* Assist customers with backups, virus protection, and personal firewalls.
* Provide basic education and training on hardware, software, and security.
* Troubleshoot hardware, software, and connectivity issues.
* Repair computer hardware and peripheral equipment.
* Automate operating system maintenance.
* Install wireless networks.
Service areas: Brevard county, Orange county, Cocoa, Port Saint John, Port St. John, Titusville, Mims, Bithlo, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Rockledge, Merritt Island, Sharpes, Christmas, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Malabar ......
Backup, backup, backup. It is just a matter of time before you lose data due to a virus or hardware failure. Do a backup!!! If your drive crashes and a computer service company tells you your data is gone, I may still be able to get most of it back for around $100.
If your house burns down, are your backups setting next to your computer??? Take a copy off site (consider encrypting or password protecting them). If you have just a few files that are really important to you, email them to your webbased email account(yahoo, gmail, hotmail..) as a backup.
If you have too many files to backup to webmail, try a USB thumb drive. About $20 for 8 Gig. It is quick and easy, but not as good as doing a CD or DVD backup.
Virus protection. Make sure it is up to date!!! Use avast.com, pandasecurity.com, or AVG.com if you need a free one.
Personal Firewall. XP and newer has one built-in. Make sure you are at least using it or something better.
Automatic Updates. Hackers are constantly finding holes in Windows. Microsoft uses Windows Automatic Updates to fix these holes.
If you receive an email or popup that you did not ask for, don't open or click on it. It is likely to be a virus or someone trying to trick you into giving up your identity.
Check for updates for you software. If a security hole exist, the manufacturer may have an update to fix it.
