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  7 free alternatives to Microsoft Office you can consider Microsoft Office is one of the most-popular productivity suites globally. It is used by companies worldwide for spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint and more. However, it really does not come cheap. if you are are looking for some more affordable/free alternatives, here are seven that you can look at:   Google Workspace Google Workspace is one of the most popular alternatives to Microsoft Office. It is free and offers users 15GB of cloud storage for storing files, mails, attachments and more. Workspace includes several Google apps and services including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides as an alternative to Word, Excel and Powerpoint. It also includes Google Drive, alternative for Microsoft OneDrive.   iWork is another good free alternative to Microsoft Office, but it is best suited for Apple users (Mac, iPhone and iPad). There’s a web-version too, but it has limited functionality. In terms of Apple iWork offers Pages, Number...

  How to Open an MBOX File (Using Mozilla Thunderbird) An MBOX file contains an archive of emails. When you download your Gmail archive from   Google Takeout , for example, you’ll get an MBOX file containing all your emails. Here’s how to view its contents. Download Mozilla Thunderbird Our favorite app for opening an MBOX file is the open-source Mozilla Thunderbird application. We performed the steps here with Mozilla Thunderbird version 78, which was the current version as of January 15, 2021. To get started, download   Mozilla Thunderbird   and install it. It’s available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Launch Thunderbird and Set Up an Account If you’re not already using Mozilla Thunderbird, you’ll see a “Set Up Your Existing Email Address” dialog box the first time you open it. Click “Cancel” to continue. If you’re not already using Mozilla Thunderbird, you’ll see a “Set Up Your Existing Email Address” dialog box the first time you open it. Click “Cancel” to continu...

How to prepare your Windows network for a ransomware attack Removing barriers to hardening your Windows network and planning your response will minimize disruption from a ransomware attack.   Recently I spoke with Ryan Chapman of the SANS Institute, author of the upcoming SANS course FOR528: Ransomware for Incident Responders, on how to better prepare for ransomware . That preparation comes in two forms: planning how you would respond to a successful ransomware attack and overcoming barriers to hardening your network against them. Planning for a ransomware attack Ransomware recovery should be nothing more than restoring a backup, but the reality is that you often have no idea what is needed to restore until faced with the restoration process. A SANS roundtable recently discussed whether to pay a ransom. In a perfect world we would not pay the attackers. Paying feeds the ransomware industry, but it’s not that cut and dried. Recovery from backups take time. You may rea...