Another Fake Email install Rogue Software (From Panda Labs Blog)

One of the biggest reasons why TechGeekandMore started came from how many customers I had (and still have) to visit every week to either clean Viruses of PC or (even worse) recover as many files as possible and then re-install Windows.  I wanted a way a to try to alert and educate my customers about how …..

What to do if you get a virus or malware via a pop up message

There have been many posts on TechGeekandMore concerning viruses, spyware, malware, and scareware.  If you wonder why, its because as a tech, the number one question and the number one support call that I will take involves pc’s that have already been infected (because the user didn’t know any better) and what to do to clean up the pc.

How to: Win 7–Fix for printer share error 0x000006d9

I ran across an interesting error this week that I hadn’t seen before, on a Windows 7 pc as I attempted to share a printer.  I would go into the printer properties –> sharing tab and label the printer and as soon as I clicked on either apply or ok I would see “Printer settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006d9). The issue turned out to be caused by the Windows Firewall being turned off.