Monday, December 14th, 2009
Google recently began sending out window decals to local businesses to promote the usage and adoption of QR codes, as well as to promote Google Maps, and they’re calling these businesses Favorite Places. QR codes can be decoded with most smart phones (iPhone, Android phones and Blackberry’s) and will provide a link to the business listing on Google Maps.
The good news: We’ve been selected as one of the few businesses to receive these promotional window decals!
However, because we don’t have an actual office (I work out of my home), I thought I would go ahead and post pictures of the letter Google sent, along with the QR code window decal.
Tags: Bay Area, East Bay, East Bay PC Repair, Google, information, internet, news, PC Repair, San Francisco
Posted in Google, Local | No Comments »
Monday, October 19th, 2009
If you work on computers, you’ve undoubtedly encountered a rogue anti-virus program. These programs disguise themselves as real antivirus programs, trick the user into installing them, and claim the user has viruses all over their system. Often times, the only virus is the rogue antivirus program itself. These programs can be trojans, viruses, or just an attempt to get the user to pay money by claiming it will get rid of the (non-existent) viruses on your system.. and doing nothing.
The problem is, these Fake antivirus programs can be a real pain to get rid of completely. That’s where Remove Fake Antivirus comes in.
Remove Fake Antivirus 1.32 is used to remove:
- 1. Cyber Security
- 2. Alpha Antivirus
- 3. Braviax
- 4. Windows Police Pro
- 5. Antivirus Pro 2010
- 6. PC Antispyware 2010
- 7. FraudTool.MalwareProtector.d
- 8. Winshield2009.com
- 9. Green AV
- 10. Windows Protection Suite
- 11. Total Security 2009
- 12. Windows System Suite
- 13. Antivirus BEST
- 14. System Security
- 15. Personal Antivirus
- 16. System Security 2009
- 17. Malware Doctor
- 18. Antivirus System Pro
- 19. WinPC Defender
- 20. Anti-Virus-1
- 21. Spyware Guard 2008
- 22. System Guard 2009
- 23. Antivirus 2009
- 24. Antivirus 2010
- 25. Antivirus Pro 2009
- 26. Antivirus 360 and
- 27. MS Antispyware 2009
The program seems to be updated fairly regularly by the software developer, which is good because new rogue antivirus programs are released all the time, and hopefully will be added to future versions.
It is available for download from the developer’s site, where you’ll also find other useful utilities to protect your system.
[via ghacks]
Tags: antivirus, Downloads, flash drive, free, malware, PC Repair, Portable Apps, usb, Utilities, viruses, Windows
Posted in Downloads, PC Repair | No Comments »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
I can’t tell you how many times this little application has saved me: Winsock XP Fix
I keep it on my thumb drive so I always have it when I need it. And although the name says XP Fix, it works in other versions of Windows as well.
The Winsockfix Utility will:
- Detect your current Operating System
- Release the IP address, taking you “Offline”
- Reset the TCP stack using Netsh.exe (Windows XP only)
- Delete the current Registry TCP and Winsock Values
- Import new “Working” Registry Values
- Backup any Current “Hosts” file
- Replace the “Hosts” file with a default one
- Reboot the Computer
Often times, as a computer repair guy, you’ll encounter someone who can’t connect to the internet, and when the problem doesn’t seem to be related to any network hardware, it’s probably related to the TCP/IP stack, the HOSTS file or some registry settings. This mostly happens when adware, malware or viruses change these settings or modify the files needed to connect to the internet. When you get rid of the problem source, the files it modified are still jacked up.
That’s where this program comes to the rescue. Make it the first thing you try, before spending countless hours troubleshooting other things or reinstalling programs, and you’ll have super fast resolution times and can move on to your next customer.
Download Winsock XP Fix
Tags: Downloads, flash drive, free, internet, PC Repair, Portable Apps, tips, Tips and Tricks, Utilities, wi-fi, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP
Posted in Downloads | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
From a report released by Panda Security, makers of Panda Antivirus, the number of PC’s infected with Malware grew 15 percent in the month of September. The numbers are just staggering, showing why you need an up-to-date antivirus AND an anti-malware program installed.
Credit: Panda Security
As you can see from the line graph, the US is just 9th on the list of most infected, with nearly 59 percent of all PC’s infected with malware.
And the following pie chart shows a breakdown of the number and types of those malware infections.
Credit: Panda Security
via CNET News via Panda Security
Tags: infographics, information, internet, malware, news, PC Repair, reports, viruses
Posted in PC Repair | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
I discovered this program from the incredibly useful site ghacks.net a few days ago. Often times, viruses or malware will disable Windows features, and even after removing the virus these Windows utilities will remain disabled. This is where the program Re-Enable comes in handy.
Developed by Tangomouse the program has the ability to restore functionality to these Windows features:
- Windows Registry
- Command Line Tool
- Windows Task Manager
- System Restore Config
- Folder Options
- Run command
![computer_virus[1]](http://eastbaypcrepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/computer_virus1-263x300.jpg "computer_virus[1]")
The ghacks article explains that:
The program will display all support functions in its interface. All are checked by default and a click on the Enable button will enable these again. Nothing will happen if they are already enabled. Users who only want to enable a specific function can uncheck the other options in the interface easily.
The file can be downloaded from Softpedia, it works with XP, Vista and Windows 7, and the best thing about it: It’s portable. So you can add it to your thumb drive and have it handy whenever you encounter a Windows installation that has been crippled by a virus.
Tags: Downloads, flash drive, free, PC Repair, Portable Apps, Utilities, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Posted in Downloads | 2 Comments »
