Arbutus Music was set up by Christine Gwynn and Frances Quintrell in 2008 to provide a range of musical activities.
Arbutus Music courses include voice coaching, ideas and tips, and the opportunity to build group singing skills. All done in a fun and light-hearted way. Well their latest workshop is called Sing Sea Songs, and today, I was joined by Christine and Frances, who told us all about it.
Christine Gwynn and Francis Quintrell
You can listen to our chat again here –
Sing Sea Songs
Thursday 12 June 2014
9.30am – 3.30pm
Navestock Village Hall, nr Brentwood
CM14 5SD
£30 Fee includes tea, coffee and music
Please bring a packed lunch
Advance booking essential. No experience necessary.
01277 651970
Email: workshops@ arbutusmusic.net
Also, there’s alarming news from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA): you have “two weeks” to protect yourself from a major cyber-threat.
The warning came as the FBI, in partnership with authorities in several countries around the world, shut down a network of criminally operated computers that were stealing important information from victims’ machines.
If your computer does not run Windows, This does not affect you – but other problems might, so always keep your antivirus up to date.
If you are using Windows, then Gameover Zeus is a particularly nasty piece of malware – malicious software – that will fish around your computer for files that look like they may contain financial or other sensitive information. Once it finds them, it steals them.
The FBI has said that the criminals in this case used “phishing” emails to install Gameover Zeus on victims’ computers. A phishing email is one that looks like it came from somewhere official, like your bank, but didn’t – instead directing you to mistakenly download the malware.
The NCA has estimated that around 15,000 computers may currently be infected in the UK. Worldwide, it runs into the millions.
Those in the UK will be receiving correspondence from their internet service provider soon, warning them that they are at risk. If you get one of these notices, you must act immediately.
But while the 15,000 figure is relatively low, this warning should not be ignored. Everyone should run a scan on their system.
GetSafeOnline.org – a government-backed initiative – published a list of downloads it recommends to run a sweep of your system and get into shape. Unfortunately, overwhelming traffic is causing the site to falter, and so people are also being directed to the UK Cyber Emergency Readiness Team (Cert) instead.
Users are recommended to take the following actions to address GOZ infections:
- Use and maintain anti-virus software
- Change your passwords
- Keep your operating system and application software up-to-date
- Use anti-malware tools
