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Irwin Electronics Weekly Digest Is Spectre Giving You a Meltdown? For personal PC users, it’s mostly media hype by David Irwin on January 15 If you’re an Enterprise server administrator, I feel for you! I used to be responsible for over three thousand servers at the bank. And the problem only gets worse when management doesn’t understand tech. They buy into the media hype and demand everything be patched... yesterday! For the average personal computer user, it’s mostly hype. It’s a big story because it’s hardware related and affects nearly every processor in use today. Being a hardware issue it doesn’t matter if you use Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android. Virtually every computer is affected! Now that’s scary, and the media is on it like white on rice. Now for a little truth. For one, it is very difficult to exploit. The software would have to be installed on your device. Your antivirus should detect and thwart any attempts to exploit the vulnerability. Another me...

We say we specialize in virus and malware removal. What history do we have in this field? What do we do differently from any other computer repair company? What is malware? In this article, I will attempt to answer these, and many other questions you may have. I will also give you some advice on tools you can run yourself that may prevent the need to call a professional. Now, why would I give away the keys to the kingdom? While it is true that virus removal is where I earn the majority of my income, I also believe in treating the customer right. I know that by taking care of my customers, they'll be more willing to refer me. The tools that I mention here are fine for small, benign, infections. The trouble is, once you get one, it will open the floodgates and you'll be inundated within days. You see, a computer virus is almost like a life form. It replicates and spreads. It tries to protect itself. One of the first things it will do is attempt to disable anything that ...