I’ve removed viruses with W32 in their names, on hundreds of computers, and they’ve all been difficult to remove. W32 Fasec and W32-Patched kg are two of the most common and stubborn. Usually w32 are video codec or flash drive viruses. That means you got it from downloading a video codec or from an infected [...]

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I removed Starware from a photographer’s computer this week. The computer was oppressively slow and Outlook was crashing a lot. My client couldn’t work efficiently, since the interruptions slowed down the work he could do in a day. He was sooo frustrated. Starware took a tenacious hold of the operating system. It’d installed hundreds of [...]

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Sometimes computer repair jobs turn into something else. Sometimes Ms. Ducktoes is sitting quietly, concentrating on a computer and the client starts to talk, and before Ms. Ducktoes can say, “I think your hard drive is going bad,” she finds herself in the middle of a sensitive personal disclosure. Other times people request services that [...]

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If, after you’ve removed viruses or spyware, (especially after a bout of Windows XP Anti-Virus 2008 or 2009) you’re missing the Screensaver tab from the Display Properties of your computer’s Control Panel, then here is the fix. Download it here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/reg… Run it and when it asks if you want to add information to the [...]

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Six people have come to this site in the last two days looking for help with Win32 Bho.je. Another reader told me that Spybot cured the same malware on his computer after Spybot’s March 26 update which included the “browser helper object” in its definitions. I’d love to hear what the specific symptoms of this [...]

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Here’s a funny Dilbert comic. It’s about how security can compromise usability. Ha. Ha. Click here. Print out this blog $25 off from Ducktoes for a computer cleanup and spyware removal. Good until Feb. 31, 2009. Get your webfeet wet, safely with Ducktoes. Call 483-0105!!

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