PC Virus Doctors repair all makes and models of Sony laptops; PC Virus Doctors are NOT an Authorized Sony Service Center.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Symantec Spots Worm to Sabotage Businesses
The worm targets corporate databases and is designed to sabotage and destroy data therefore disrupting business activity and costing businesses money and time in order to repair the damage and resume normal business. Most of the activity has been seen in the Middle East where once it gains hold in the system it spreads throughout the network to other drives and even USB drives attached to computers.
The worm is written in Delphi which is used to create other destructive malware targeting SQL databases. Dallas Virus Removal has experienced many of these destructive worms and viruses that may often corrupt and damage boot files where the system must be reinstalled. W32.Narilam, however, is not intended to steal data but simply to destroy data tables within the SQL database.
A caution for all business owners and individual computer users to always backup data and be prepared for disaster.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Malware Shaming on Personal Computer Users
PC Virus Doctors have seen an increase in the Reveton malware that displays a splash screen and freezes the computer with the splash screen sometimes showing an FBI logo and demand for ransom money, also known as ransomware. The new scam involves porn images that are now replacing the FBI fake logo scheme, according to PCWorld.
The malware can be very difficult to remove with often times the hard drive must be pulled and worked on. This technique may not always have the best results as cleaning the viruses and trojans may not be 100%. Upon booting the splash screen may be gone but now the screen is just blank with either boot file corruption or just a blank splash screen where computer access is still not possible after the "cleaned" drive has been reinstalled in the original desktop or laptop.
Users experiencing their computers with porn images frozen upon booting can call PC Virus Doctorsfor immediate assistance.
The malware can be very difficult to remove with often times the hard drive must be pulled and worked on. This technique may not always have the best results as cleaning the viruses and trojans may not be 100%. Upon booting the splash screen may be gone but now the screen is just blank with either boot file corruption or just a blank splash screen where computer access is still not possible after the "cleaned" drive has been reinstalled in the original desktop or laptop.
Users experiencing their computers with porn images frozen upon booting can call PC Virus Doctorsfor immediate assistance.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dell Computer- Laptop Repair
Dell Computer Repair is performed by PC Virus Doctors in Dallas, TX. All Dell desktops and laptop models are repaired in-house. Laptop repairs include, screen replacements, keyboard replacement, dc jack repairs, ram replacement, hard drive replacement, laptop top covers, laptop bottom covers and software repairs or operating system replacement.
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas PC Dell Repair includes desktops with the following repairs but not limited to software repairs, virus removal, operating system installs just like "off the shelf" as delivered by Dell manufacturing. Dell desktop hardware repair includes hard drive replacement, RAM upgrade replacement, sytem board/mother board replacement, network card replacement, power supply replacement, dvd rom replacement, floppy drive replacement and all other hardware repair/replacement.
Dell Computer repair in Dallas is available 24/7 with appointment.
Toshiba Laptop Repair
Toshiba Laptop Repair is performed in-house by PC Virus Doctors in Dallas, TX. We have successfully repaired numerous Toshiba machines without any difficulty; parts would need to be ordered, none available locally.
Toshiba Laptop Repairs include:
Toshiba Laptop Repairs include:
- LCD Screen Replacement
- Keyboard Replacement
- RAM Upgrade/Replacement
- Motherboard Repair/Replacement
- CPU Replacement\
- Hinge Replacement
- Top Cover Replacement
- Bottom Cover Replacement
- Virus Removal
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Dallas Computer Repair- Data Transfer from Old PC's
PC Virus Doctors is able to move data from older computers to your new desktop or laptop. A new folder can be created on the desktop and the old information can be transferred over to the new PC. Folders may be transferred without any loss of data as long as the hard drive integrity is sufficiently holding the data. The old folders under "usernames" are typically where all information is stored (minus application data):
- My Documents
- My Pictures
- My Folders
- My Music
- Outlook or Outlook Express
Any other data can be transferred to the new unit as needed by the customer. Data can also be extracted to an external drive such as a flash drive or larger hard disk external drive. Flash drives are easily affordable for smaller data sets and provide easy portability on a keyfob or lanyard and can be password encrypted.
