No body likes slow internet. But yet, even with the massive amounts of money being spent on technology, communications the NBN etc. Are lot of us are still getting slow internet. But even though its easy to just blame the telecommunications companies, its not always there fault. The first thing you need to do when you have slow internet on… Read more →
Category: Virus
Apple Mac Wont Upgrade OSX
Computer operating systems are very complicated and technical pieces of software. Unlike most computer software and apps which sit on top and get installed within your operating like Windows, OSX and Linux; Operating systems are responsible for being part of the computer which allows you talk to the physical hardware and components of your computer. I like to think of… Read more →
Different kinds of computer attacks
You computer can be damaged any number of ways, from power surges, water damage, heat or simply misuse. Some people get angry and punch them usually causing problems with the motherboard and running hard drives and data. But the way most peoples computer gave something go wrong with them is they have downloaded something which hurts their computer or laptop,… Read more →
Fruitfly Apple Mac Virus
Apple Computers Do Get Viruses The common belief is Apple Mac computer do not get viruses. Yes, Apple Macs are built on top of a foundation which viruses find it hard to infect, but the truth is Apple computers desktops and Macbook’s do in fact get viruses as well. There is a much smaller market share for Apple computers so… Read more →
Antivirus Phone Number
This post is about another scam going around hitting a lot of people in Townsville. It comes in many different colours and skins, but it all amounts to the same thing. Getting you to pick up the phone and give your credit card details to someone who is not a real antivirus company and who will install software on your… Read more →
Viruses in Emails
The majority of viruses, malware, spyware and ad-ware we see on peoples computers is stuff they have accidentally installed themselves, by downloading and installing software associated with free; such as games and movies etc. But there are many other ways for your computer to get a virus, email being one of the big ones. Can I get a Virus from… Read more →
Microsoft Called You – SCAM
We are getting more and more of these customers ever week now. What started out as one customer every few months is now more like half a dozen every week. I know what you are thinking, “People cant get fouled by this”, but yes they can and do. Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world, with billions of… Read more →
Conflicting Software Issues
Although there are many parts and different types of software and hardware on your computer, the two main parts people mostly refer to are hardware and software. Hardware the physical components you can touch like your motherboard, hard drive, mouse, monitor, keyboard, memory and so on. What is Software Software can be anything from the operating system you are using such… Read more →
Finding Lost Data and Recovery
Many times I have lost a document or photo, accidentally deleted something or simply moved it without thinking. It happens a lot more than you realise and sometimes data is not missing or needed to be recovered, just simply found on the hard drive. If you know the name of the file you can search for it with in your… Read more →
Been Called From Microsoft Lately
Everyone has heard of Microsoft. It is the biggest software company in the world and everyone has either used a Windows computer at one time or another, used a Word Documents or checked eMail through a program like Microsoft Outlook or Mail. Subconsciously Microsoft being such a big part of our computer and technical life, it seems to lower our defence sand give… Read more →