Category Archive: Security

By Evan Campbell
October 4, 2021 2:59 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Security, Security News

Now that you have one DUO device registered for 2-factor authentication let’s get a second one setup so that if anything happens to the first device you’re not locked out of email or Teams!  Here are a few examples of good secondary devices to register. If you have an office phone you can register it’s […]

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By Ross Madden
January 16, 2013 10:33 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Security, Security News

Most of us are aware of this by now, but I received the following, very well written explanation of the problem and steps to take at this point.  As before, when I get these, and feel they should be given a wider audience, I will repost for the CNSIT community. “As everyone is probably painfully […]

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By CNS IT
December 18, 2012 4:17 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security, Security News

Rootkit Viruses are stealthy viruses that can cause great damage to your operating system and even to your hardware if they are in the “firmware rootkit” class. Several classes of rootkit viruses exist: persistent, memory-based, user-mode, kernel-mode and firmware driven. Installation of these rootkit viruses are automated and can evade many anti-virus programs. Removal of […]

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By Ross Madden
April 24, 2012 9:08 am MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Security, Windows

Adobe ARM is the Adobe Reader Manager.  ARM is the update manager for Adobe Reader that automatically opens on Windows start-up. This program notifies you of updates and downloads to keep you software up to date.  It is not uncommon for this process to trigger a Symantec Tamper Protection Alert similar to the following: Currently, […]

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