Generally, the transfer can successfully be completed the following day with prior notification; just call PC Virus Doctors.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Devry's Top 5 Computer Security Threats
Devry Institute publish an article listing their top 5 computer security threats. One threat that PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Virus Removal often encounters is (1) malware and bots. Poisoned websites and advertising are a popular way to deliver malware. Adware and spyware is prevalent with some companies putting hard-to-remove cookies and tracking software on computers to report back data about what products and services people are looking for so those company can display the ads the way the want. Some of these malicious softwares can track users every move and can take their passwords.
(2) Devry also lists spam as PC security offenders. Often time spam can be sent in bulk that trick users into clicking a link that takes them to a tainted site that will install malware and then track or scrape passwords from users browsers. This malicious software can also scrape contacts from users address books and send emails to them claiming you need money because you are in trouble.
(3) Phishing scams are usually sent by email to users in attempts to look like an official company and asking users for personal information like names, addresses, date of birth, social security numbers, bank accounts, passwords, etc. If in doubt never respond to these and denote this emails a phishing attacks if your email client allows this demarcation.
(4) Unsecured wireless networks are also an exploit criminals may use in attempt to gain access to your desktop, laptop, phone, iPad or other wireless devices attached to the network. Wireless networks should have a strong password using letters, numbers and symbols if permitted. Passwords should be changed every so often and written down so they are not forgotten.
(5) Lost Data is reported as a top 5 PC security issue. Data from laptops, desktops, phones, iPad and other devices should be routinely backed up. Theft can also be a problem with laptops and portable mobile devices being used in airports, coffee shops and other public places.
Users needing help in securing their devices and with repairs can contact PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair for expert help.
(2) Devry also lists spam as PC security offenders. Often time spam can be sent in bulk that trick users into clicking a link that takes them to a tainted site that will install malware and then track or scrape passwords from users browsers. This malicious software can also scrape contacts from users address books and send emails to them claiming you need money because you are in trouble.
(3) Phishing scams are usually sent by email to users in attempts to look like an official company and asking users for personal information like names, addresses, date of birth, social security numbers, bank accounts, passwords, etc. If in doubt never respond to these and denote this emails a phishing attacks if your email client allows this demarcation.
(4) Unsecured wireless networks are also an exploit criminals may use in attempt to gain access to your desktop, laptop, phone, iPad or other wireless devices attached to the network. Wireless networks should have a strong password using letters, numbers and symbols if permitted. Passwords should be changed every so often and written down so they are not forgotten.
(5) Lost Data is reported as a top 5 PC security issue. Data from laptops, desktops, phones, iPad and other devices should be routinely backed up. Theft can also be a problem with laptops and portable mobile devices being used in airports, coffee shops and other public places.
Users needing help in securing their devices and with repairs can contact PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair for expert help.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Java- Critical Patch Update; Oct. 2012
PC Virus Doctors has seen an increase in suspected Java Exploits that allow malware to install on unsuspecting users' computers. The clues for Java Exploits include malware removers that report names that include "Java Exploit" and after removing the 'exploits' Java then reports in the lower right hand task bar that "Java Updates are Available".
The below table guides users to the current Java Updates available:
Users suspecting Java exploits or having trouble updating Java should contact PC Virus Doctors' Dallas PC Repair for malware removal.
The below table guides users to the current Java Updates available:
| JDK and JRE 7 Update 7 and earlier | Java SE |
| JDK and JRE 6 Update 35 and earlier | Java SE |
| JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 36 and earlier | Java SE |
| SDK and JRE 1.4.2_38 and earlier | Java SE |
| JavaFX 2.2 and earlier | JavaFX |
Users suspecting Java exploits or having trouble updating Java should contact PC Virus Doctors' Dallas PC Repair for malware removal.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Dallas Computer Repair- Replacing Laptop Parts
PC Virus Doctors has seen an increase in the amount of physical repairs to laptops as users are opting for for repairs versus buying a brand new laptop. An especial increase in the amount of motherboards but also laptop DC jacks replaced/repaired or USB circuit boards replaced and other similar internal repairs.
