Avoiding Malware from Download.com and On-Line Movies

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

Avoiding bad add-ons from websites and downloads. Cnet.com is a wonderful company full of bright individuals who are there trying to earn their living by keeping us up to date with new technology and trends in the

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How to handle Malware

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

A general guide to removing most malware and viruses. There are 2 Main Methods of attacking the attackers: The first and obvious choice will be discussed at length, Cleaning the system of its infected programs and related files,preserving the data

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Malware-and-Virus-TERMS-and-Tips-on-Avoiding-Them

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

Understanding malware and viruses, how this junk gets on your computer, and avoiding infections. Viruses & Virus myths are rampant these days, especially with everyone on email and cruising the web from their workstations. And today, Viruses don't come from infected floppies, they come

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Driver-Updaters-and-unnecessary-software

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

Learn about other avenues of malware attacks. Stop Toolbars and such from loading. Over the past 20 years, I have seen a lot of scams come and go. I've seen a lot of things that, at first, appear legit, and turn out to

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The problem with a lot of Free Software

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

Why Free software is sometimes a problem. How to prevent the installation of unwanted software on your PC. Expertek advises on a number of different topics for our customers and one that we've been asked about a lot regards Free Software. Free Software sounds like a good deal

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Using CCleaner to check your computer for malware

By Neil Patterson in MALWARE

CCleaner can tune up your PC and help clean it of junkware, malware and viruses. If you haven't seen our tech tip on CCleaner, Click here. That article shows the basics of where to DL the software and initial configuration as we set it up

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