In case you haven’t heard recently there is currently a virus going around effecting over and estimated 1 billion android mobile phone devices. The virus is called “Stagefright” and currently there is no real protection against it, but there is a way to slow it down significantly. I usually don’t write much about mobile phones but due to the widespread… Read more →
Category: Virus
If its not broken don’t fix it
This post is not as technically directed as it is to human behaviour. We all know the old adage, “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it”. But does that really apply to technology? The chances are if you are doing the same old thing you were 5 or even 10 years ago on the computer such as only emailing, surfing… Read more →
Firewall vs Antivirus
A lot of people don’t know the difference between an Antivirus program and a firewall and what each actually does. There are some exceptions to the rules but for the sake of simplicity and without getting to technical this article is going to be discussing the differences in general. Indeed you can get antivirus programs with firewalls built in, but… Read more →
Townsville Computer Repair Services
Hello, my name is Ross and I am your local Townsville Nerd. You are more than welcome to come to me, but mostly I go out to my customers for no extra charge. For many years I owned a computer repair business and internet cafe on Ingham Road. Over the years people started wanting me to come out to them… Read more →
Laptop Data Recovery
Worried you’ll pay too much? 100% free no obligation quotes on all Laptop and Desktop data recovery. Same Day Response (Usually within the Hour) A lot of things can happen when using your laptop that can result in needing laptop data recovery. Whether it be you have caught a virus, you hard drive or other laptop and notebook components… Read more →
Computer virus or bad add-on
Most times somethings goes wrong with our computer and it starts doing things it is not suppose to do we just assume it is a virus. A lot of the times you are probably right. Todays technological climate make us perfect targets for people wish to take advantage of us in one way or another, whether they are looking to… Read more →
How to test the speed of your internet
If your computer is running slow and specifically accessing the internet seems to be sluggish there is simple test you can do to see if you are getting the speed you are paying for. Not to say the reason your internet is slow is because of your internet service provider, it could be for a number of reasons, such as… Read more →
Computer Maintenance
Computer maintenance in Townsville is a fickle thing. Through out the course of my week I always have customers who ask me or tell me they have been told they need to keep their computer maintained by an IT professional. I have a lot of different customers in a lot of different industries, not just in Townsville but all over the… Read more →
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death
The BSOD of Blue Screen of Death is an error screen which display in Microsoft Operating Systems whenever a fatal error occurs in which the computer can not recover from. The blue screen of death was first implemented in Windows operating systems in 1993 with the release of Microsoft Windows NT and has been a very good indicator to end users… Read more →
Data Recovery Townsville
Townsville Nerds specialise in all sorts of data recovery for your computer, laptop, desktop, notebook, mobile device, usb, external hard rive, usb etc. When your looking for data recovery Townsville we can help you. Worried your Data Recovery will cost too much? Analysing your data to find out whats wrong if a very time consuming. If you don’t mind dropping your… Read more →