What Are You Not Being Told?

Customer: "My computer's running really slow."


Repair Guy 1: "All you need is a $200 memory upgrade."
Repair Guy 2: "The formatting of your virtual drive is so fragmented it'll have to be replaced with a whizzo. Only $350."
Repair Guy 3: "It's a queue issue that's common with that baby. You'll have to buy another. This brand new beauty can be yours for just $1499, after rebate."

"What are you telling me?"
What Are You Not Being Told?


The computer industry would like you to think that you need a new one every year. So you either give that 8 month old system that doesn't seem to be running exactly right to the kids and buy a new one, or sell it at a yard sale for chump change. After all it was worn out, right? Or was it?


The reports 'Malware 101', 'Memory Maintenance', and 'Backing Up Online Programs' have been developed to give the home PC user more information about maintaining their system without having to pay the local repair guy cash for something they could have done themselves in a few minutes.
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'Malware 101' gives you a brief description of viruses lurking on the 'net, the symptoms of infection, some places they hide that you wouldn't even think of, and how to get them off your hard drive when your anti-virus can't. It's very possible your system is infected right now, and it's invisible to your scanner.

Some of the questions posed:

~What is malware?
~Can somebody really take control of my system?
~How effective are anti-virus programs?
~How can I tell when I have an infection?
~What do I do if I suspect infection?
~I found a bug on my system and now it's clean, but why doesn't it run properly?
~If I do a hard disc restore, what happens to the programs I've downloaded?

All are answered in plain English without a lot of technical jargon.
All solutions are in step by step format.
Addresses to free sites for online scans and cost effective firewalls.
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'Memory Maintenance' shows you where folders are placed on your hard drive when the cache overfills and what procedures to use to prevent system lockup when you begin to clean temp folders that sometimes hold hundreds of megabytes of data. Everybody's heard that an overfull drive slows computers down. 'Memory Maintenance' shows you how to free up your resources.

An excerpt:

"Opening your browser>tools>internet options>delete cookies/delete files is only good up to a point. How long ago did you do empty out your cache? The temp files are like a pitcher when your watching the big play on the Super Bowl: If you don't watch the task at hand, it spills over. Instead of making a puddle on the floor, the files spill over into a created folder that must be emptied. In my case, when I located mine, I had 725 megs in one, and 430 megs in another. And I thought I kept my files files caught up!

Windows is a bit like a tape ball rolled under a bed, collecting maybe one coin you want, but the rest is just lint.

Before you begin the cleaning procedure, your system must be at full efficiency. This is accomplished by restarting windows. After Windows restarts, open the Recycle bin and look over the contents. After making sure that all is trash, empty the recycle bin. Now, we're ready to go after those hidden files."
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In 'Backing Up Purchased Online Programs', you learn how to create folders to contain downloaded programs instead of them running throughout their default. Once you've got them contained, it's a simple task to back them up without the dreaded 'cannot find file.dll' error. You never know when something will cause you to need to reinstall these programs, and it gets old paying for the same thing more than once.
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As an added bonus you'll receive a copy of the article 'The Bug Within', a look at the lack of security in home PCs all across the world. With the risk of cyber terrorism, you'll want to know how the computers of ordinary people can be used for the most dastardly of deeds, and how not to be part of the problem. What was once considered a toy has become a potential weapon with the capability of mass destruction.
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