As the year is coming to a close it is time again to tell which are the worse computer viruses of 2015 and why. I guess each and every person who has been hit with a computer virus of some sort will have their own opinion of which virus is worse and why. For me personally the worst virus is… Read more →
Tag: spyware
Motivation behind Computer Crime and Viruses
My job as part entrepreneur part adventurer has taken me all over the world. I have a sense of adventure and was fortunate enough to be born in a Australia where freedom and fiancee met somewhere in the middle and I was able to explore and have the means to travel the world and work from my laptop. Although I have been to more countries than… Read more →
Townsville Computer Security
I get asked a lot of questions about how to keep my computer secure, how to completely stop viruses and whats the best way to protect my self on the Internet. Depending on what you do everyday with your computer and online my answers are always different, but there are some thing s which are universal and it doesn’t… Read more →
Computer Townsville
If you need help with your computer Townsville we can probably help you. No matter the problem, if its elated to a computer Townsville we know we can help you and here is why. I have been repairing computers for more time than most of is have been using them.. at least at home in Townsville anyway. Twenty years ago… Read more →
Use AdBlock to hide Ads
The internet is built on the back of advertising. Although most websites seem on the surface to appear on your screen free of charge, most are actually funded by different types of advertising streams. Successful websites aren’t cheap to run. As well as authors putting in large amounts of time to bring you useful and relevant information, there are… Read more →
Pop Up and Virus Removal Townsville
What are Pop Ups? Pop Ups are an annoying form of advertising on your computer which demand your attention. These ads sit in your web browsing windows like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox and are highly animated with the intention of being obvious and annoying so you are forced to deal with and pay attention to. Some Pop Ups… Read more →
Firewall vs Antivirus
A lot of people don’t know the difference between an Antivirus program and a firewall and what each actually does. There are some exceptions to the rules but for the sake of simplicity and without getting to technical this article is going to be discussing the differences in general. Indeed you can get antivirus programs with firewalls built in, but… Read more →
Computer Maintenance
Computer maintenance in Townsville is a fickle thing. Through out the course of my week I always have customers who ask me or tell me they have been told they need to keep their computer maintained by an IT professional. I have a lot of different customers in a lot of different industries, not just in Townsville but all over the… Read more →
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death
The BSOD of Blue Screen of Death is an error screen which display in Microsoft Operating Systems whenever a fatal error occurs in which the computer can not recover from. The blue screen of death was first implemented in Windows operating systems in 1993 with the release of Microsoft Windows NT and has been a very good indicator to end users… Read more →
Computer Virus Targeting Townsville
Yesterday I received an email from someone containing a virus. Although this is not an unusual event I thought this was particularly concerning due to the fact this virus directly targets us in Townsville by using our location as the hook. The email subject is, “Important News for Townsville“. If you receive this email do not open it and delete it immediately. The email… Read more →