Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How to remove a virus for free

How to remove a virus for free. If it can be removed. The advice is free. Best case, it solves your problem. Worst case you have to buy a new PC. Step 1) Power off your PC. You may need to hold down your powerbutton for 10 seconds. Or simply unplug the power cord. Step 2) Power on the PC and press "F8" Step 3) Choose "Safemode with networking" Step 4) Wait for all the lines of what is loading to pass * If safemode with networking fails to load, or the computer reboots, blue screens or otherwise doesn't start up windows, Skip to step 12!! Step 5) Log in with your user name, ie: 'Fred' or 'Administrator' Step 6) once your logged on click yes to the pop up. Your in safe mode. Step 7) Click on your Internet Browser: Internet Explorer or Firefox or Chrome Step 8) go to www.google.com Step 9) Search for and download these programs separately: Malwarebytes, Spybot Search and Destroy, Super anti-spyware and Ccleaner Step 10) install the programs and run them until they remove all errors. This may take two or three times. Step 11) Reboot PC in normal mode. Is problem solved? If yes: Congrats! You just saved yourself some money Step12) If no: Take PC to a computer shop, have them backup your data: -Documents -Emails -Favorites or Bookmarks -Pictures -Music / Movies -anything else of importance Then have them reload your operating system. If you have the reinstall disc great! Do that part yourself. Just have your PC tech back up your data and scan your data for viruses. With your data backed up you now have a choice to make. Reload your operating system on your old PC or go buy a brand new PC or Laptop?

Thursday, March 1, 2012

A to V: Switching from AT&T to Verizon

In January my wife and I switched over to Verizon. The main reason was because her family lives in Washington state, and most have Verizon. The second reason was because I just wanted to stop in and see if they could offer a better price per month, than what AT&T was charging us. We were paying 190 a month for AT&T without a data plan. When ever we used data we would get charged. When we talked to the Verizon store sales rep he gave us a price of 170 a month with 700 minutes and 2gb of data. Right there that was a savings of 240 dollars a year. So with it now being March how has the switch been? I have to say it has been a great choice. For January and February we barely spent 1gb of the 2gb data plan. The 700 minutes has proved more than enough since the most we have spent in one month so far is 500. Having a phone where I can check email while on the go at work is great. So for us, this has been a positive experience and I would recommend Verizon just from our own experience.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

100 Blogs in March!

Ok that is my goal for March 2012! 100 Blogs! I'll be writing about anything and everything I can think of. Technology, TV shows, Cell phones, newest Netflix movies, friends, family - Anything to make the 100 post challenge less of a burden and more fun for me. Here are 5 things I will be blogging about at some point in March. 1) From A to V: Switching from AT&T to Verizon 2) Stock watch: A few stocks I'll be watching to see what they do 3) Virus problem? A quick way to know if you should pull your data and reload the OS. 4) Job searching tips 5) 1 Page resume: Can it be done? Should it be done?