PCS is happy to serve the local area with quality
computer systems, networking, software support, and repair services for
most brands. Having the opportunity to service most computer brands,
we get the unique advantage to see which systems are reliable, and which
systems should have never been sold in the first place!!
Last Update: September 14th , 2009
Most Interesting Problem last month:
I am getting more units in with a rootkit virus loaded on them. These are harder to clean, since the rootkit infects BEFORE Windows is fully loaded - a quick way to see if you might be infected with one is to try to do a defrag of your hard drive - if it tells you "error running defrag - you may have a rootkit! So far - Combofix is one of the better methods to clean these. In some cases, the hard drive may have to be connected to another computer in order to clean it.
I am seeing many computers that have taken the Intenet Explorer 8 update, and then have trouble accessing web pages. It looks like Microsoft released it before the bugs were out! Maybe that's why I haven't sold a unit with Vista on it yet! I can only hope that Windows 7 will be better!
Dumbest Problem this month:
Hot cocoa does NOT dry out when inside a laptop!
HINT: I have a minimum bench charge to check out equipment - don't waste my time and your money by overlooking the obvious!!
There are still many units coming in with the phony AntiVirus malware on them. Please, don't give these crooks your credit card number - you will wind up buying them a lot of Christmas presents!
I have found the following programs to be excellent in cleaning these junk programs off your computer:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
AVG Free Anti virus - it's worth buying the full version.
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