The Protector

Today I got a call from a customer that had issues with her work connection. She needed to connect to her email from home to her work. It would not connect, stating something about Proxyerror. Well upon arriving I notice the HP computer was taking a very long time to boot. After it booted I immediately saw the issue. This PC Was crawling, it had Norton Anti-Virus 2010, Webroot Spysweeper and Microsoft Essentials, wow. I am surprised it booted at all. So I had to remove Norton 2010 first, I thought Norton had improved their product. Well maybe I had to much faith, or hope but man it still bogged this system dowwwwn. So Norton came off, and I rebooted. Now Spysweeper, the cust. said that Spysweeper would constantly scan but it never found anything. Yea, I seen this before. Someone recommended it to me. Well I learned that this was not a great product either. Why would you want to keep scanning the hard drive if no viruses are found. That is just slowing down the computer. So now Webroot was gone. Now I had to remove Microsoft Essentials. It took a long time to uninstall but it finally uninstall and I rebooted once again.

Now the computer was clear but it was still sluggish, I was beginning to think I was going to have to reinstall Windows XP. I thought about it and said I need to scan for viruses anyway just be sure. So I downloaded and installed Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and ran a quick scan it found 2 infections right away, by the time it finish it removed over 100 infections. So you tell me what is Norton 2010 doing, it surely is not protecting your PC, not to mention it is slowing the crap out of your processor. If you have Norton Anti-Virus any version you need to get rid of it NOW. I do this for a living folks, and it is not protecting your PC and you will eventually lose your data and have to get a service tech out there like me. My customer called Geek Squad before she called me and they told her it will cost $299.99 as an estimate and they could not get out onsite to her house for 2 weeks. Or she could bring it in the store, which would still cost her the same and it would take her 2 weeks to get it back. She had already had a bad experience with the in store Geek Squad. She took in a notebook and it was doing the same thing that it was doing before she took it in. They still wanted to charge her for a broken notebook. Say What!!

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So I rebooted the computer and my customer was watching me the whole process, she said WOW, the PC is running faster than ever. I said thank you and collected my fee.

The lack luster economic environment, including falling home and stock values, deteriorating credit, have hurt new PC sales this year.

Most people who are unemployed are not in the market to purchase a new computer. However you need a computer to find a job, fill out applications and also to file your unemployment benefits while you are looking for that new job.

People are holding on to their computers longer than before. That is the purpose of this post. How to extend the life of your PC without spending a lot of money or getting into more debt.

Your existing computer may be just fine. It needs to be tune-up occasionally just like your car. Over time the hard drive needs to be organize and updated. If your computer is slow or has gotten slower it may be software related, or virus related. Viruses can cause a once fast PC slow down to a crawl. It can even prevent a computer from booting, connecting to the Internet, printing, etc. You need to scan your PC with a quality Anti-Malware scanner and also protect it against future threats. I recommend Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware. It will remove all possible threats this will get rid of any issues that may be causing your PC to slow down due to infections. Once your PC is cleaned and virus free it will also protect it from future threats. It updates and scans nightly automatically just set it and forget it. Click on the banner below for a special discounted rate or click here.

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Thanks,

R. Walker Sr. (continue reading…)