AM-Win Newsletter.

March 2015

In this edition

• New program upgrade available.. Version 9.1 is the latest version on the web.
• A list of the enhancements and changes in Version 9.1.
• Tokens add to your on line banking security
• Malware – A National Disaster. Are you immune to the message
• AM-Win Support Solutions
• A 47 page tutorial on invoicing and its associated functions.
• Security Alerts - A wave of spam emails containing malware claiming to be traffic infringement notices has been targeting Australians.
• Archived copies of our newsletter.

Latest Version Information

New program upgrade available.. Version 9.1 is the latest version on the web.

We have published a document detailing the enhancements to this version in this newsletter. The article can be found directly below this update advice.

Program "fixes" are detailed in the "help/about" menu.

This Version 9 upgrade download will upgrade any existing Version 9 of AM-WIN without an Install code or license files.

If you have any AM-Win version prior to version 9.0 please contact your supporting consultant prior to upgrading.

Click here to download.

Don't forget to backup your data before upgrading.

 

Version 9.1 program enhancements.

Version 9.1 contains 37 new program enhancements and one change to functionality. We take pride in listening to our clients when they suggest a new function or change. Many of the changes have been requested by those who use our program on a day to day basis.

This details a list of enhancements in the latest version of AM-Win To read or print this document click the PDF log below,

Tokens add to your on line banking security

Our Team at ICS Queensland has reported that clients have suffered losses from their bank accounts due to identity theft or hacked user name and passwords..

Our support staff and technicians suggest that all clients who use Internet on-line banking look closely at two factor authorisation and the use of tokens with automatically generated numerical passwords that change every few minutes to stop this from happening. Most banks now offer this additional level of security.

For more information please click on the PDF logo below.

Malware – A National Disaster.

Are you immune to the message

If the river is flooded or a bushfire is imminent and the authorities tell you to evacuate you would be foolish to ignore them. After all the authorities are the experts aren’t they.

Yet thousands of people each week fall victim to attacks on them when they open e-mail attachments containing malicious software that can cause them emotional, reputational or collateral harm.

All because they chose to or forgot to heed the warning of experts.

The amount of attacks on our computers and consequently on ourselves has reached a disaster of national proportions.

Everyone who has an e-mail address has read the warnings many many times.

So many times in fact that we have become immune to the message.

Our Technicians have requested that we publish this article, Please ensure that you read the rest of this article in full by clicking on the PDF logo below to view and print the document.

We also recommend that you pass it on to anyone in your organisation that has access to your computer system..

AM-Win Support Solutions

We have many new clients who are going live for the first time and our support centres have requested that we publish support articles related to invoicing and associated functions,

It's also a good opportunity for the more experienced users to have a read and see if there is something that they don't know about or could be doing better.

How to use job invoicing

Job Invoicing contains all the functions associated with invoicing for any job based environment, allowing for entry of Parts, Labour and Misc. charges, importing data, cloning information from one Job to another plus many more features.

This tutorial covers the following functions in invoicing: The document is 47 pages long and contains many screen clips.

Overview
New Job
Insert Parts, Labour and General Text Details
Insert Revenue
Changing a line
Deleting a line
Insert a text story
To make a kit from an invoice
To print a job card
Invoicing Features
Sub-totaling
Repricing Job after it is Saved but not Finalised
Buy In Button
P/Link Alt F3 Button
Importing Estimate or another job in Existing Job
Cut and Paste Details
Statistics
Deleting Lines on a Job
Enquiries
History
History Report
Locking a Job
Invoice Notes
Print Owner Address on invoice
Insufficient stock
Ability to Change Totals in Job Invoicing
Details automatically insert from one Invoice to another
Suppress Printing of Information on Parts/Labour/Revenue
Import Notes into Job Invoice
Manually typing text using the Notes option
Changing the Fonts
Password Level on Finalising an Invoice
Moving single lines on Job
Don’t Allow Price Or Discount Change On Invoice
Invoice Profit Margin
Proforma Invoice
Proforma able to be used as a Delivery Docket
Revising a Job
Finalising a Job
Multiple Payment methods
Post to previous/next month
Progressive Invoicing
CREDIT RETURNS
Incorrect Invoice Raised
To Credit part of an Invoice
ESTIMATES & QUOTES/PARTS INVOICING/CLONING
Merge Quotes & Invoices
Cloning a History job to a New Quote
Revising a quote

Click the PDF logo below to view or print the tutorial.

 

High priority computer alerts

Scam traffic infringement notices spread malware: Alert Priority High

A wave of spam emails claiming to be traffic infringement notices has been targeting Australians.

Users who click on any links in the spam e-mail are directed to sites that immediately download Ransomware such as Crypto locker.

This is a particularly malicious form of malware that can either encrypt your computers data and where you are asked to pay a ransom before a key is provided to unlock it or where your data is irreparably corrupted.

Traffic infringement notices have become a common approach used by scammers as they are likely to alarm a recipient into a reactive response to click the link.

If you receive such an email, do not respond or click links. You should evaluate it as spam and delete it.

Current examples of these emails features the subject ‘Infringement notice’ and an ID number. The body states that you have been caught speeding and that you will need to click a link to view the invoice. The emails also contain a link to view the photos of the alleged incident:

Both links will take you to a malicious website which attempts to scam you for your credit card details, as well as download malware to your computer.

If an issuing organisation is not specifically identified in the message (as in the example above) this is an indication of a scam.

Click PDF logo to view and print this warning

Archived copies of our newsletters

Did you know that we archive copies of our newsletters for 12 months - if you've missed one or want to chase up an article that you've read click on Newsletter in the top menu on our site and select Newsletter Archives.

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