The Computer Bank & CB To The Rescue

 

A lot of you have been worried about all the hype on the DNS changer. Is it a big deal, not really. The FBI effectively shut down the software some time ago. The problem is that several million of you do have the infection on your systems. What this software does is take over your browser and when you type a website in it redirects you to a fake website selling pharmaceuticals or fake virus software, all being controlled by servers located in the US. As the FBI now has control of these servers it has taken out the redirecting apparatus and has allowed your units to actually go to the site you expected. If you really want to see if your one of the infected units then visit this website and if the site shows green your good to go, if not talk with you tech about correcting the problem. www.dns-ok.us Why worry if the FBI now has control, because to have the control the FBI is running these server farms and has received permission to continue to do so until July of this year. If no additional extension is obtained your system when going to these farms will fall flat and your surfing may be completely cut off. Check the website for peace of mind. In case your interested most of this type infection comes from adult sites where you attempt to watch a video and you get a message like "Windows Media Player does not have the correct codec, download the correct codec here" and you just click on the link and bingo you have the infection. As I said the problem has effectively been shut down, but if you were infected prior to this you could still have the code on your unit. Basically this is a high end Root Kit and is extremely difficult to remove, however, it can be cleaned if you know what your doing, again contact your tech and get either instruction or arrange for them to handle the removal, hope this helps, Don G

 

Many of you ask me all the time about notices you received from someone stating that a virus, Trojan or some other type of problem is about to occur. Most of the time you substantiate the item via Snopes. Problem is you don't read the entire article on Snopes, you only read the top and assume this is a real happening. Sorry, not so! When you research an item on Snopes the first thing you will see is a sample of the item you received, if you read the entire page you will note at the bottom as to the reality or hoax status. So when receiving this type of annoyance from a friend, who most likely knows less than you do, do your own research and make sure to read the whole page or pages to actually determine if this is true or false. Almost all of these are hoaxes not facts. If you keep your computer up to date (even Windows XP), keep your software programs up to date and your antivirus protection again up to date, you should not have problems with these types of infection. Most infections today are from you clicking on something and installing it on your machine. In other words you are the biggest culprit of your current infections. Quit clicking on next, go, continue or OK. Read what the what the screen is asking you and then make a decision to proceed. One of the biggest giveaways is simply something popping up and saying something like "to view this better click here". Don't click. The average computer system today has everything you need to operate, you don't actually have to add to the system. I realize some you more daring folks will continue to wave caution and advance, but that's actually a good thing. Without your efforts I would have a hard time earning a living, so keep up the good work, I need the money, hope this helps, Don G

Mail Spaming 

 

Many of you are sending mail from your computers with spam links attached. This needs to stop. When one of your contacts receives an email from you with these links attached and then clicks on the link they too will begin to process this malware to their contacts. Stopping the problem is as easy as changing your password. That's right just go to your online account and change your password. This will stop the problem. Obviously once you have completed this action you need to run a full scan of your system, making sure your database for your program is up to date. Simple and easy, takes no technical experience to complete these actions and makes you a better computer user. Shape up people, stop these pests from happening and especially continuing. For those of you who don't have an antivirus or are using one of the brand name programs I suggest you remove this expensive software and simply load Microsoft Security Essentials. It does as good a job as all the rest, handles viruses, Trojans and malware, keeps itself up to date and scans regularly. The best part it costs nothing, that's zero dollars. It's a win win situation, hope this helps, Don G

 

Download here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials

 

REMEMBER - you must uninstall your existing antivirus program prior to installing the new program, you cannot have more than one of these programs on your system and expect good results.

If you decide you wish to check out this new system, remember to backup your current system, otherwise you most likely will remove your old files and software, depending on the method you use to in

Microsoft has released Windows 8, the preview edition. What's new? Everything, change is the name of the game. Designed to be used on Computers, Tablets and Phones, this operating system if actually two in one. The first being Metro, Microsoft new name for their portable operating system for all of the above. The Desktop is actually the same style and design you are used to in Vista and Windows 7. Fortunately you can simply click on the Desktop icon and basically be back to what you know and are used to seeing. There is no start button, there is not split menu when you click the start button, I guess they just want you to wing it or use the new Metro to do it all.

stall the new system. I suggest you install this beta version on a computer that is not your main system. I have tried it on several units, including a very old unit from 2005 and it ran as advertised.

Once you get it installed play with the pictures (actually very large icons) and attempt to travel around the operating system. I should tell you if you are in the desktop and want to go back to the Metro just move your mouse down to the left corner, when the Metro icon pops up don't move to it just left click. This will take you there. If you move up to the icon it will go away. If you place your mouse in the same location and right click you will find all kinds of stuff you're familiar with.

Any way you look at it you are going to have a serious learning curves based on this model. I am betting many things will be changed by the time we get to the final release of the product, including a way to easily shut down the system, time will tell, hope this helps, Don G

Go here to download the software:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&semid=ef_GGL_e_7300bf223f5aac2145310e17aadea4a9&WT.search=1