10 Things You Need to Know About Google+ Local Reviews

Recently, Google launched some major changes to Google Places, its local listing service, that allow local business owners to connect with their existing and potential customers in a unique and more human way. Google Places quite literally put local businesses on the map, and now, its replacement, Google+ Local, helps connect those businesses to consumers more directly. These Google+ Local listings are not only a part of search and maps but also have a new look and feel as part of Google+.

Google+ now has 400 million users. With all those potential eyes, local business owners on the site need to put a stronger emphasis on their customer reviews. In fact, 67% of consumers online read reviews of businesses before making a purchasing decision, and 70% of consumers trust a business with a minimum of 6-10 reviews. Here are ten things you need to know about the new Google+ Local reviews.

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Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks

Pictures you've e-mailed or uploaded from your smartphone could leak information that can threaten your safety or that of your children.

Remove Department of Justice virus (MoneyPak Scam)

The United States Department of Justice MoneyPak Ransom is a computer virus, which will display a bogus notification, that pretends to be from Department of Justice and states that your computer has been blocked due to it being involved with the distribution of pornographic material, SPAM and copyrighted content.
The United States Department of Justice virus will lock you out of your computer and applications, so whenever you’ll try to log on into your Windows operating system or Safe Mode with Networking, it will display instead a lock screen asking you to pay $300 in the form of a MoneyPak code.
Furthermore, to make its alert seem more authentic, this virus also has the ability to access your installed webcam ,so that the bogus The United States Department of Justice shows what is happening in the room.
If your computer is infected with The United States Department of Justice virus,then you are seeing the below notification:

Full instructions for removal at:  http://malwaretips.com/blogs/department-of-justice-virus/

Windows Update “Managed by your system administrator” nightmare

Today I encountered a bizarre issue when performing a routine setup on a refurbished (read: practically brand new) Dell Studio laptop. The problem manifested itself when Windows Update was run; rather than successfully connect to the Windows Update server and download updates information, the client would return an error:

Error Code 0x80072EE2
You receive updates: Managed by your system administrator

This sort of behavior is expected if your PC is set to receive Windows Updates via the WSUS service; in other words, not from the standard Windows Updates servers. But this computer was all-new (a new Windows install) and had never had a group policy set related to this (at least, it wasn’t supposed to have had it set)!

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Clean up your Facebook Presence with FaceWash

As you know Facebook is one of the leading ways other customers, friends, and potential employers find out about you.  Any negitive refferenced on facebook can give someone a negative impression of you.  Anything you liked or anything you or your friends commented can potentially be found and used against you.  

Luckly there is a new facebook app called Facewash (http://facewa.sh).  Once this app gains access to your account it will search your account for inappropriate photos, comments, and likes.  You can then use the links to remove the offending material from your facebook site.  I also suggest you unfriend anyone that places inappropriate comments or posts on your site.  No need for there bad habits to ruin your online presence.