Posts From June, 2023

Data Recovery Industry Plagued By Unethical Business Practices

Compared to other computer related services the data recovery services business is relatively new, completely unregulated and not very well understood by most today’s consumers. The purpose of this article is to help the reader make an objective decision as to how to choose a data recovery service provider so as not to fall victim to a new spin on a very old scam (the bait and switch) or worse; trust the data recovery job to a well meaning... read more
 

Computer Repair Bill Avoidance – Steering Clear of Trojans and other Malicious Software

Vast improvements in computer software and software updating has made the computer virus a  The larger portion of computer repair bills for small and medium sized businesses as well as home computer users are due to malicous software; specifically what is known as trojan horse programs and PUP’s which is an acronym for Potentially Unwanted Programs.

How The CryptoWall Ransomware Is Changing Our Future

Those that know me have probably heard me mention the CryptoWall ransomware more than once over the past few weeks. That’s because from a technology perspective something extraordinary has been happening that is forcing us all to clean up our approach to how we deal with security. The malicious software that we’ve all gotten used to seeing and dealing with has by comparison been poorly written, crudely designed and limited in the amount of... read more
 

Computer Repair Avoidance – Don’t Believe Everything You Read

The easiest way to avoid an unexpected computer repair is to be wary and mistrustful of anything you see online asking you to install additional software onto your computer. While searching for web content we were presented with the above captioned web site asking us to install “Extreme Flash Player”. As a computer service center we see infected computers on a daily basis, along with computer owners seeking virus removal in Milwaukee who are... read more