Lately, some customers and other people have been calling us and asking what we are charging them $70 on their credit card. Was it some sort of computer repair? They're asking because they have an unexplained charge on their credit card for $70 that has the description "Computer Help" - they, quite reasonably, think it's something to do with us and give us a call. But, we don't do that...
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Did you know Computer Help NZ has a YouTube channel? I'll admit it's mostly for some fun and there's not a lot of educational posts or anything - I think there is one testimonial video from a customer. But we do have some fun videos, and I enjoy paying people from all over the world to make all sorts of random things! Great fun, and it's amazing what you can do with a computer these days.
A few years ago the city of Baltimore in Maryland, USA, population 585,000 was shutdown by, can you believe it, a computer virus - specifically ransomware.
Microsoft's has had a huge problem the last few months with the part of the Operating System that prints things - the print spooler. And the print nightmare just keeps coming.
Last night, we lost internet. I guess we should have predicted it, really.
[This is my personal experience and just my opinion.]
