"Tech Tips During COVID-19"

Stephanie Humphrey:
Be on the look out for scams. They are running rampant right now. Specifically ones that are centered around cures that do not work. Also, ones that are trying to get your money. For example, how to get your small business loans quicker, or more money that you were entitled to get.

BEST ADVICE: Do not click on any links that you get via text messages or emails.

Scammers are getting a lot smarter and more savvy with how they are able to make these emails look legitimate. The other thing that they are doing is around Zoom & Skype because everybody is working from home and teleconferencing. You might get an email that says that you have a notification or a meeting. It will take you took a website that looks just like Skype's website but maybe the extension is .app or .dev instead of .com. People don't pay attention to those little details and get in trouble.

Karen: What does trouble look like? 

SH: Most likely, when you click the link, it automatically triggers a download that now puts some malware, virus or even worse, some ransomware that compromises your machine. Also, if you're using your login credentials on any of these sites, now they will have that information too and have a lot more access to other things.

You password should be a sentence instead of personal information. Make it a long drawn out sentence but something you can remember.

COVID-19 Consumer Warnings and Safety Tips: (click here)

Need faster service & less interruptions with bandwidth?
​Sit as close to your router as possible.

There is an app called Cloudcheck that lets you roam around your house with your phone and it will tell you where the strongest signals are in your house. 

You can also get a repeater to boost a signal in different areas of your home. 

You can create a "mesh network" for a stronger wi-fi signal.

Karen: But does that pull in 5G... does it pull in more radiation waves?

SH: Possibly. Wi-fi, it's all radiation. It's all electromagnetic signals.