As we use computers more and more for daily functions, it seems advantageous to maintain their cleanliness and health just as we would our own.

A client brought her computer to me for cleaning and an issue with playing videos of any kind. Malwarebytes returned no results while Spy-Bot found several infections. This and some other strategic cleaning has made all malicious and related behaviours null and void. In the end, there was a lot of tracking and high-jacking software which oddly enough seamed tied to the video streaming sites performance.

How do we avoid these annoying infections. Some would say, “Get a Mac!” I would say just learn to use the internet. Many people believe that Macs are safer but the reality is that they are just less targeted. Yes, there are structural differences betwen the operating systems but if you learn the weaknesses, you can make them strengths and vise-versa

We are avid PC users and support all computers for making so much available to us. We will be recording a series of tutorials to discuss how to safely browse the Internet on any computer while maintaining whatever productive momentum you may have be it making music, fliers, videos, or any other processor intensive applications. Stay tuned!

DMJ