This is not a happy ever after story, where the good guys always win. Ever since people have been using the internet, marketers and scammers have been using the same email technology to spread their agendas, and it seems the internet community have always been behind them in effectively stopping spam emails. Spamming is not just reserved for emails. When… Read more →
Category: Virus
Christmas Online Scams
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 →
Things To Check When You Have No Internet
With so many things connected to your internet now, like television, computers, laptops, phones and even light bulbs and door bells, not having internet can bring your daily home and work life to a sudden halt. Sometimes turning the router and devices off and then back on will fix the problem, other times it fixes itself. Either way, waiting for… Read more →
Can I Get A Virus From Facebook
We get asked this question a lot; can i get a virus from Facebook? As pretty much half the world uses Facebook now and just about every single customer we have in Townsville uses the Social Network giant. every time one of our customers get a virus on their computer they ask us the question. Facebook is a web service… Read more →
10 Signs Your Computer is Infected with Malware
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
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
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 →
Laptop Screen is Very Dull
I love my laptop and take it everywhere with me. Just the convenience of being able to put it into my bag, go somewhere and whip it out and continue working on something is amazing. Going back 20 years ago people use to look at me like i was an idiot taking my laptop with me everywhere, like to University,… Read more →
Computer Not Using All The RAM
You have gone out and bought a great desktop computer, with all the bells and whistles, including an awesome graphics card, a super fast solid state hard drive and a tonne of DDR memory, only to start playing that latest game or an application and you find out your computer is not running as fast as it could. The problem… Read more →
Laptop Wont Turn On
Laptops or notebook computers are a fantastic way to do every day computing, and a great way to do things on the go. You can almost do just about everything on a laptop that you can do on a desktop computer. Most computer gamers and video editors will us e a desktop computer, but they can even do these hardware… Read more →