Computer Repair Associates
Business Support and Information Technology Services

Serving Metro Austin area

Onsite service in Austin, Bastrop, Elgin and surrounding areas in Texas.

Computer Repair Associates offers software and hardware support on Dell, HP, Compaq, Sony, E-Machine, Toshiba and compatible desktop computers and laptops.

Operating systems support including Microsoft Windows XP, Windows NT, Vista, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2000 and Windows Server 2003 support

We support Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access and most other applications.

Network support including Cisco, Linksys, Netgear,  wireless network router installation and configuration. Wired and wireless network support.

Are you getting messages saying your computer is infected with a virus? We offer email, spam, spyware and virus protection.

Serving these areas and more!
Austin
Bastrop
Cedar Creek
Coupland
Del Valle
Dunstan
Elgin
Garfield
Georgetown
Hornsby Bend
Manor
McDade
Pflugerville
Round Rock
Sayersville
Smithville
Travis
Utley
Webberville
Wyldwood
 

Computer virus protection and removal
Viruses, spyware, trojans, worms and other malicious code are an everyday threat to your business. A single virus on an unprotected network can spread in an instant and destroy valuable information critical to business. Computer Repair Associates provides integrated solutions to protect your business.

Antivirus programs for individual desktops and laptops:

Symantec Norton Antivirus
McAfee Antivirus

Server based antivirus protection
Computers on a network are best protected by a centrally managed antivirus solution that provides protection for mail servers, file serves and desktop computers. Computer Repair Associates can recommend the best solution for your business and make sure you have the protection you need.

Server based antivirus:

Trend Micro antivirus

Avoiding spam
The best way to keep from getting spam is by not giving your email address out.  Of course your customers need your email address but they typically are not the ones spamming you. 

Spammers often use computers to automatically scan websites for email address.  If it's your own website, make sure your website developer encrypts your email address to keep computers from finding it.  If you must use an email address on an Internet website, use an email address other than the main one you use everyday.  Use an email address that you don't need and never check.  That way the spammers just send email to an email address you don't even care about.

Get off the joke list.  When someone sends an email to 100 of their closest friends, and CC's you, everyone who receives the message, receives your email address.  If one of those friends has a virus on their computer, the virus may send all of those email addresses to a spammer.  When sending emails to several people, do them a favor and BC (Blind Copy) them instead carbon copy.  No one sees the email address of the other recipients.  The drawback to blind copy is "reply to all" won't reply to anyone that was blind copied.

Munge your email address.  A munged email address is one that has been changed so email address harvesters have a hard time finding it but humans can still under stand.  An example is mynameTAKETHISPARTOUT@mycompanyNOSPAM.com.

If you are already getting spam, you can't do much to keep it from being sent.  If practical, change your email address.  If that's not practical because there are people who can't be easily notified of your new address, there are several good spam filtering solutions that will help.