The most efficient way of ordering internal laptop parts is not by using the manufacturer and model number but by actually pulling the part and retrieving the part number. Then our Dallas PC Repair will conduct a search in order to find the most economical part in the closet location or fastest delivery time.
Once the part is received, installation will start and finish within 24, GENERALLY. Dallas Computer Repair can not ensure that a rigarous schedule/project/repair may be in progress and that task will be completed before another task is initiated.
The drawback to replacing laptop parts is that they must be ordered as few parts are available in the Dallas maetroplex. Parts can be found in the United States must often on the East or West coast and other times in the Midwest. ETA on parts is sometimes one week from either coast if by US Post Office or about 3 days if UPS or FedEx typical delivery time.
Laptop users wishing to revive a dead laptop can call PC Virus Doctors for assistance.
The most efficient way of ordering internal laptop parts is not by using the manufacturer and model number but by actually pulling the part and retrieving the part number. Then our Dallas PC Repair will conduct a search in order to find the most economical part in the closet location or fastest delivery time.
Once the part is received, installation will start and finish within 24, GENERALLY. Dallas Computer Repair can not ensure that a rigarous schedule/project/repair may be in progress and that task will be completed before another task is initiated.
The drawback to replacing laptop parts is that they must be ordered as few parts are available in the Dallas maetroplex. Parts can be found in the United States must often on the East or West coast and other times in the Midwest. ETA on parts is sometimes one week from either coast if by US Post Office or about 3 days if UPS or FedEx typical delivery time.
Laptop users wishing to revive a dead laptop can call PC Virus Doctors for assistance.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Computer Repair Dallas- Motherboards
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair has increasingly replaced motherboards within the last several months. Althogh one of the most laborous jobs that can be taken, it is possible to revive the laptop in a more economical manner than buying a new laptop.
Motherboards are generally not available in the Dallas area and the internet is utilized to find the most economical motherboard available for our customers. Generally the cost of a used motherboard is around $100. PC Virus Doctors will then place new thermal paste between the CPU and CPU heatsink that is 99.99% synthetic silver allowing the coolest possible working temperatures.
Turn around for these projects, motherboard replacement, is typically around a week due to ordering and shipping. Once the motherboard is in, the motherboard is installed and generally available by 12pm noon the following day.
Call PC Virus Doctors to schedule an appointment.
Motherboards are generally not available in the Dallas area and the internet is utilized to find the most economical motherboard available for our customers. Generally the cost of a used motherboard is around $100. PC Virus Doctors will then place new thermal paste between the CPU and CPU heatsink that is 99.99% synthetic silver allowing the coolest possible working temperatures.
Turn around for these projects, motherboard replacement, is typically around a week due to ordering and shipping. Once the motherboard is in, the motherboard is installed and generally available by 12pm noon the following day.
Call PC Virus Doctors to schedule an appointment.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Dallas Virus Removal- Malware Reveton Blocks Login
PC Virus Doctors has been increasingly removing the bribeware known as Reveton lately. This scareware warns customers about a fake F.B.I. warning that takes over the logon screen with a message or even a snapshot of the user through their webcam with a message. The message varies but in essence tells the user that they have broken the law and they must get a particular prepaid debit card and pay the amount ask which can be around $80 to $2,000 and then the user may successfully login to their computer.
Users should not pay for the bribe which is nothing short of extortion and can call our malware eradication for complete computer cleaning and tuneup.
Users should not pay for the bribe which is nothing short of extortion and can call our malware eradication for complete computer cleaning and tuneup.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Asus Laptop Repair Dallas
PC Virus Doctors was aware that the Asus hard drive had data the customer needed so no further action was taken on the slaved drive. A data analysis in the Dallas Data Recovery room revealed no available data. Diagnostics was then performed on the Asus laptop that immediately started reporting bad sectors on the hard drive and the diagnostics ended with an abundance of bad sectors on the drive. Further diagnostics were performed that indicated the processor was OK and the motherboard was OK but further analysis indicated the RAM/memory was bad on the Asus.
