Antivirus 2009 Is A Fraud

November 29, 2008 · Filed Under Software Utilities · Comment 

As a computer repair expert I do my best to track common threats and learn as much as possible about new and existing threats. Over just the last 2 weeks we have seen a huge surge in antivirus 2009. Because of this we have written a few guides to help people understand this threat and teach them how to fully remove this as well.

For a more detailed guide head over to here to our remove antivirus 2009 page. There you will find a very detailed hands on guide that takes you step by step in the removal process. You should note that you may need to purchase software to fully remove other threats as well.

Being infected with Antivirus 2009 is a clear indication that you have other threats installed on your computer as well. It is very common to have virtumonde and the zlob trojan as well.

Because of this you may want to consider hiring professional help to fully remove all viruses and spyware. I know how hard it can be to have your computer in a shop and hiring a tech to come out can cost upwards of 300 dollars. Here is a great remote computer repair company that removes viruses and spyware online. Not only are they inexpensive but you can have your computer back and running in just an hour and you never have to wait in line. This company is by far the leader in remote computer repair and it’s 100% secure.

The most annoying thing about antivirus 2009 is how it constantly re-directs you to their home page. I know you are with me on this. The fake security warnings and bogus scan results is none as a scareware tactic. They try to make the user think they are being hacked in the hopes your emotions will get the better of you and you hand over your credit card information. This company has several civil lawsuits against it and Microsoft is leading the charge to shut them down. Unfortunately this never ends. You should consider purchasing real time protection to fully remove this threat and so you do not get infected again. We do offer 100% free removal guides for this but you are better off just taking the safe route and having an expert remove it our by purchasing software to protect your computer for the long haul.

I hope this quick guide has given you a few pointers and if you follow any of the advice given here be sure to post a comment to let others know what you did.

Virtual Machines And Disk Fragmentation Issues

November 24, 2008 · Filed Under Software Utilities · Comment 
by Mike White
Virtual machine applications such as Parallels, Virtual Pc and VM Ware are becoming increasingly popular as they allow users a number of options that would otherwise be unavailable to them for example a clean system for faster performance or perhaps the ability to test an application in isolation from your main operating system. Sadly the common hard drive is still a factor that needs consideration as fragmentation can cause data problems.Virtual machines must still make use of the slowest part of any modern computer system: hard drive technology. Hard Drives can be partitioned to appear as dedicated individual devices, these devices are then often utilized to store virtual partitions and virtual operating systems. Underneath this “virtual” layer, the hardware is storing data as it always has, in a fragmented inefficient manner.

Hard disk fragmentation occurs when files are split in to multiple chunks as they are slotted into spare space on the hard drive. If you are running a solitary OS chances are you have already noticed considerable slow down in your system since purchase. Just imagine two or more OS’s running causing the same file fragmentation! Pretty soon your system could come to a grinding halt.

Fragmentation will not only slow down your computer or server but due to the excessive and unwarranted extra movement of the heads, the life of your storage device(s) can be seriously reduced. The problem is not only limited to single drives however, even if you have a very well specked raid set up, fragmentation can get so severe that the only viable option is data recovery or server rebuild.

You would like to think that as the problem of file fragmentation has been with us since the advent of hard drive based computer systems, operating system vendors would have come up with a software solution to ensure the problem is eradicated at source. Whilst Mac OS X will partially help with files under a 20 mb size, Windows operating systems seem to pay it no heed whatsoever.

Defragmentation utilities can take care of this problem, however, running them practically ties up the machine until completion, slowing the machine to a crawl. So what can be done to remove this issue? There are a number of possibilities that can be tried.

Use automated defragmentation routines: Dependent upon your OS you can normally, either directly in the OS itself or via third party software; schedule defrags to run at times convenient to yourself.

Invest in dedicated hardware. Not the cheapest solution but for business and power user home systems probably the most sensible route. Dedicated hardware could be an additional hard drive (internal or external) a dedicated raid array or even an SSD device. The actual solution will depend on how mission critical the application actually is.

Basic features of DVD shrink software

November 24, 2008 · Filed Under Software Utilities · Comment 
by Ethan Hunter

DVD shrink software is the most popular software application for creating back ups for DVD movies. Its prime utility is that it can copy or shrink original DVDs to fit into a much smaller disc. These DVD shrink software programs can compress and transfer a dual layer 8.5 GB DVD into a single layer 4.7 GB DVD. Thus, the basic function of the DVD shrinks software is to re-encode the movie into lesser space by removing the extra contents like subtitle, footage, and so on.

DVD shrink software is one of the most amazing software programs invented in the fast-changing scenario of science and technology. It can reproduce a number of DVDs from one mother copy. There is hardly any other software program that can be compared to DVD shrink software for its almost magical capacity to produce so many duplicates flawlessly, without compromising on the quality of the original DVDs. DVD shrink software is basically a free software popular as DVD transcoder, limited within one executable one-megabyte file.

A multipurpose interface is one of the major features of the DVD shrink software. This interface, in particular, provides the user with opportunity to choose among their preferred DVD constituents. DVD shrink software allows the user to choose among the audio tracks, sub titles, menus and even video titles in order to shrink the DVDs. The software performs this task with the help of decryption algorithm and a VBR encoder. In addition to this, users also are free to guide operation of compression at any part of the movie. This DVD shrink software is able to convert the DVD by minimizing it up to 39% of the original size.

Another interesting feature of the DVD shrink software is its capability to produce duplicates that are as good as the original DVD, and that too, in much less space. The software application first strips the copy protection and removes the restrictions in built in the DVD. Of course, you will require extra software programs to remove these prohibitions completely. Nonetheless, the DVD shrink software is capable of erasing the current types of copy protection like Macrovision Ripguard.

Though the DVD shrink software is not loaded with a built-in burning engine that can burn the images itself, it can take out an almost similar ISO image of the original file. The DVD shrink software can do this job with the help of the associate software.

The main task of the DVD shrink software is to compress the data of the original DVD, which it can do by partially removing content. But it is harmful to erase this completely, as it might destroy the DVD software menu. In order to overcome this hurdle, you can use the high-compression facility that supports the task of “placeholder” for the original to compress some sections of the DVD. The critics of DVD shrink software say that this software is not compatible all sorts of hardware or DVD players. This criticism is levied against most of the software applications. It does not undermine the various uses of DVD shrink software.

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