I repair, upgrade, sell, and support PCs for a living as well as a major part of my life. Many times, a problem can be handled fairly easily and quickly by phone.  I service mainly within a 75 mile radius of where I reside in the North Eastern corner of Ohio. I can see that as computers become an even larger part of our lives, it becomes ever more critical to our homelife if our computer runs into difficulty in reaching the internet. More often than being a problem with our supplier of the connection to the internet, the problem lies with either the software or hardware on which we have chosen to do our kids’ homework, store our addresses, connect to our banks,  pay our bills, and I’m sure you can add to this quick list of growing dependence on the PC and it’s connection to the outside world. With the advantage of having worked with computers since 1965, I think we can all use some help at times as bumps or potholes appear in the onramp to our own piece of the Information Highway. Lately, many complaints reach me of the slowing down of a machine which could be gradual or appear right before our eyes. In the last couple years, it has been due to “spyware” or “adware” more than viruses. Whatever the cause, it can certainly be frustrating when we become the latest victim. I found a great, free,  solution to many of these ills lately in the piece of software called Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.43.  A quick click on the link  in my list of my “Recommended” will hook you up with the latest tool in my bag of tricks trying to keep your system running at it’s best. See the link in  “Recommended” to the right side of this blog. Or you can download it by simply  Clicking  Here  

  Run it once a week or so and stay ahead of the bad guys. Feel free to post in this blog your latest problem or fix for the betterment of us all.  Or come back for other tips as they become available.  

Ray Ott