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We’ve developed a hassle-free and affordable way for you to list your business online. For only $139 per month you can ensure 100% accuracy of business info on more than 50 local channels. Simply click on the link below, fill in your business’s info and you’re on your way to greater visibility and increased sales!

What is a local map listing?
A local map listing is an online data management tool for your physical store. It includes your company’s general business information, telephone number, street address, URL, email address, directions, maps and anything else you would like customers to know about you.

You probably already have a listing and may not even know it—every registered business with a physical street address has one. Your current listing was generated by overseas data entry personnel. These individuals are given the master yellow pages list and charged with entering only the most basic information. That’s why local map listings are often inaccurate, outdated and rudimentary. And that’s why you should take charge by updating your info and ensuring that it is 100% accurate.

How does it work?
Fill in all of your business information in our email questionnaire after purchase. Take care to be thorough and double check your data. Remember, this information will be online for all of your customers to see; one wrong numeral in your phone number or small typo in your URL could result in lost sales.

After you hit “submit” your work is done! We immediately take over, enhancing and submitting your information to more than 50 local channels. You can then view your live listings 30 to 60 days after submission, depending on the distribution channel.

How can I view my live listing?
To view your live listing, click on the email we send you with link to listing after approximately 60 days. You will be taken to a search engine that displays your live listing.

What if my phone number changes?
If you have changes to any of your business information—phone number, email address, URL, hours of operation, etc.—please alert us immediately. You can do this by logging into your account…

How are you different than other listing providers?
Rather than using software to automatically submit information, we manually manage your listing on each local channel. First, we take great care to evaluate the information you submit and enhance where possible. We then manually enter your business data in each of the 50+ channels. In addition, we continually update your listing to ensure that it is deemed more credible and current by the engines. All of this is done by our team of dedicated account managers and processors.

Ready to get started? Click here to List Your Business.

SUPERAntiSpyware Now Available at Tampa Empire Computer Consulting

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Malware infections on today’s PC is probably one of the most frustrating experiences out there. Your PC, when attacked, is rendered useless and attempts to remove the infection is futile. The infection is usually in the form of FAKE security software that has one goal of extracting (stealing) money from you by using the FAKE security software as the bait (and as an illusion). Your attempts to install  legitimate security software to resolve the problem fail; your attempts to download malware fixes (from reputable security sites) fail; popup windows accumulate; your security software on your PC is crippled; control panel is crippled; safe mode is crippled; file data on your PC is compromised; and the list goes on and on. In essence, you have lost all control of your PC.

Many users end up resorting to a complete recovery of their PC that takes the PC back to factory specs; AND, as a result end up losing valuable file data (such a pictures, emails, important documents, etc…).  This experience is not only frustrating to the everyday computer user; but, is also frustrating experience for a computer tech, as well.  The attack vector and complexity of these infections changes daily and you have to be prepared.

This is where the SUPERAntiSpyware Professional can help.  The SUPERAntiSpyware Professional is a new product made by the makers of the FREE SUPERAntiSpyware software you install on your PC.

I currently use MBAM and have had a few problems lately. I have read and heard many great things regarding SuperAntiSpyware and am looking forward to trying it out.

The Smart Computer Desk

A few weeks ago, I did a bit of research on computer desks and decided on this flip IT Duo:

And it looks like it will be a fantastic computer desk. Plus the wife acceptance factor is off the charts!! Gotta love this.

Here are some of the specs:

Power users love the multi monitor setup. Dual 19″ monitors with case width 17.5″ each may be mounted together.

As with the regular flipIT®, you may adjust your screen angle for comfort and to avoid glare from overhead lighting.

The extra-wide keyboard & mouse tray gives you extra flexibility for arranging your space for comfort in use.

Internal wire management, cable ports on both sides, and open access to CPU make the DUO Desk an IT installer’s dream.

Vast, open knee spaces allow two users to coach or collaborate without crowding.

Power strips and cable connector boxes can be installed as options. Power strips are usually surface mounted to the modesty panel. Cable boxes are usually placed near back right corner, above the CPU and convenient to devices placed on desktop.

If the desk is what it says it will be then we will try to become a supplier for this company and actively promote here in the Tampa Bay. There is always room for a better computer desk.

