Spyware & Viruses
You always ask yourself: “What is the difference between spyware & virus?”
Spyware will pop-up with a message, on the lower right, providing warnings of your infection. There are many anti-spyware softwares out there, however, they are not typically updated to resolve the rapidly new instances of spyware that are released daily. Moreover, users forget to protect their PCs from spyware, because they think that their anti-virus software will protect against everything.
Spyware has multiple effects such as:
- spamming
- slowing down the PC
- providing fake spyware software for fee
Viruses are easier to catch and kill. Your anti-virus software should be running 24/7, while you are working on your PC.Your anti-virus software HAS TO BE up to date, otherwise it will quarantine the virus instead of killing it. In the worse case, your anti-virus software will not pick up the rogue virus and your system could:
- get slow
- turn off unexpectedly
- e-mail the virus to other network computers and contacts
- incapacitate programs and functionality
- crash the computer
You should contact Computer Specialist if you think that you are not capable of removing viruses from your PC.
Windows 7 Startup Problem – How to fix it
If your Windows 7 does not start, do not worry. It is very easy now to fix this OS. Here are the steps how to fix it:
- Insert your Windows 7 DVD and boot up to it by pressing any key when prompted.
- Press Next when the Windows 7 process reaches the language screen.
- Click on Repair your computer.
- The Repair option will then look for your Windows operating system.
- Choose the Windows 7 operating system that is not booting up. Most likely, there will just be one listed.
- Then, choose Startup Repair from the list.
- Afterwards, the Startup Repair will look for issues and provide a solution.
- Follow the solution provided by accepting the default prompts to fix.
- The Windows 7 Startup Repair utility will look to fix the issue and restart if necessary.
- Perform System Restore if the above didn’t work, and if you have already backed up your files
If you still have a problem fixing your Windows 7, bring your computer to a computer professional
Blue screen of death! How to fix it?
The Blue screen of death is the worst thing that happened in the PC world. It comes suddenly while you will be working on a very important document or just surfing the Internet, and … HERE IT IS! Blues Screen with cryptic white lettering on it. This means you have a Windows stop error that Windows cannot resolve on its own and will, therefore, prevent starting up your computer due to bad driver, virus, currupted Windows system file. So, the question of the day: What do you do?
Here are SOME solutions to resolve this problem:
- Turn off your computer and unplug all extra peripherals such as external hard drive or flash drivers and then turn your computer back on. These drives might be not working properly and preventing Windows to start.
- Search the error message in Google and there are might be an easy way to resolve it.
- Boot up into safe mode and scan for viruses. One of the good anti-virus software which works under safe-mode is Malware Bytes. It is free to use it.
- Perform a system repair by booting up to your Windows operating system CD, however, be careful with this method. You might erase all data from your hard-drive.
For more assistance with the blue screen issue please call PC repair specialist.
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3 steps for PC tune-up (clean-up).
It is very important to clean up your computer regularly in order to speed up your computer and remove viruses. Here is 3 steps of PC tune-up which can help your computer run fluent and fast. It also will prevent future computer speed issues. You should can use these steps biweekly:
- Right-click My Computer, select Properties -> Advanced System Settings or System Properties -> un-check the restore point. (IF you do not have My Computer on the Desktop then Click Start -> right-click My Computer). This will prevent the saving possible malicious settings and files in memory. Then again recreate the restore point. This process will turn back the clock on your computer to a clean and good start-up point.
- Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features and remove any programs, toolbars, or utilities that you don’t use anymore.
Following these 3 steps will help you to tune-up your PC.