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Good afternoon, San Diego!

This is....can you guess?

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Okay, time's up!

Jack Morrison here on this wonderful day to take you on yet another journey into the mystical world of computer repair! Now, a lot of us who are cut from the old block barely know how to use these things beyond office programs and checking email, so we're going to cover some of the essential knowledge that goes with any computer owner.

Firstly, I will show you what it looks like when there is absolutely no hope of saving your machine on your own without hiring a professional service to look at it, and even that usually results in everything STILL being wiped out! This enemy of all computer users is called...The Blue Screen of Death. Cheesy? Yes. BUT, it loses its cheesiness when it's on YOUR screen! When you see this image, it's either A. time to grumble as you go into the back room and pull out your backup hard drives or B. time to scream because you didn't back up your hard drives!

This symbol of doom has struck many computer users who may have had malware on their machine. Malware is what we will look into next, but rest assured; there's help for malware! Read along....go ahead! :)

Malware is software that is malicious, meaning that it was written with the intention of damaging or infiltrating a person's machine and basically doing bad things! Some malware is stronger than others, but most are repairable.

One type of malware is the computer virus. A virus infects an executable program and spreads when that program is run.  Infections that are transmitted by a Microsoft Word file or through an email that require opening are considered viral infections. One of the older but more famous of these computer viruses is the Happy 99 virus.

Another type of malware is the worm. There have been several of these that, in the early 2000's, were spreading like wildfire throughout the country. A worm, unlike a virus, spreads itself through a network to other computers.

Both of these have the ability to carry what we call a "payload," which is basically information and instructions of what to do once the program has entered the machine. Some payloads gather personal information, for instance, passwords that are saved for certain websites, while other payloads have less severe functions.

Moving on from those two types of malware, we're now going to touch on the trojan horse or trojan! Now, let's play a bit off of mythology. The Greeks invaded Troy by hiding themselves in the Trojan horse. Once the coast was clear, they all poured out and basically took the city down by surprise. That's exactly what these programs do! They are disguised as a program that you might think could be pretty useful, and then BAM! Once it's there, it takes you by surprise. Trojans can be known to delete all of the files on a user's computer, or can also install other malware and practically wage war with you.

Next? There's more??? Yep! Spyware programs are commercially produced for the purpose of gathering information about computer users, showing them pop-up ads, or altering web-browser behavior for the financial benefit of the spyware creator. For instance, some spyware programs redirect search engine results to paid advertisements. Others, often called "stealware" by the media, overwrite affiliate marketing codes so that revenue goes to the spyware creator rather than the intended recipient.

Spyware programs are sometimes installed as Trojan horses of one sort or another. They differ in that their creators present themselves openly as businesses, for instance by selling advertising space on the pop-ups created by the malware. Most such programs present the user with an end-user license agreement which purportedly protects the creator from prosecution under computer contaminant laws. However, spyware EULAs have not yet been upheld in court.

If you want to find a high quality virus/malware removal service in the San Diego area, you can visit our website and find the perfect computer repair service for you today!

Thanks a bunch, people! I hope to get some more of your nice comments soon! Hasta pasta, S.D.!