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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning now to KTLA's tech guy and

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<v Speaker 1>the host of Rich on Tech on KFI.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Rich de Miro.

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<v Speaker 3>Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you. Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So, Rich, I would love to start today with

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<v Speaker 1>this social security email scam because these things look real

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not, and they can really mess you up.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's the link?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and this one's a doozy because if you go

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<v Speaker 3>to it, it actually will. If you go to the website,

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<v Speaker 3>you click the link it says download your statement, it

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<v Speaker 3>will actually download malware onto your computer. And if you

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<v Speaker 3>ran that, like if you double click that file that

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<v Speaker 3>it downloads immediately, it is bad news. So I got

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<v Speaker 3>this email forwarded to me from a viewer John People.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, Amy, because I do so many these scams,

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<v Speaker 3>everyone sends me their scammy mail. So all day long,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm literally going through scammy mails and be like, is

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<v Speaker 3>this one interesting? Is this one good? Is this one new?

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<v Speaker 3>Is this one different? But this one is going around

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<v Speaker 3>because I went to the social security website and they

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<v Speaker 3>did say yeah, as of April first, this is going around,

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<v Speaker 3>so beware. It basically says we've got your social security statement.

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<v Speaker 3>It's ready to download. You click the file, it immediately

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<v Speaker 3>downloads some you know file to your computer. And like

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<v Speaker 3>I said, if you click that, it is really bad malware.

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<v Speaker 3>It'll give the hackers full control of your computer, stealing passwords,

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<v Speaker 3>reading files, spying on you. It's really wild. So beware

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<v Speaker 3>and do not click those links.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And with that one, Rich, it's not one where they

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<v Speaker 1>kind of grab control and then say, oh, here pays

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of a ransom.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's just to go and screw up your computer.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, there could be some ransomware in there as well,

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<v Speaker 3>and they can do whatever they want. Yeah, So we

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<v Speaker 3>didn't we didn't get that far. We my son and

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<v Speaker 3>I actually kind of like tested the malware in a

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<v Speaker 3>sandbox to see like just what it does. And it

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<v Speaker 3>does a lot. I mean, it's but we didn't get

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<v Speaker 3>to a screen where it's where it kind of like

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<v Speaker 3>took over our computer and said, hey, pay this ransom.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's definitely in the realm of possibilities for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, yeah, the best way to get

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<v Speaker 3>around all that stuff like have a backup, a complete

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<v Speaker 3>backup of your computer. So if you ever run into

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<v Speaker 3>a situation where you have ransomware take over your computer.

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<v Speaker 3>The best thing to have is a complete backup of

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<v Speaker 3>your computer, and a good tech person can just wipe

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<v Speaker 3>your computer clean and reinstall your stuff and you don't

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<v Speaker 3>have to pay that ransom.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and here's my dumb question of the day, because

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<v Speaker 1>you know I love dumb questions when it comes to technology.

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<v Speaker 1>So to get a backup of your computer, do you

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<v Speaker 1>put that? Can you put your whole computer like on

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<v Speaker 1>an external hard drive? Or where do you put it?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I mean you can literally just get buy an

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<v Speaker 3>external hard drive, plug it into your computer. The first

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<v Speaker 3>time you plug in a blank hard drive on Mac

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<v Speaker 3>and Windows, it should say, hey, do you want to

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<v Speaker 3>use this as a backup? If not? On Mac, it's

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<v Speaker 3>called time machine. On Windows it's called file history or backup.

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<v Speaker 3>Just search for it, set it and pull the drive out.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, don't leave it connected to your computer.

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<v Speaker 3>Just connect it every week or so.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Okay, that's great, great advice.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, you were talking about laptops, and if you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the market for a laptop, you might not be finding

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<v Speaker 1>any deals anytime soon.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think. Well. Look, I mean it's funny because

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<v Speaker 3>I follow this website slick Deals, and I have a

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<v Speaker 3>filter with like the best laptop deals, and every day

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<v Speaker 3>I check that and this is the week. This week

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<v Speaker 3>is the smallest amount of deals I've ever seen, like ever.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a one, two, three, four, five deals and they're

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<v Speaker 3>not super cheap. But I mean, here's the thing. So

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<v Speaker 3>with these tariffs, we have not seen in a big way.

