believe that is per month. I am not absolutely positive about that. I think it is cause that's I know that's what we charge for the professional version is $20 per user per month, but you'll see all of that. So if you tie all of these things together, your windows defender. And you add the malware bytes to that, because again, windows defender, isn't going to catch absolutely everything.
[00:05:00] So you have to be careful about what you have on your computer Bitdefender and openDNS. You are going to be safe against far more than 90% of the attacks out there. And if you're a home user, this is going to be good enough. If you are in a regulated industry, like your defense subcontractor, you have medical information. In other words, even if you have employees and you have the employee's information for health care, et cetera, be very careful because this is not good enough. You could get yourself in a whole lot of trouble.
Hey, you're listening to Craig Peterson. You can find me [email protected].
This week's articles you would have received if you were subscribed to my email list. So make sure you subscribe right now. You'll find out about it. All of the training and I'm going to be starting to do probably every other day pieces of training coming up soon that
[00:06:00] you can watch it at your convenience. I'll probably be doing a lot of them live so you can ask questions live, and I'll be telling me about those as well, but you have to sign up Craig peterson.com/.
Subscribe. Well, let's move on to our next topic here, by the way, if you have questions about any of what we just talked about or what we're about to talk about, just email me M [email protected]. Be more than glad to get back to you. If you've been looking for a way to save money on your cable bill, most of us have, of course, and many of us have kinda cut the cable.
You know what? I haven't cut the cable. I've got my cable set up so that it only gives me the channels I want. I'm not paying for extra channels. I don't care about sports. So I don't have any of these sports packages, which tend to be a huge part of the cost of cable.
[00:07:00] Well, many people have used some of the other services that are out there.
And, you know, what we're talking about really here is cable TV over the internet. And what are the platforms out there? Sling is one of them I've had Sling on the show before you've got FUBO or BTV I've had on my show before as well. But there's a, been a number of cord-cutting options over the years and things that'll help you do to really get what you want.
Okay. But when you start adding these up, they get very expensive, very, very quickly. And I am looking right now at an article talking about what our friends at YouTube have done. If you've been on YouTube over the last six months, you've seen these ads that keep popping up that remind you, Hey, you YouTube.
We have cable TV, try it free for 30 days. And
[00:08:00] many people jumped right on that. Existing customers have been paying $50 a month for basic cable TV. Now, remember YouTube is not getting you the internet. You still have to have the internet. So you're probably paying a cable company to give you the internet.
You might be using a lead telephone company using DSL or something like that, which is, you know, limited juice. good for you. Isn't that wonderful? But now brand new customers can expect to pay $65 a month for you tubes live cable, TV, alternative. And those people that already have it take a look at your July bill because the price jumps from 50 to $65, it's a lot of money when you get right down to it.
[00:09:00] I love this article here by ARS Technica. And he wrote an article titled YouTube TV ads, channels, and raises prices. And you can't opt-out of either change. So the price started at $40. Then it went to $50. Now it's at $65. and it's even worse if you are using A T and T.
So there you go so much for that stick around. When we come back, I'm going to tell you a little bit about the five G alternatives that are coming when it comes to cable TV. And we have even more to talk about here. As pleased in Europe are closing down a crime gang, interesting stuff. Your listening to Craig Peterson, stick around.
---
More stories and tech updates at:
www.craigpeterson.com
Don't miss an episode from Craig. Subscribe and give us a rating:
www.craigpeterson.com/itunes
Follow me on Twitter for the latest in tech at:
www.twitter.com/craigpeterson
For questions, call or text:
855-385-5553