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Townsville Computer Repairs

by admin on 01/07/2022 in Adware, Antivirus, Apple, Backup, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Repairs Townsville, computer virus townsville, Data Recovery, Desktop, External Hard Drive, Google, Hard Drive, Macbook, Microsoft, Office, Operating System, pictures, Ransomware, Service Related, Software, Spyware Removal, Tech Support, Technology, Townsville Computer Repairs, Virus, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8.1

Townsville Computer Repairs 2022 It’s 2022 and we thought it would be time to update all our services we offer at Townsville computer repairs. For the most prt we haven’t changed a lot but it’s always a good idea to let everyone know what we are up to in Townsville and what Townsville computer repairs has to offer. We first… Read more →

Windows 10 Updates Have Killed My Computer

by admin on 21/04/2020 in Antivirus, Attacks, Backup, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Repairs Townsville, CPU, Data, Data Recovery, Desktop, Factory Reset, GPU, Graphics Card, Hackers, Hacks, Hard Drive, Hardware, Health, Laptop, Malware, Microsoft, Motherboard, Notebook, Operating System, PC, PSU, Ransomware, Recovery, Software, spyware, Stability, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Update, Upgrade, Virus, viruses, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, windows error, Windows XP • 0 Comments

Keeping your computer up to date is one of the most important things you can do on your laptop or desktop machine. Updates not only help keep your computer safer and fix vulnerabilities or holes, but keep your computer running at optimal performance with software, hardware and operating system enhancements. In a nutshell Windows operating system updates and upgrades are… Read more →

Signs Your Computer Might Be Hacked – Part 2

by admin on 26/12/2019 in Antivirus, Computer Help in Townsville, Hackers, Hacks, Internet, Internet Banking, Malware, Ransomware, spyware, TeamViewer, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Virus, viruses, Website, Websites, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows XP • 0 Comments

Ransomware and Demands Ransomware is a newer type of virus which infects your computer and infiltrates your system holding your data and files hostage until you pay their demand. They do this by encrypted your data, usually documents and photos making inaccessible to you, with the promise of decrypting in back to readable once you have paid the ransom. However,… Read more →

Christmas Online Scams

by admin on 13/12/2019 in Advertising, Adware, Amazon, Attacks, Business, Computer Help in Townsville, Hackers, Hacks, Internet Banking, Malware, Password, Ransomware, Virus, viruses, Web Browser, Website, Websites • 0 Comments

Ever since the internet has been around people have been using it to scam other people out of money. Whether they come at you over the phone, through and email or through a web site, criminals know people are very active during the Christmas holiday season and up there game to scam plenty of Australian computers users out of their… Read more →

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10 Signs Your Computer is Infected with Malware

by admin on 19/11/2019 in Adware, Antivirus, Attacks, Broadband, Chrome, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Repairs Townsville, computer virus townsville, computer wont boot, Damage, Desktop, Email, Freezes, Freezing, Hackers, Health, Internet, Internet Banking, Laptop, Malware, Microsoft, NBN, Network, networking, Operating System, PC, Pop Ups, Privacy, Programs, Ransomware, Scam, Secure, Security, Software, Spam, spyware, Stability, Tech Support, Technical Support, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Virus, viruses, Web Browser, Websites, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, windows error • 0 Comments

Malware is short for Malicious Software. Computer viruses are part of the Malware classification and be really be any software designed to damaged or disrupt computer systems, networks, files and programs. Over the years Malware has continued to change and do a lot more than damage your system. Now we have a whole lot of different players being sent all… Read more →

When Things Don’t Open On Your Computer

by admin on 10/10/2019 in Adware, Annoying, Antivirus, Apple, Backup, Beeping, Blue Screen, BSOD, Chrome, Command Prompt, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Computer Repairs Townsville, Damage, Data, Desktop, File, Firefox, Freezing, Games, Gaming, GPU, Graphics Card, Hard Drive, Hardware, Health, Internet, Internet Explorer, Laptop, Linux, Macbook, Malware, Memory, Microsoft, Mozilla, Office, Open Source, Operating System, OSX, PC, Programs, Ransomware, Recovery, Software, spyware, Spyware Removal, Storage, Tech Support, Technical Support, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Ubuntu, Update, Upgrade, Virus, viruses, Web Browser, Website, Websites, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, windows error, Windows XP • 0 Comments

One of the most common phones calls we get is from people calling in and saying things are not opening on their computer. Or, either they do open and it is very slow to do so. This can be a very broad subject that involves many different parts of your computer. Fortunately when things are not opening properly, it usually… Read more →

Do It Yourself Mistakes – Part 1

by admin on 03/10/2019 in Antivirus, Battery, Beeping, Blue Screen, Cables, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Repairs Townsville, computer virus townsville, Data Recovery, Hard Drive, Hardware, Memory, Microsoft, Motherboard, Operating System, PSU, Ransomware, Service Related, spyware, Stability, Storage, Townsville Computer Repairs, Uncategorized, Virus • 0 Comments

Doctor Google; we all use it; and I still use it now. All the information you could ever need, just at your finger tips. The allure of repairing your computer by Googling how to do something can be very compelling. But, the pitfalls can be disastrous, We have people emailing and calling us, saying they have lost all the their… Read more →

Unexpected Reboots

by admin on 29/07/2019 in Annoying, Antivirus, Apple, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Repairs Townsville, Desktop, Factory Reset, Freezing, Graphics Card, Health, Laptop, Mac, Macbook, Malware, Operating System, Ransomware, Service Related, slow computer, spyware, Spyware Removal, Stability, Technical Support, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, windows error, Windows XP • 0 Comments

Not to be confused with resetting your computer (whipping it and setting it back to like the day you got it) rebooting is simply the process of of your computer being turned off and then back on again (booting up). Sometimes you just need to reboot your computer. Whether you have just installed some new software, there is a fault… Read more →

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Townsville Nerds Can Help You Get Back Into a Locked Computer

by admin on 05/07/2019 in Annoying, Antivirus, Backup, Computer Help in Townsville, Data, Data Recovery, External Hard Drive, Factory Reset, Hackers, Hacks, Hard Drive, Hardware, Health, Internet, Laptop, Microsoft, Operating System, Password, Passwords, PC, Programs, Ransomware, Refresh, Reset, Scam, Software, Tech Support, Technical Support, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Virus, viruses, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, windows error • 0 Comments

One of the scariest things which can happen when using your computer can be the fear of never being about to get back into it again if you are locked out. After all, we keep all our precious information on our computers, our work information, email, personal information and not to mention memories such as videos, pictures and entertainment. 100%… Read more →

Computer Virus Removal Townsville

by admin on 06/06/2019 in Ad Blockers, Annoying, Browser, Chrome, Computer Help in Townsville, computer virus townsville, Desktop, Encryption, External Hard Drive, Firewall, Hackers, Internet Explorer, Malware, Mozilla, Network, Notebook, Operating System, Ransomware, spyware, Spyware Removal, Tech Support, Technical Support, Virus, viruses, Websites • 0 Comments

Virus removal for your notebook, laptop, PC or Desktop computer in Townsville. Computer Virus Removal Townsville and computer viruses in general can mean a wide variety of things. More than ever there are many different types of viruses which do all sorts of things from destroying your data, locking your computer, holding files to ransom until you pay them, spying… Read more →

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