• Windows 8; The Good The Bad and The Ugly

    Once again Microsoft has taken their flagship OS in a new direction in an attempt to chase down the pop culture of technology. As the world continues its perilous journey towards touch screen interfaces it is expected that the hardware and the software will experience some growing pains. From a technical standpoint it would appear…

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  • avast! AutoSandbox 7.3 and the Polymorphic Infection

    Cloud Services is now a must In avast! 7.3, gone is the prompt asking to run in the sandbox. The addition of the Cloud Services adds a highly mature white listing / black listing database with tens of millions of files. This database is too large to be housed on the PC, and requires the…

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  • How to clean an Infected Computer using “SCRAPE”

    1)If you have been using avast!, this is most likely NOT a virus infection, but a spyware infection!  The best antivirus programs in the world stop approximately 95% of virus’, and 70% of spyware.  We have been relying on Microsoft Windows Defender for years now, but that program has become worthless, and all it does…

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  • When all else fails, discovery and removal of antivirus leftovers!

    edited 05-23-12 by J.R. Guthrie   Antivirus software is the most invasive application we will ever install on our systems.  Even when the products are properly removed by “Add/Remove Programs”, pieces of code are ALWAYS left behind, and these leftovers can and do conflict with the current antivirus products installed in your system.  This situation…

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  • 15 causes of Hard Disk Corruption

    Everybody hates to lose data. Many of the issues proven to cause hard disk corruption can be avoided, if you know what they are. I have writen articles on almost every aspect of this list. Most are avoidable, some are not and we are just taking chances, such as Solar flare activity. We are in…

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  • HP’s expiring ink cartridges EXPOSED

    What is ink expiration and will it make my HP inkjet printer stop working? Why does it exist? There is a computer chip that is built into HP ink supplies that can make them stop working on a certain date. There are also computer chips built into all of HP’s laser toner catridges. According to…

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  • QuickBooks multiuser network connection & speed issues

    These issues are the most common QuickBooks network connection and speed issues when working with a QuickBooks Multiuser network configuration 1) In multiuser mode, the QuickBooks Database Server Manager must be installed on the server, and activated to scan the data directory of the server. I recommend that this directory be named “QBData” 2) The…

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  • SSL / TLS and the avast! Mail Shield

    In order for e-mails to be scanned by the avast! Mail Shield, it is necessary that encryption is turned off in the mail client software. If encryption is required, the appropriate e-mail accounts need to be configured in the Mail Shield to establish a secure connection with the mail server. This will enable all incoming…

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  • Correct Outlook Settings for MSN accounts

    Most posts for Outlook settings for MSN are wrong. So after trial and error, here is what works: In Outlook 2007, click on the Tools menu, and then click Account Settings. • Click the E-mail tab, and then click New. • Click to select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next. •…

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  • Windows Registry Cleaning Exposed

    1) The Windows Registry is very fragile, like a raw egg. Every time you handle it, you risk breaking it.  Handle it enough, and it will break. 2) Due to the sheer size and complexity of the Windows registry, manually cleaning up redundant and invalid entries would be practically impossible. Registry cleaners try to automate the process of searching…

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  • Installing QuickBooks the right way!

    I have been selling and suppoerting Intuit’s QuickBooks programs for many years now.  And let me tell you, it is chocked full of bugs everywhere.  Here is the best advice you’ll ever get when installing QuickBooks.  DO NOT use the existing media that came with your package at this URL: http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/articles/INF12417 We found QuickBooks Pro…

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  • “avast! license violation” being sent to Business’ using avast! Free

    The avast! free for home use is in specific license violation if you use your computer for a home business. That is a commercial use. I have personally witnessed mass piracy of our free product in business. I have knowledge of computer vendors loading avast! free in corporate environments. I have had customers say to…

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  • Last 3 months – MAC 379 VULNERABILITIES – Windows 7 @ 67 – linux @ 59

    I believe that virtulizing one’s browser in a “SandBox” is really the only safe surfing technique. It’s certainly NOT the Mac. All browsers are vulnerable by nature. Here’s the last 3 months of vulnerabilities: Win 7 @ 67 – Linux @ 59 – Mac @ 379 (reTweet) So whay so many on the Mac? It’s…

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  • How to use Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware to scan and remove malware from your computer

    Introduction: As you may have noticed, we use MalwareBytes’, or MBAM, in a lot of our removal guides. We do this for no reason other than the fact that the program simply works well and that we can count on it to remove what it says it can. It is updated constantly throughout the day…

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