Prather Computer Services

02/16/2021

Hi All,

my facebook account may have been hacked recently by clicking on a link from one of my contacts on here. If you receive a weird video link from me, don't click on it. delete it. then change your password, and set up 2nd factor authentication just to be safe. I have done this, and logged out all computers that were logged into this account, so my account is now safe. let's make sure yours are too! thanks everyone.

11/04/2020

Hi All.. hope all are well with Covid still going on. I'm moving across the street to an old apartment.. 8523 Germantown, in the alley way, Front apartment.

If anyone needs any help, this is the new location. I hope you're all doing ok.. please remember to run Ccleaner, then Malwarebytes, and then your anti-virus solution. Do this twice a month to avoid any issues, and please make sure these programs stay up to date. If anything serious pops up, I'm a phone call away. take care!

06/12/2020

Hi All, just a quick update. I hope you all are well and healthy. During the pandemic, I'm unable to make house calls, but I can still work on computers. I've been accepting computers on a limited, emergency basis. I have alcohol wipes and wear a mask when I work on it. If anyone is having an issue, I could have the computer back to you the next day. I'll wipe it down upon receipt and upon giving it back to you.

I hope all of you are well and getting by with all this going on. Hopefully, we'll be back to normal soon. Take care!

P.S. Please remember to run ccleaner bi-monthly, and update your virus protection and malwarebytes then run malwarebytes first, then your virus protection second. Do this twice a month. If there are any issues, give me a call! :)

01/23/2020

Hi All, it's been some time since I posted anything, but I wanted to share this. If you have old electronics you need recycled, there is a city sponsored solution:

https://www.philadelphiastreets.com/sanitation/residential/sanitation-convenience-centers

Hope this helps. I've gotten questioned about locations over the years, and this looks like a reliable solution.

hope all is well. remember to run ccleaner, update your virus solution then run both at least twice per month! take care!

Residents wishing to use the Sanitation Convenience Centers must show proof of Philadelphia residency as the centers are free for City residents’ use only. Residents can drop off regular household items once a day and oversized items once a week. Personal passenger vehicles/pickup trucks may be us...

08/15/2018

Hello everyone. Quick PSA here: If you want google to stop tracking your browsing activity you can do so at this website:

Find and see your search history, browsing history, and other activity that's saved to your Google Account in My Activity. You’re in control of this data and can easily delete activity from your account.

06/06/2018

Hi Everyone, I'm sure you heard in the news about Russian Hackers using malware to hijack network traffic from our routers. Here's an article that talks about it and provides a list of known vulnerable routers. Please everyone see if your router is on this list, if you have one of your own. If your router is provided by your ISP, please restart your router, or call your ISP to see what they're doing to protect against this.

If anyone needs any help with this, please let me know.

Here is the list:

Malware tied to Russia can attack connected computers and downgrade HTTPS.

03/02/2017

Hello all.. a bit of a PSA here.. just found this. If you have one, or a loved one has one, please change your password, and setup 2 factor authentication:

http://www.pcmag.com/news/352126/another-32-million-yahoo-accounts-breached

Add that to the 1.5 billion accounts that have already been compromised.

02/08/2017

Hello everyone... viruses and malware on Mac is still on the rise:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/mac-malware-has-a-way-to-go-but-its-slowly-catching-up-to-windows/

A tale of two attacks that both target MacOS users.