Virus and Malware Protection

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:51:02 +0000

The internet can be a dangerous place for anyone who isn’t prepared. If you are running any version of Windows, it is vital that you have a good Anti-virus program and a good Malware scanner.
There are a lot of great programs out there that can help with this. The two that we use for our systems are Avast Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Avast provides great protection against most malicious software. But like all anti-virus programs, they are not 100% secure. That is why you need software that can clean your system when you get spyware or malware on your computer. Malwarebytes does an excellent job of removing spyware and malware infections after they have infected the system.

If you already have an infection and it has thwarted all your attempts at removing it, please give us a call. We can clean your system without formatting or losing any data in most situations.

Speed your system up

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:51:52 +0000

Most computers slow down over time. The main culprit behind this is whats called “File Fragmentation”. Basically what this means is that your files get chopped up into tiny bits when they are being written to the hard drive. This causes the computer to have to take more time than it should to read all those file fragments and put them all back together so it can read the file.

By defraging your hard drive once a month or so, you can keep your system performance up.

There is a built in file defragmention program in Windows, but the one we prefer to use is called Defraggler. Click HERE to download it.
Just install it, and run it. This program does an amazing job of optimizing your hard drive.

TEK Computer Consulting

Virus and Malware Protection

Speed your system up