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Hackers and cybercriminals are becoming smarter, so protecting your information online is essential. Creating a strong, hard-to-guess password is the first step to keeping your computer, accounts, and devices secure.
A question that we get asked all the time here at PC Pitstop is why computers get slower over time. This can start to happen within a year after you get a new PC, but usually, it happens in just a few short months.
Just experienced a computer catastrophe and had your computer wiped and reinstalled?!
Safely using your desktop will help ensure that the computer works properly, and you don’t get injured. Improper use or not being aware of safety issues can cause your desktop irreparable damage. These tips will help you stay productive and safe no matter where you are working.
PC Pitstop can transfer your data (documents, pictures, music) but not programs (software, downloads, etc). Your original installation media is required to install programs on another computer. PC Pitstop, by law, cannot install counterfeit software.
Stop banging your head on the desk trying to figure that pesky computer problem and ask for a Specialty Lesson from your PC Pitstop Trained Technician.
Backing up is crucial. Backing up at the basic level involves the act of copying all your important files to a separate external device that can easily be taken off site with you each day for security measures in business or easily accessible during an evacuation for home users, keeping precious data and memories safe and saving you time, money and tears.
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Avoid the silent data destroyer – rootkits – with PC Pitstop Australia. A rootkits unwanted code is used to gain control over your computer by hiding deep inside your system. Unlike most viruses or worms, it is not directly destructive, and its objective is not to spread infection as wide as possible.
Ever heard of Cryptolocker? You will soon. Backup now to avoid this frightening new virus coming to a computer near you! Cryptolocker is new malware coming to a computer near you. Malware is short for malicious software and generally refers to a variety of forms of intrusive and hostile programs.
Geeks that insult your intelligence as they ‘help you’ [read: do it for you…so fast that you have no idea what they did? Love it or loathe it there are technology truths we all need to be aware of. Here’s the 5 Straight Down the Line Technology Truths You Need to Know from the PC Pitstop Australia blog.
Spring clean your computer with PC Pitstop Australia blog ‘guide to’. Spring has sprung and the trash piles are out on the lawns and garage sales are a go-go. So what about a spring clean for the machine you work hard every day – your computer?