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<v Speaker 3>No major company has said, hey, we're raising prices. These

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<v Speaker 3>prices have gone up. Obviously Apple is the big one,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Lenovo, HP, Dell. Waiting for something from those

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<v Speaker 3>companies because that would signal a real impact from these tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>We have not seen that.

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<v Speaker 1>But some smaller.

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<v Speaker 3>Companies have kind of changed the way they've done things.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a company called Framework, which makes laptops that

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<v Speaker 3>are basically pieces that you can like replace over time,

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<v Speaker 3>and so they have temporarily halted sales of their entry

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<v Speaker 3>level laptop because they say that the ten percent tariff,

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<v Speaker 3>even a ten percent, would be too much. And then

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<v Speaker 3>Razor they make high end gaming computers. Again, they haven't

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<v Speaker 3>said anything publicly, but they took the pre order page

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<v Speaker 3>down for their latest laid sixteen laptop.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, so just so I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think these companies are like us Amy. They don't know

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<v Speaker 3>what's happening, right, They just they're just like, hey, we

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<v Speaker 3>want to make sure we're not going to sell these

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<v Speaker 3>things at a loss, but we also want to continue

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<v Speaker 3>selling our goods in America.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotcha? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>And then here's one place you can find a deal

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<v Speaker 1>with Apple TV plus.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I think I think Apple did this just for

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<v Speaker 3>some levity in our world right now, because there is

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<v Speaker 3>so many price increases and so many changes. Apple TV

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<v Speaker 3>plus three dollars a month for three months, so limited

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<v Speaker 3>time offer, and you know this is for now through

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<v Speaker 3>April twenty fourth, new and they say quote qualified returning

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<v Speaker 3>subscribers whatever that means. Just you know, try it, see

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<v Speaker 3>if it works for you. But not a bad deal,

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<v Speaker 3>right two ninety nine For the three months.

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<v Speaker 1>They got great, great programming. So I'm wondering, which can

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<v Speaker 1>I cancel and then renew or do we know.

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<v Speaker 3>That that I don't know. Yeah, I don't know that.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of people were asking me that on Instagram

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<v Speaker 3>last night, and I'm like, don't have the answer to that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, look, they have I'm sure you can look

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<v Speaker 3>at their little terms and conditions at the bottom, but

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<v Speaker 3>I have not been able to find like definitive, like

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<v Speaker 3>what does qualifying mean? You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, and reading that.

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<v Speaker 3>Side, let's see offer expires qualified. Yeah, redeeming offer not

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<v Speaker 3>available if you are eligible for a free Apple TV

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<v Speaker 3>Plus or your subscription.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's basically like I can't find the answer to that.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think if you cancel it, I'm guessing there's

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<v Speaker 3>some sort of like timeframeah where if you have had

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<v Speaker 3>it in the past, you know, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you don't have it, Apple TV really does.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like one of my favorites because I think about

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<v Speaker 1>who I'm going to cancel if I need to cancel

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<v Speaker 1>some I'm like, you can't be Apple TV.

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<v Speaker 2>They have too much good programming on there.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't do a ton, but what they do is

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<v Speaker 3>very high quality.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>You can get more great tech advice when if you

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<v Speaker 1>listen to Rich on Tech every Saturday from eleven am

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<v Speaker 1>to two pm.

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<v Speaker 2>You can also, of course see him on KTLA, follow.

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<v Speaker 1>Him on Instagram at rich on Tech, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to know about the things that we just talked

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<v Speaker 1>about and other stuff that he talks about, he puts

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<v Speaker 1>it all up on his website.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Rich on tech dot TV. Thank you so much,

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<v Speaker 2>Rich Demiro.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, I'm going on KTLA right now to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about my radio show on CAFI.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, my whole piece today. It's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, cool, Thanks Rich, all right later bye,