Magic

Anyone who has ever spent a great deal of time dealing with computer problems can relate to this statement. "I don't know how it happened, my computer just started getting real slow" or "My computer just won't come on and I don't know why".

Often times, my term for this is "A magical moment". Now know that I am not complaining because it is these "magical moments" that feeds my family and keeps us afloat. I have many people to thank for providing for me and my family....Lime Wire, Kazaa, Weather Bug and the list goes on.

Where I am going with this is to let people know that there is a way for folks to avoid these "magical moments". The first thing to always remember is NOTHING IS FREE!!! There is no FREE software on the internet, nothing that you download for free is without payment. That may be payment to people like ME for fixing the problems it causes, payment to the people that gave you the "free" software in the form of ads, hijacks, popups or, God forbid, a visit ot your home by one of those Geek Squad guys in their little black and white VW Bugs along with their bill that may be higher than the cost of buying a new PC.

Let's explore one of the most popular computer destroyers out there; LimeWire. What is LimeWire you may ask? It is a Peer to Peer file sharing program designed to help people pirate and share software and music. Free music downloads? Too good to be true?? Well, aside from being mostly illeagal, it is most certianly not without danger - stealing usually is not without danger so you shouldn't be surprised if LimeWire or something that results from it destroys your computer or drasticlly hampers it's performance. One thing that happens is that when you are downloading what you might THINK is the latest Evanescence song or the new release of Adobe Photoshop you often run the risk of downloading either virus embedded software/music, or software/music that has been embedded with some sort of spyware that will let someone hack your computer, banking information etc... I am picking on LimeWire because it is the one piece of software that I see most frequently while I am repairing damaged operating systems. More often than not, the result of a LimeWire installation is a reformat and reinstallation of the operating system sometimes with total loss of all data. Is that worth the free song or software?? Other programs like Weather Bug just pound your computer with ads and popups, even when you may not be sitting in front of it!

Well I could ramble and rant on this for hours but I must really close with this comment.....

Please.... Save yourself some money....remember.....ALMOST NOTHING YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ON TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE WEB IS FREE!!!

Save yourself some money, save me some time to do what I am the best at doing...Keep yourself, your finances, your personal information and your family safe....

Buy your music and software, don't download free gimick tools. Your computer should be fun! When it doesn't run well it isn't FUN!