by Shane Grantham | Feb 25, 2018
A computer repair client asked me about protecting against Ransomware. From what I’ve read, Ransomware is a real threat for Windows users but I don’t know prevalent it is. I’ve read articles that say it’s the fastest growing type of malware. I...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 27, 2018
Some of you may have heard of the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerability in the tech news since the beginning of the year. I’ve read many articles and I still don’t know what to tell my clients. TechRepublic, an IT information source, explains the problem this...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 8, 2017
A call from a business client was received recently who wasn’t happy with the security product I installed. It wouldn’t allow them to get any work done on their Microsoft Windows 10 computer. “This is driving me nuts”, they said. “Can you...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 3, 2017
Comodo Internet Security has been my favorite security and anti-malware program for many years for myself and my Fort Wayne computer repair clients. It has versions which protects Microsoft Windows and a version for Linux computers. The Windows version has 3 modules...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 25, 2017
Ransomware viruses are something you don’t want to encounter on your Windows computers. A ransomware virus can come from different places like a web site or email attachments. They seek out your user files like documents and pictures and then encrypt them so...
by Shane Grantham | Mar 15, 2016
A Fort Wayne computer repair client of mine asked me to evaluate their Microsoft Vista home computer before they started using it again after several years of inactivity. I connected all their components together, then turned it on and after Vista started, many...