If your computer is acting up, running slowly and hesitating when you click a link. Sometimes it doesn't go where you want but to some poorly conceives search page with links to search for the same thing you just searched for before you browser was hijacked. This falls into the category of malware, spyware or adware.

These are all bad to have on your computer. Adware is the least harmful, but even it can open holes that can be exploited by more harmful spyware and or malware. Even adware can also be spyware because the adware spies on your surfing to determine when to redirect you based on the keywords you are searching for.

Probably nothing is more frustrating for Windows users than the blue screen error, better known to users as the "blue screen of death". I remember back around 2000 when I was working as a corporate Internet engineer at a large company the service techs there used to tell the support users to give it the "three finger salute" meaning hold down the ctrl-alt-del keys at the same time which used to reboot the pc if you did it twice in a row.

Fortunately, Windows has improved a lot since those days. Even though it is way more stable and secure than it once was, occasionally you will get these blue screens with error messages. There is nothing to do but reboot the PC. But make a note of those messages. Repeating errors are a sign that something is wrong. It could be a memory error, a hard drive beginning to fail or a broken windows installation. Most broken windows installations are the result of the installation of poorly written or sometimes the installation of malware software.

One of the more common symptoms of poor compute performance is slowness. The computer just hangs for a few seconds when you click on a link. Sometimes when you search for certain things on the Internet the computer goes to a completely wrong results page.

This is usually caused by some variant of targeted malware. The early types of malware usually required you to run a program, usually some free web program that performed some function that wasn't all that necessary. Sometimes it was cute smileys for email, sometimes it was online games usually not very good games, but once you installed it once it had you. But these early malware programs needed you to install something.

Elderco™ provides on site and in the home repair of computers in Riverview, Brandon and East Tampa. Getting home computer support has never been easier. Some of the more common reasons to call for computer repair are as follows:  1. If your computer is running slow. 2. If you are getting Windows errors. 3. If you are losing files. 4. If your computer restarts on it's own. 5. If your computer browser has been hijacked.

Of course there are many more reasons to call us for computer repair in East Tampa, Riverview, Brandon or Lithia. We provide corporate grade IT support for the home user.