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 →
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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 →
Common Website Mistakes
Townsville computer repairs nerds have been developing and building websites behind the scenes for businesses, organisations, personal and professional for customers in Townsville and all over the world since the mid 1990’s. We have seen all the fads come and go, all the jargon and all the latest, lost and forgotten crazes. Even now customers come up to us 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 →
Get Notified When Your Web Site is Down
Its happened to us all, specially in business. Your sitting behind your desk waiting for the phone to ring and nothing happens. I guess this ain’t totally abnormal, but after a few days you start to suspect maybe something is wrong. Maybe the economy is running slow again, or a national event? So, you start doing some Googling and see… Read more →
What is Google Alerts
A lot of you already know what Google Alerts is, as it has been around for a while now. But, I still get asked about it a lot and thought I would make a small post about it. Google Alerts is basically a way for you to be notified about specific content which meets your search criteria, as it emerges… Read more →
Should I Use a Web Hosting Company
Yes, you probably should. I am all for DYI projects and it is very easy to setup your own web hosting server. In fact, if you are only hosting a simple website for one business, the computer you are using right now probably has the specifications to run a basic web server. However, as your audience grows and more people… Read more →
Optimising Your Web Site
This day and age, with so much fierce competition, not only does your website have to look good to stand out from the crowd, but if it doesnt function correctly and if its load time is too slow, Search Engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo will not rank you very well in their SERPS (Search Engine Result Page). Search engines… Read more →
Try Ninite For Multiple Installations
Whether you have a brand new computer, or you have reset your old one, you have a big job on your hands. As well as having to update the operating system and upgrade the programs which came with it, you are also going to have to download and install the programs you are use to using and the programs you… Read more →