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Our Technicians are qualified to perform minor and major repair operations. We always try to find the most cost effective means to have your computer repaired and running again. We have a long list of services to fill your needs, from onsite computer repair to installation, maintenance, tech support, security and Internet connectivity. We serve all of southern Maryland including Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's, and Anne Arundel counties. In addition to southern Maryland, we also serve the
 Washington-Baltimore areas of Maryland

Don't pay Best Buy's Geek Squad a fortune to fix what I can fix for much cheaper.

Our prices on average are 35% less than competitors
 

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Hardware Repair Application Support Virus Protection
Desktop Configuration Network Connectivity Addition/Moving Computers
Data Recovery/
Data Backup
Preventive Maintenance Hardware/Software Upgrades

When you need us

Signs of Virus Infection or Spyware Infiltration

Popup ads appear when you are not surfing the Internet
Your homepage changes automatically to a different location
Your system runs slowly, even with only a few applications open
Your system is using more memory than usual
Unusual messages or displays on your monitor
Unusual sounds or music played at random times
Your system resources are low unexpectedly
A disk name or volume name has been changed
Programs or files are suddenly missing
Unknown programs or files have been created
Some of your files become corrupted or suddenly don't work properly
Internet connection is slower
Your system "crashes" often

 

Some Virus types

Here is a list of different types of viruses:

Boot Sector - A Boot Sector Virus infects the system area of a floppy or hard drive, or the part that is accessed when your computer is first turned on. Infection usually occurs when booting from an infected disk.

File Infector Viruses - Most of these viruses reside in the memory of a computer and infect programs' .exe and .com files.

Master Boot Record(MBR) Viruses Similar to a Boot Sector viruses, these viruses infect the Master Boot Record and prevent your PC from booting.

Multi-partite viruses - These viruses infect both the boot record and program files.

Macro viruses - Macro Viruses are prevalent in corporate environments where office applications are used, usually Microsoft Office (Word and Excel). They use a program's code to infect data files.

Trojan Horse Viruses - These viruses do not replicate themselves. Instead, they often pose as a harmless file that is downloaded from the web or from an e-mail attachment. These programs can result in the theft or destruction of data files. This type of virus is commonly picked up from peer to peer file sharing programs.

Worms Viruses - Worms replicate themselves without using a host file and can spread very quickly across the internet by releasing documents it has infected.

Here is a list of different types

Fake alerts

XP Deluxe Protector is a rogue antispyware program from XP Police Antivirus family (Win PC Antivirus, Win PC Defender, XP Police Antivirus). XP Deluxe Protector is distributed through the use trojans that display fake alerts from taskbar that tells you that your computer infected and that you must download and install XP Deluxe Protector to clean your computer. These alerts are fake and just being shown to you in order to trick you

Antivirus System PRO is rogue antivirus/antispyware program, new version of Spyware protect 2009. Like other fake antispyware programs, it uses fake alerts and false positives to trick you into buying the software. Antivirus System PRO usually installed itself onto your computer without your permission, through trojans and browser security holes.

   WinBlueSoft is rogue antispyware program, new version of WiniBlueSoft scareware. WinBlueSoft uses fake alerts and false positives to trick you into buying the software and distributed through the use trojans that display a lot of security alerts stating your computer is infected and that you should download and install WinBlueSoft in order to clean your PC.

During installation, WinBlueSoft configures itself to run automatically every time, when you start your computer. In addition, the rogue configures Windows to run blocker.dll (WinBlueSoft component) every time when you start any program. blocker.dll blocks all programs except a few standart windows applications like iexplorer.exe, explorer.exe and of course winbluesoft.exe.

Once running, WinBlueSoft will scan your computer and reports false or exaggerated system security threats on the computer that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the software. All of these threats are fake, so you can safely ignore them.

  Secure Antivirus Pro is a rogue antivirus/antispyware program that installed through the use trojans. Once infected with these trojans your computer will display security alerts that tells you that your computer is infected with malware. These alerts are fake and just being shown to you in order to trick you into buying the software.

   Privacy Center is a rogue privacy program that installed through the use of a malware that pretends to be flash video player required to view an online video. When the fake player is installed, it will install Privacy Center on to your PC without your permission.

When installed, Privacy Center configures itself to run automatically every time, when you start your computer. Once running, Privacy Center starts scanning the computer and list a variety of privacy risks on your computer to trick you to buy the paid version of the rogue. Running of the rogue software may drastically slow the performance of your computer

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Signs of Impending Hard Drive Failure

Clicking noises are heard coming from your hard drive

Your computer takes a long time to boot up

Your computer freezes frequently

Blue Screens

We can  Remote in to your PC and Removal

Virus and Malware

Want remote access to your PC? We can help. We can set up your PC to be accessible from anywhere in the world, secure and password protected. We can set it up so you see your desktop screen, just as you see it now, but on another PC at another location.

We can also set up your files and email to be accessible as well - remotely. Why do this? Centralizing all your data can be very valuable. Have you ever been at home and wanted a file but you left it on your work PC? Now this doesn't have to be a problem. Send your files to your home PC.

Technical Concierge Networking Services:

Does your office need a new computer network?

Is your Email system not working

Is your staff unable to work because of network problems

Corporate computer support can't fix your networking problem?

Comcast or Verizon claim everything is fine but nothing works

Do you need help setting up a VPN or Office to Office communications

Install a New Router, Switch, Firewall

Switching Internet providers and need help migrating?

Complete network security

Network design and installation

Network hardware repair and troubleshooting

Warranty


We offer a 30-day warranty on all laptop and Desktop repairs. This warranty applies to the work done on your computer by us and not to the parts purchased.

All warranty on the parts are based on the manufacturer's warranty only. Please keep the receipts for all of the parts purchased for your computers.

 

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