Malwarebytes anti-malware malware removal

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware has proven itself to be the leader of current emerging threat removal.   Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware. It includes a number of features, including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.

MBAM is capable of removing the following:
MS Antivirus, XP Antivirus, VirusResponse Lab 2009, XP Antispyware 2008, XP Antispyware 2009, Antivirus 2009, Smart Antivirus 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Micro Antivirus 2009, Total Secure 2009, AntiSpyware Expert, Antivirus 2010, Antivirus XP 2008, Power Antivirus, Virus Heat, Ultimate Antivirus 2008, WinSpyware Protect… and many more!

There are times when Malware or Viruses prove to be more than simple to handle. If that is the case, TECC is more than happy to help with our $89 flat rate malware/virus removal service.

Contact is today for more information at 727-470-1034

How could I possibly have a virus. I have anti-virus

Wondering if you have a virus? More important, how the heck did you get infected if you just purchased anti-virus or if you already have anti-virus and it is still running.

The answer, Malware. It is possible to get infected with a virus or trojan or malware even though your pc states that your anti-virus is currently up to date,
Why is that…? Well there are many reasons.
  1. The anti-virus program you have is not as good as it says it is.
  2. The free anti-virus program you have is not adequate protection.
  3. You are not keeping your anti-virus up to date.
  4. You did not listen to a warning your anti-virus program gave you and proceeded to the site or downloaded the file anyway.
  5. Visiting sites you should not be.
  6. It is a brand new virus and a protection against it has not been developed.
  7. You got your virus on facebook.
So then how do you protect yourself?
Make wise decisions when downloading files. Basic common sense goes a long way.
Also, make sure that your anti-virus is always on and up to date. No exceptions.
If you receive a message from someone you do not know and they are asking you to click on a link or open a file, don’t.
If you are on Facebook and someone that you know or do not know asks that you view their video or brand new bedroom pics, don’t
Like I said, good common sense is the best and first defense.
If you feel that your PC is running way to slow and you have done everything you can do, call Tampa Empire Computer Consulting at (727) 470-1034, email peter@tampaempire.com or visit us on the web at http://www.tampaempire.com and schedule a free diagnostic.
If you are outside of the Tampa Bay Area, don’t worry.. We can remotely fix your issue.
Thanks for reading.

Solar Power Business Opportunity

The Business Opportunity that you can BELIEVE in,
where you DON’T SELL ANYTHING,
that costs little or nothing to get involved with,
and whose TIMING couldn’t be better!

If you’re looking for a business opportunity — whether part-time or full-time — with something that’s easy to get excited about and EASY TO MAKE MONEY WITH, then take a look at this one.

With most opportunities, you’re trying to sell people something. Maybe it’s something you’re passionate about and you KNOW it’s going to improve their lives. But you’re still trying to sell something.

But in this case, it’s different. You’re not trying to sell something! You’re helping people to save money, save the environment, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil … without making any changes to their lifestyles!

You’re not ASKING for their money. You’re SAVING it!

Seriously, imagine going up to people and asking the question on the home page of this site:

“Hey listen, if you didn’t have to change ANYTHING about the way you’re living, but you could suddenly start saving money every month, helping the environment, and reducing our dependence on foreign energy, would you do it?”

Don’t you think that you could get a lot of people interested to hear you out? That’s the beauty of this business. There’s none of the sales pressure involved with most business opportunities.

And you don’t have to worry about disappointing them with a poor follow-up to that initial question. If they say, “Gosh, that sounds interesting. What’s the catch?” …

YOU get to tell them: “The great thing is, there IS no catch. This company wants to make money from the SUN rather than from YOU. You simply let them install a solar power system on your home at NO COST TO YOU. You only put down a reasonable deposit to protect the system, and you get this back at the end of your contract period WITH INTEREST. And then you pay this company a monthly rental fee that’s almost certainly less than you’re paying for electricity right now. So it’s similar to paying for your electricity every month — only you’re likely to save thousands of dollars over the course of your contract.”

If they’re worried that they might have to conserve energy on cloudy days, you tell them not to worry — they’re still hooked up to their electric company for any time they need traditional electricity. But the solar panels should generate most of their electricity needs, drastically lowering their monthly bills.

