QC Rent a Geek

We've moved! I am back in Baton Rouge, LA so QCRentaGeek is also now located in Baton Rouge. To all of my lovely NC and SC customers, I am still available to help you offering remote services to help with your computers and, of course, still available to do your websites. For all of my Baton Rouge contacts, I am now offering onsite services available in the Baton Rouge area. I am and I remain, Your Geek!

For years I have been encouraging customers to remove Avast and other free antivirus programs from their computers. These free programs have always bothered me. Look, if it’s free there’s a reason. They have to make money off of you in some way or else it’s just not a viable business. Remember that any data collected on users is a commodity so what are you giving up when you use free antivirus? Well, here’s and example of the problem. Avast got fined by the FTC for collecting and selling your data! Geeze. This is the opposite of what we expect when installing something that we perceive to be for our security benefit. Please just bite the bullet and purchase a reputable antivirus. I use Emsisoft and it has served me well. Here’s the story: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/tech/ftc-avast-cybersecurity-company-fine/index.html

-I am,
Your Geek!

FTC fines cybersecurity company Avast $16.5 million for tracking and selling user data | CNN Business Cybersecurity software company Avast faces a $16.5 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint Wednesday accusing the company of selling consumer data to third parties.

I've been spending a ton of time lately helping customers mitigate hacks, both passwords that have been compromised and social hacks. I need to take a minute to stress how important it is to get your passwords secured and turn on multi-factor authentication for your accounts. Norton Lifelock was hacked. Chrome has been compromised. LastPass data is constantly being compromised. The only one I can recommend is the one that I personally use, 1Password. All you need to remember is a single password to have access to all of your passwords on your computer and mobile device. PLEASE SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTS. Don't find yourself scrambling because you have lost access to an account that has been taken over by a hacker. Use my link to sign up now for 1Password for business and get yourself 25% off your first year! https://1password.grsm.io/tvqnqgh65eow-zvmhcv3

I am,
-Your Geek!

Attention all you spammers that are commenting on this post. I'm glad it's getting traction. Thank you for that. And also, I will promptly delete all your spammy comments and block you. Go advertise your stuff on your own page.

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