The final analysis is that at times malware or trojans/viruses may be the issue but hardware problems may be the culprit until full diagnostics are performed. Users needing Asus laptop repairs in Dallas should call PC Virus Doctors for full diagnostics and repairs.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
USB Antivirus
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair is now offering a USB Antivirus on a flash drive. The device comes installed with ClamWin and is updated to current protection with the latest virus protection. PC Virus Doctors does not sell software but the service for preparing ClamWin with installation to the USB flash drive, updating the virus signatures, packaging the unit for shipping, the cost of preparing instructions for optimizing the USB drive for optimum use, at trip to the post office and the cost of shipping.
The USB Antivirus flash drive comes with full instructions and direct download links in order to get the optimum performance from several available standalone scanners. There are instructions for installing three more standalone antimalware programs to the device, a full list of standalone rootkit removers, office tools and browsers that can be added as needed by the user.
Computer users unable to use PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Virus Removal can now access and boot their computer through the USB Antivirus to confidently remove malware, clean the computer and get it going back to optimum performance.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Dallas Computer Repair- RAM Upgrade
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair often updates computer memory, RAM, for customers who are upgrading their gaming computer or for users who use heavy graphics. Laptops and desktops can both benefit with increased RAM as it will make computing much easier.
Even older models of desktops and laptops with 1Gb of RAM will show much better performance with an additional 1Gb of memory that will make simple web surfing much smoother with all the ads that news websites and other websites put up on their pages that may take forever to load. Other tasks such as defragmenting hard drives, using graphic applications, web editors and other programs will be much faster and will not hang up. PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Virus Removal can scan hard drives for malware much faster with increasing RAM which has decreased time to clean malware.
Call PC Virus Doctors for assistance in choosing your RAM, computer memory, upgrade for your desktop or laptop. PCVD can help pick out your RAM and it can be ordered for the cheapest prices on the internet with delivery time in usually three to four days and installation of the computer memory as soon as it arrives.
Even older models of desktops and laptops with 1Gb of RAM will show much better performance with an additional 1Gb of memory that will make simple web surfing much smoother with all the ads that news websites and other websites put up on their pages that may take forever to load. Other tasks such as defragmenting hard drives, using graphic applications, web editors and other programs will be much faster and will not hang up. PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Virus Removal can scan hard drives for malware much faster with increasing RAM which has decreased time to clean malware.
Call PC Virus Doctors for assistance in choosing your RAM, computer memory, upgrade for your desktop or laptop. PCVD can help pick out your RAM and it can be ordered for the cheapest prices on the internet with delivery time in usually three to four days and installation of the computer memory as soon as it arrives.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Anonymous Gets NATO Attention
A hacker group has been identified by NATO as serious of enough threat to go to war it seams. A report by the NATO Information and Security sector seem to be upset with certain hacker groups. New reports say that an infamous hacker group is now the target of NATO. The hack group has been involved with adversary groups since at least 2007 or 2008. The group members or supporter wear similar, uniformed, joker-style masks over their faces concealing their identity. NATO is very serious about this hacker group and it appears is desperate to take it down.
Anonymous, evidently will not or cannot take a head count or number of servers account, right?
Anonymous, evidently will not or cannot take a head count or number of servers account, right?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Laptop Repair Dallas- Hard Drive Repairs
Hard drive failure is common in older PCs and laptops which was evident recently with an HP hv6000 laptop. These type drives are an affordable repair, actually replacement, that generally greatly improves performance with a new drive versus a failing drive. PCVD can easily replace drives and copy the old information from the original drive for a reasonable price.
Data can also be copied to a customers external drive then a new operating system can be installed with the latest antivirus programs and malware scanners then updated with the latest security signatures. The data copied to the external drive will assist the new drive with more available drive space and less files to handle which has the potential for significant performance.
Solid-state drives are quickly emerging with more reasonably data storage on laptop drives that currently may be found for around $120 for a 64Gb drive. The life on these drives are definitely longer but of course need to be taken care of physically, meaning limited blunt-force, keeping the unit dry, etc. Also, the new solid-state drives would still be subject to malware.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Dallas Data Recovery
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Data Recovery is pleased to announce a new addition to the powerful tools to provide data recovery. PC Virus Doctors understands how disheartening it can be to lose family photos, documents and other important items that may have taken hours, days, months or years to create; that is why we provide reasonably priced data recovery.