And as a bonus, if the conventional electric grid ever goes down, their system could still be generating electricity for them!

It’s really a winning scenario for anyone who doesn’t mind having some solar panels on their home. And, much like satellite dishes and electric wires are virtually invisible to us today, it’s likely that solar panels will be before long, because alternative energy is the next big wave. We’re going to see solar panels, and we’re going to see wind power generators. It’s just about a given in my mind.

And that’s really a key here:

Alternative Energy is the NEXT BIG WAVE.
Along with just a few key fields like health care, alternative energy is one of the biggest business waves headed our way right now, and it’s not going to be just a fad. We already know that the writing is on the wall for oil. And whether or not humans are the cause of global warming, we know that the warming is happening. And either way, dirty energy is creating a toxic living environment for us. So clean energy in all its forms is going to grow quickly in popularity, and may become increasingly mandated by lawmakers.

You probably know that a key to finding a SUCCESSFUL business opportunity means getting in on the ground floor of something that’s going to take off. So the trick is simply recognizing what WILL take off. I think this is one of the few areas that you can be sure of, yet at this time, the field of alternative energy is largely untapped. You only have a lot of smaller efforts going on.

Why THIS Company is the ONE
That’s also why this opportunity is going to take the market by storm. It is headed by a company that’s sinking close to a billion dollars into their factory and distribution system. Marketing will be handled by word of mouth, and that’s where you and I come in. We get to be the “marketing company” that can make a mint from providing an offer so beneficial to people that it just about sells itself.

Low Cost of Entry
And the nice thing for us is, there’s virtually no cost of entry. You don’t even HAVE to be a Customer of this company in order to recommend and profit from its product. (But if you own a home that’s well-suited for solar power, why wouldn’t you be???)

Yes, if you want to be successful with this, you’ll obviously want to invest your TIME. (That includes taking a test before you’re approved as an Associate. This will probably take you a couple hours of studying.) And you’ll possibly want to invest some money getting information into people’s hands. But what you spend, if anything, is up to you.

I can even help you to set up your own website and show you how to make the most of it! And of course the company itself has many free materials (including web sites to automate the sign-up process) that Associates can use any time they like as well.

Of course I’m available for any kind of support my team members need in growing their businesses, because our success is linked together in this kind of marketing structure. This is especially true of those who decide they’re really going to run with this opportunity; those few are going to become part of a core group that I intend to have rock this company in terms of sales.

Why? Because the market couldn’t be any hotter, and we couldn’t be starting at a better time. Of the TENS OF MILLIONS of homes in the U.S., only a few thousand households have signed up for this solar power opportunity so far. In fact, installations won’t even begin until probably early 2009. We are literally in the pre-launch era, waiting for this to explode. Do you understand what that means?

Right now, there are fewer than 2000 Associates signed up for this chance. (These are people like you and me who will actually market the product, and perhaps use it ourselves as Customers. Fewer than 15,000 Customers have signed papers to have solar panels installed.)

Of those 2000 Associates, I’ll bet a couple hundred DEDICATED PEOPLE will become multi-millionaires, enjoying a passive income that will continue for the next generation, or perhaps the rest of their lives. I intend to be one of those people — and yes, the financial incentives are wonderful, but I’m interested to collect on that incentive because I BELIEVE IN THE PRODUCT. If you do too, then I want you to be part of this core group and see just what we can accomplish when we set our minds to it.

Ready to take part in this Solar Power Business Opportunity (of a Lifetime)?

Goto: http://www.powur.com/tampaempire

(Then click on “Become an Ecopreneur”)

Solar Power with
NO SYSTEM COST
NO INSTALLATION COST
NO MAINTENANCE COSTS
NO PERMIT HASSLES
(727) 470-1034

THEN MAKE YOUR FIRST SALE IN 5 MINUTES!
Guess what — AFTER YOU BECOME AN ASSOCIATE (which takes a few hours of study and passing a test) you can make your first sale in just minutes when you become YOUR OWN CUSTOMER.

That’s right, Associates can refer THEMSELVES as Customers. They can then earn bonus cash in addition to on-going checks from their own rental bills. This is just one more great way of encouraging people to become Associates and to build an organization. