Bryant
Bryant Harrison is the owner of Quick Fix Computer Repair
Malware that takes your stuff for ransom? Yep… its called ransomware!
How can a computer program steal and ransom anything? Good question. Here is the ransom plan: Step 1: The attacker will deploy a malware program that will not delete the victim’s data, but will encrypt it. Step 2: The attacker will contact the victim with the terms. For instance, you get a message on the ...read more
iPhone 4 hack fixed… for now.
Apple shipped a Mac OS X update that patched 54 security vulnerabilities. One of these updates fixes a flaw in the iPhone 4 that allows an attacker to hijack your phone. If you don’t have the 10.6.7 patch, you should apply it soon. Globally, Mac has less than 5% of the market with computers. But ...read more
Just Cause 2 and nvlddmkm crash: SOLVED
“Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.” Oh the pain of this message… for two months I battled this issue as did gamers all over the world… but I finally fixed it! The issue presented itself like this: The game freezing. Then the screen going black. Then the desktop showing up with only ...read more
The end is here!
So…. Every available IP address IN THE WORLD was used up on February 3rd, 2011. What is an IP address? Every web-page you visit, every server running e-mail, every computer in your home, and every smart phone has a unique number called an IP address (generally speaking). Now that the well has run dry, the ...read more
New malware threat and how to protect yourself and your computer
This is Bryant, your computer guy from Quick Fix on Pantops representing the research efforts of the Quick Fix team. I wanted to let you know how you can protect yourselves… for free. This is the problem… over the past couple of months, we have noticed an increasingly viscous class of infection. It is able ...read more