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Beware of Fake Windows Defender Warning

Tim Summers
Technology Alert

Some customers are reporting a fake Windows Defender screen that appears while they are browsing the Internet.

How to run a Malwarebytes Scan (Retail Edition)

Tim Summers
How To

If you have the retail version of Malwarebytes installed on your Windows computer, you can easily run a full scan to check your computer for malware infections that might not be detected by your antivirus software.

How to run an AVAST Antivirus Scan

Tim Summers
How To

If you are running the retail edition of AVAST antivirus, the business edition of AVAST antivirus or the AVAST Cloudcareedition of antivirus, you can follow these steps to run a scan of your computer.

How do you know if your mailbox was hacked?

Tim Summers
Technical Support

Email can be hacked in a variety of ways. One such method is tricking people into opening an infected email attachment. Once opened, the email account and contact list can become vulnerable to the hacker.

Beware of Fraudulent Geek Squad Invoices

Tim Summers
Technology Alert

Today we want to alert you of a scam going around. People are receiving fake invoices claiming to be from Best Buy's Geek Squad.

Ten Steps To Take When Your Email Account is Hacked

Tim Summers
Technical Support

It can happen to anyone. Sometimes all it takes is opening an infected email attachment or entering your email username and password into a website portal that turns out to be fake. Unfortunately, with the way digital technology works, if you're connected to the internet, you can be hacked. Here are ten steps you should take when your email account is hacked.

Our minimum and recommended computer specifications

Tim Summers
Information

At Diversified Computer Solutions, we are often asked to recommend what type of computer to buy for home and business purposes. Please note the specs in this article are not for gaming computers, CAD computers, or image and video editing computers.

Chromium Profile Will Be Deleted During Upgrade

Tim Summers
Technology Alert

Users report losing their Chromium profile settings and sync access during recent Chromium upgrade. This is not a bug!!

Windows 10 KB5000802 Crashes PC with Stop Code APC_INDEX_MISMATCH

Tim Summers
Technology Alert

Microsoft recently released an March 2021 update named KB5000802 (or KB50000808) which causes some Windows 10 computers to crash to a Blue Screen of Death with stop code: APC_INDEX_MISMATCH. Some Diversified customers have reported that any attempt to print, even a Windows test print from the printer driver, will cause their Windows 10 PC to crash.

 

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