Posts Tagged ‘computer repair huntersville’

Virus Protection

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

I read on Facebook that a new virus is being spread by a video link claiming to be a YouTube video of the Osama killing. I can’t claim it to be fact or fiction and will not click on it to find out, but will air on the side of precaution and leave it alone.

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Viruses are a part of our computing life now and we all should use good judgement while on the Internet. My rule of thumb is that if it looks suspecious or too good to be true, stay away. The best practice is to buy good anti-virus software and update it regularly.

As we build better virus protection, the hackers are building better viruses. So, your virus protection (regardless of the brand or manufacturer) is only as good as it’s last update. In other words, the new anti-virus you just installed is out of date and needs to be updated to the latest version.

Tim Grier
www.CETofNc.com

Fix that laptop

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Have you ever wondered why your laptop does not run like it used to? Do you think you can’t afford a new PC?

As we count our change and budget our way out of this difficult economy, many of us are fixing rather than replacing. Not just computers but everything we can repair we do. Here are a few simple tips anyone can do to make their laptop run a little better.

*Remove software – software requires space and memory to operate, if you no longer need it, remove it.
*Defrag hard drive – hard drives become fragmented as we use them, defragmenting enables the drive to run more effectively.
*AntiVirus – keep your antivirus up to date it will not keep you protected if it’s out of date.

Anyone can perform these 3 simple tasks every month and you may stretch another year or so from “Old Faithful”

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Tim Grier
www.CETofNC.com

Computer Repair Huntersville

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Have you ever lost your data? What is more valuable to you the laptop or the data stored on it? How about your small business? Do these questions make you nervous and wonder what would I do if my system crashed?

Data recovery is one of the services we provide at CET. Re-acquiring your data may be a reality, and an expensive one at that. Wouldn’t it be more sensible if your data was backed up on an off-site server?

Tim Grier
www.CETofNC.com

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