While we know this has nothing to do with computers. We here at The Computer Doctor of Richmond got into an heated debate about this world news story. While one of our staff members is in favor of Jay Leno, the good news is he doesn’t have authorization to post on our site 
Thus we at TCDoR.com want to put our official and very powerful support behind Team Conan O’Brien. Conan, we hope NBC makes the right decision.
We here at The Computer Doctor of Richmond have been big fans of Vipre Anti Virus for a few years now. We know that it’s extremely powerful and unique heuristic scan engine and its small horsepower requirements make it the perfect choice for every environment. Not to mention that it is extremely effective and truly superior to virtually all other brand name anti virus alternatives out there.
We will have more to come in the near future about Vipre AV. However, in the mean time, should you have any questions about it, feel free to check out their site or simply email us. http://www.vipreantivirus.com/
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Microsoft’s free antivirus, “Security Essentials”
Microsoft released their free antivirus, Security Essentials a few days ago. And to make a long story short, it aint half bad! It is a decent replacement for other free solutions or the option of simply going naked with not AV software at all. It is relatively fast at scanning and has a small foot print (meaning it doesn’t require a lot of horse power like some other brand name AV’s). It also does an ok job of finding infections when compared to other AV’s.
We here at TCDoR.com have started testing it to see how it stacks up against some of the big dogs like Norton, McAfee, Vipre and others. However, our initial tests have been relatively positive as with much of the rest of the industry. In fact techreview.com agreed and said it is quite good.
If you’re interested in trying it out, go to www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ and download it.
Does this look familiar?
personal AV
If it does, then you or someone you know has likely been infected by a fake antivirus. We have seen a huge surge in infections of these fake AV’s over the past few weeks. We’ve posted about them before and they are still very nasty and constantly evolving. These fake AV’s infect your computer many different ways, one of the most common being peer to peer programs like limewire. However, once you’re infected they typically will try to get you to “register” their product in order to clean your computer of whatever viruses it says you have. The problem is that it is the virus and those viruses it says you have, you don’t. It simply wants to hold your computer hostage for ~$50. But whatever you do, don’t pay! You’ll likely have your credit card number stolen and used on other purchases.
These fake AV’s are known to cause all kinds of problems, starting with killing your real antivirus and then slowing your computer to a crawl and in many cases disabling the internet followed by computer death (failure to boot). If you see a screen like the one above of one similar (remember, there are tons of different variations of these fake AV’s) call us right away. The longer you wait the more damage it will usually do to your system.
Not only can we help clean your system, we can educate you and give you the tools so this hopefully won’t happen again.
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