Apr 24 2012

Data Backup

Since we’ve been seeing a lot of hard drives dying lately (as we seem to every spring and fall), we would like to remind people that we have been a reseller for one of the leading cloud backup providers in Canada since 2006!

KineticD (formerly Data Deposit Box) has evolved and at $0.50/GB is one of the most economical and manageable online cloud backup providers. Not to mention their software is so easy to operate and is 5x faster than what it used to be and can now also manage and maintain a LOCAL backup for fast recovery by storing local backups to your hard drive, external USB or to a networked drive! For disaster readiness all copies are also stored in the cloud.

Local and Cloud backup you can just set and forget!

Go ahead and sign up for a risk-free, no obligation 30-day FREE trial!

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Feb 29 2012

Resizing Images for Web Sites

We’ve been setting up a LOT of WordPress sites lately and then showing people how to update their own sites. Of course many of them still call us to do it, but some do attempt their own updates.

One of the things we always tell people when we’re showing them the ropes is to RESIZE images BEFORE uploading them to your website.

Many cameras are 5+ megapixels, and as such the pictures they take are far too large to be used on a website. You need to squeeze them down to make them usable for websites. Read the rest of this entry »

Permanent link to this article: http://computerhero.ca/tips/resizing-images-for-web-sites/

Feb 10 2012

AVG Link Scanner

With the recent hack on some sites we host as well as the increasing number of website infections going around these days you should be fairly well protected as long as your security software is up to date. The problem is not all security software tell you there is a problem. For instance with the Kaspersky antivirus I use I was still able to view the infected websites and it was just filtering out the bad content in the background.

But I’d like to know if a site has something bad!

Enter AVG Link Scanner… Read the rest of this entry »

Permanent link to this article: http://computerhero.ca/tips/avg-link-scanner/

Jan 10 2012

XP/Vista/Win7 Antivirus 2012

XP Antivirus 2012 is a variant of the 2012 name-changing rogue program that changes its name randomly depending on the version of Windows it is installed on. This guide will cover the variant of the 2012 name changing rogue called XP Antivirus 2012. This rogue is promoted in two ways. The first is through the use of fake online antivirus scanners that state that your computer is infected and then prompt you to download a file that will install the infection. The other method are hacked web sites that attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in programs that you are running on your computer to install the infection without your knowledge or permission. Read the rest of this entry »

Permanent link to this article: http://computerhero.ca/malware/xp-antivirus-2012/

Dec 21 2011

Drop Off Service

Now that more people and companies are realizing the benefits of using our HeroConnect and HeroWatch remote services, we find our heroes spending more time in front of a computer and less time on the road… Our productivity and efficiency has gone WAY UP! As such ComputerHero.ca is proud to announce that we now have an office and we can now start accepting computer drop-off’s for service!

It’s amazing what you can accomplish
when you don’t spend half the day in traffic! Read the rest of this entry »

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