by Linda Lindquist, Certified Malware Removal Specialist, pccoach@computerandinternethelp.com PHONE CALL SCAMMERS SCENARIO: The phone rings, the caller sounds foreign, claiming to be from Microsoft. He says that your computer is sending...
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by Linda Lindquist, Certified Malware Removal Specialist Most of my clients do not back up their personal data files. I know this by the panic in your voices when your computer breaks down, and you face the prospect of losing your...
BEWARE of Fake Microsoft Tech Support SCAMMERS By Linda Lindquist, Keeping Your Computer Healthy One of the most frequent calls for service in the past year involves my clients falling victim to the fake Microsoft Tech Support scammers. ...
By Linda Lindquist, Keeping Your Computer Healthy Often your outer gets ‘stuck’ due to a power surge. Rebooting your router is the easiest way to fix this: Unplug the power from the router (the cord is plugged into he back of the router);...
By Linda Lindquist, Keeping Your Computer Healthy Here in Florida, many of our resident are ‘snowbirds’. They live in Florida during the winter months and go north during the summer months. They have the best weather in both locations. Many...
By Linda Lindquist, Keeping Your Computer Healthy As many of you know, I have been decluttering my home for the past two years. Although not yet done, I managed to create a presentable, decorated home for the Holiday Home Tours two years in a row....
PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE THE GRANDKIDS VISIT! - By Linda Lindquist, Keeping Your Computer Healthy
The good news is that your family have decided to visit during the holidays, including some of the grandkids and great grandkids! The bad news is that they will want to use your computer while they are here! The best news is that they...
Six months after Microsoft ended support for Windows Vista Operating Systems (April 2017), third party software, such as browsers, no longer work well and are not being updated to work with Vista computers. This leaves users in a quandary when...
FINDING AND REMOVING INFECTIONS "HELP! My computer is slow and has pop-ups." I often hear that "My computer is getting old. It is running slow, just like me." (From my senior citizen clients) My response is, "It is probably infected. 98% of the...
I deal with computer security, removing malware from many computers, on a daily basis, and installing security software that keep those computes healthy. Read about the methods and software I use in my book “Keeping Your Computer Healthy”, being...
