Computer Design & Repair, LLC

140 Portage Trail Suite 204
Cuyahoga Falls 44221

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Computer Design & Repair is a computer repair & services company targeting the home & office information technology field in the Summit County area, while offering web hosting & software development opportunity world wide. When founded in 2003, our outlook was simply for offering computer repair services. In a few short years, we've grown to unexpected proportions. Currently our office is located in downtown Cuyahoga Falls, to better serve residence in Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Tallmadge, & also the greater Akron area. While we support all makes & models of name brand PCs, we can also build customer specific systems. We offer both on-site & drop off repair service.

Please, feel free to give us a call today : (330)929.2600
Toll free : (866)611.2601

Rogue security software mainly relies on scare tactics in order to defeat the security built into modern operating system and browser software and install itself onto victims' computers

Most have a Trojan horse component, which users are misled into installing. The Trojan may be disguised as

• * A browser plug-in or extension (typically toolbar)
• * An image, screensaver or archive file attached to an e-mail message
• * Multimedia codec required to play a certain video clip
• * Software shared on peer-to-peer networks
• * A free online malware scanning service

Some rogue security software, however, propagate onto users computers as drive-by downloads which exploit security vulnerabilities in web browsers or e-mail clients to install themselves without any manual interaction

Typically, rogue antivirus software displays a message saying that the PC is infected and offering antivirus software for sale. In a successful attack, the scammers end up with the victim's credit card information and don't bother to install any legitimate software

Below is a list of common Rogue Software infections :

• Advanced Cleaner
• AlfaCleaner
• Alpha AntiVirus
• AntiSpyCheck 2.1
• AntiSpyStorm
• AntiSpyware 2009
• AntiSpyware Bot from 2Squared Software
• AntiSpywareExpert
• AntiSpywareMaster
• AntiSpywareSuite
• AntiSpyware Shield
• Antivermins
• Antivirus 2008
• Antivirus 2009
• Antivirus 2010 (also known as Anti-virus-1)
• Antivirus 360
• Antivirus Pro 2009
• AntiVirus Gold
• Antivirus Master
• Antivirus XP 2008
• Antivirus Pro 2010
• Antivirus System PRO
• Avatod Antispyware 8.0
• Awola
• BestsellerAntivirus
• Cleanator
• ContraVirus
• Cyber Security
• Doctor Antivirus
• Doctor Antivirus 2008
• DriveCleaner
• EasySpywareCleaner
• Errorsafe
• Green Antivirus 2009
• IE Antivirus (aka IE Antivirus 3.2)
• IEDefender
• InfeStop
• Internet Antivirus (aka Internet Antivirus Pro, distributed by plus4scan.com)
• KVMSecure
• MacSweeper
• MalwareCrush
• MalwareCore
• MalwareAlarm
• Malware Bell (a.k.a. Malware Bell 3.2)
• Malware Defender (not to be confused with the HIPS firewall of the same name)
• MS Antivirus
• MS AntiSpyware 2009
• MaxAntiSpy
• Mx One
• Netcom3 Cleaner
• PCSecureSystem
• PC Antispy
• PC AntiSpyWare 2010
• PC Clean Pro
• PC Privacy Cleaner
• PerfectCleaner
• Perfect Defender 2009
• PersonalAntiSpy Free
• Personal Antivirus
• PAL Spyware Remover
• PCPrivacy Tools
• PC Antispyware
• PSGuard
• Rapid AntiVirus
• Real AntiVirus
• Registry Great
• Safety Alerter 2006
• SafetyKeeper
• SaliarAR
• SecureFighter
• SecurePCCleaner
• SecureVeteran
• Security Scan 2009
• Security Tool (or Security Toolbar 7.1)
• Smart Antivirus 2009
• Soft Soldier
• SpyAxe
• Spy Away
• SpyCrush
• Spydawn
• SpyGuarder
• SpyHeal (a.k.a SpyHeals & VirusHeal)
• SpyMarshal
• Spylocked
• SpySheriff (a.k.a PestTrap, BraveSentry, SpyTrooper)
• SpySpotter
• SpywareBot (Spybot - Search & Destroy knockoff)
• Spyware Cleaner
• SpywareGuard 2008
• Spyware Protect 2009
• SpywareQuake
• SpywareSheriff (often confused with SpySheriff)
• Spyware Stormer
• Spy Tool
• Spyware Striker Pro
• Spyware Protect 2009
• SpywareStrike
• SpyRid
• SpyWiper
• System Antivirus 2008
• System Live Protect
• SystemDoctor
• System Security
• Total Secure 2009
• TrustedAntivirus
• TheSpyBot (Spybot - Search & Destroy knockoff)
• UltimateCleaner
• VirusHeat
• VirusIsolator
• Virus Locker
• VirusProtectPro (a.k.a AntiVirGear)
• VirusRemover2008
• VirusRemover2009
• VirusMelt
• VirusRanger
• Virus Response Lab 2009
• VirusTrigger
• Vista Antivirus 2008
• Volcano Security Suite
• WinAntiVirus Pro 2006
• WinDefender (not to be confused with the legitimate Windows Defender)
• Windows Police Pro
• Windows Protection Suite
• WinFixer
• WinHound
• Winpc Antivirus
• Winpc Defender
• WinSpywareProtect
• WinWeb Security 2008
• WorldAntiSpy
• XP AntiSpyware 2009
• XP Antivirus
• XP-Shield
• Zinaps AntiSpyware 2008

Google just announced they are indeed developing the long-rumored Chrome OS.

Expected to be web-focused with a minimal user interface, the lightweight open source operating system will appear initially on netbooks running either x86 or ARM processors. Expansion to the desktop and full-powered laptops will most likely follow. According the Official Google Blog, Chrome OS will be available to consumers in the second half of next year.

With the plethora of rapid booting Linux variants out there it was only time before Google decided to adapt this into an OS that simply launches a thin client solution that booted straight into a browser.

I've been predicting this for years (as far back as 2002) when I saw desktop comparable apps being developed to operate purely online. Not at all unlike Google Documents.

"Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," wrote Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director. "We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds."

Not surprisingly, the OS will be based on a Linux kernel and should run all current and future web-based applications.

Google admits that there may be some overlap between its operating system for mobile devices, Android, and the newly introduced Chrome OS. The blog announcement explains, "Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems."

The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer. You spend much of your time online inside a browser: When you search, chat, email, shop, bank, read the news, and watch videos online, you often do all this using a browser.

• Speed
• Simplicity
• Security
• More Features

CrossOver Chromium is a Mac and Linux port of the open source Chromium web browser. CrossOver Chromium is available for download from CodeWeavers, free of charge.

Because native Linux and Mac versions of Chromium are not yet available, this is the next best thing in the mean time.

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. The Chromium codebase is the basis for the Google Chrome browser.

While Google has announced plans to support native Mac and Linux versions of Chromium, but they have yet to be released. CrossOver Chromium, however, runs the Windows version of Chromium natively on both Mac and Linux.