Often times data becomes corrupted for several reasons:
- power failure
- corrupt sectors on hard drives
- hard drive failure
- files not saving properly
- CD or DVD's getting scratched
- flash drive corruption
The worst case scenarios of data recovery will have to be sent to our partner's cleanroom that is the top-rated cleanroom in the world.
Data loss may be recovered by calling PC Virus Doctors' Data Recovery @ 214-723-4335.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Computer Repair- Spawning Cookies
PC Virus Doctors have been aware of the privacy issues concerning many of the cookies that have proliferated the internet for years. The latest cookies of concern are the Flash cookies that are used by Adobe Flash Player. Privacy advocates have been particularly concerned with Flash cookies because of their difficulty in removal and because some Flash cookies are "Spawning Cookies" that will restart webpages once Flash Player has been closed.
The Spawning Cookies will reload even after deletion, according to a news article by Telecompaper. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Netherlands strongly rebuked such tactics and urges that Spawning Cookies not be used by companies. IAB went further, "and said re-spawning was illegal under existing EU and national data protection rules."
Adobe Flash Player 10.3 has just been released that integrates into web browsers that allows for easy Flash cookie deletion that the FTC has urged and pointed out Adobe to address the privacy concerns/issues. The new Flash player works cross platform on Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Android OS's.
A simple computer repair is to use the powerful Flash cookie deletion tool, Click&Clean, that can be integrated with CCleaner. Below is the following link to get you started in Flash privacy:
Adobe Flash Player 10.3 has just been released that integrates into web browsers that allows for easy Flash cookie deletion that the FTC has urged and pointed out Adobe to address the privacy concerns/issues. The new Flash player works cross platform on Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Android OS's.
A simple computer repair is to use the powerful Flash cookie deletion tool, Click&Clean, that can be integrated with CCleaner. Below is the following link to get you started in Flash privacy:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tech News
PC Virus Doctors' Computer Repair has opened up a new subdomain called "Tech News" that will deliver news on a regular ongoing basis. The topics will be the latest-breaking technological news that will prove to be exciting reading, along with full explaination of topics and more links to additional news sources relating to the topic-at-hand.
Guest bloggers will have access and will report on their own without any guidance or suggestions from PC Virus Doctors giving them free-reign on any technological topic they would like to explore. The news will be useful allowing for comments and discussions that is "family oriented" without any strong language or harsh cross comments between readers.
2011 is bringing lots of changes that need to be reported and explored. The explanations will be down-to-earth and easy ready without readers feeling they have no idea what they have just read. The goal of the latest hi-tech news is to educate readers and allow them to understand the implications and impact the new break-throughs will have upon individuals and communities worldwide.
Please bookmark Tech News for the newest, most comprehensive technical knowledge.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sony PlayStation Networked Attack Linked to Amazon EC2
PC Virus Doctors' Computer Repair in Dallas has learned that the Amazon EC2, Elastic Computing Cloud, was suspicioned to be involved in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) creating the second largest security breach in U.S. history. The breach affected more than 100 million customers second to Heartland Payment Systems breach in 2009.
The Amazon servers were not hacked but actually purchased for pennies an hour that allowed a hacker access to Amazon servers to then attack the PSN; the attacker's Amazon account has since been suspended. Sony just restarted their PlayStation network yesterday, May 14 after it was shut down on April 20th. Amazon is not responding to any requests about the allegations that their servers were involved in the attack and neither is the FBI responding to any information about the incident(s), according to the Bloomberg article.
Cloud servers are an ideal vehicle as they can facilitate such hacking activities while the cloud servers have difficulty detecting the good guys and the bad guys. Sony reports that the attack was professional and very sophisticated while 31% of cyber attacks occur in the United States up from 24% last year and 85% of U.S. businesses have been attacked according to Ponemon Institute.
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