Malwarebytes, the company behind the malware protection we provide, has compiled an interesting “infographic” based upon studies they performed between June and November 2016. It shows the alarming rate at which these types of infections are growing in the US as well as globally. Take a moment, click on the link above and review the information they have discovered.
On a related note, we have had some users complaining about slow/lagging connections after the installation of the new Malwarebytes Version 3.0. Malwarebytes is aware of the situation and working on a solution that will be released in a future update. The only suggestion for correcting this in the meantime is to go back to the older version. The issue with this is you lose the anti-ransomware protection with the older version. Please call us if you have questions or need help with this.
There have also been issues with web protection not turning on which generates an error that “Protection Layers have been turned off”. The recent update should have corrected this problem, but if you are still see it, there is a manual fix. If you would like help correcting this issue, please contact us.