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Malware, Rootkits and MBR Viruses – Oh My!

The Fake Antivirus Programs are really getting irritating lately as the usual methods to clean them are not as effective as they used to be. I used to see rootkits only a few times a year, but ever since around October last year when online shopping began to surge for the holidays, I started seeing them every week until now when I am seeing them practically everyday. Even worse, they are now being bundled with Master Boot Record (MBR) infections as well. Now MBR infections are not that difficult to remove as long as you don’t have a non-standard MBR created from a 3rd party boot manager, but the rootkits are a pain, even for a seasoned technician. Read More Here…

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Fake Anti-Virus Products Generate $34 Million a Month!

You want to avoid getting this type of infection because you probably won't be able to remove them yourself (unless you signed-up for our Newsletter which tells you the very tools we use to remove them), and your antivirus program may not catch it. Click the Play button below to listen a 7 min audio interview about this threat.
Is Your Hard Drive Making Clunking Sounds Like This?

Then you have a bad hard drive and may be in a data-loss situation. If you need to retrieve any data, turn off your computer ASAP and do not continue to try booting it up. It needs to be diagnosed by a technician to determine how bad it is and whether the data can be recovered locally, or if it should be sent into DriveSavers for in-depth clean-room data recovery.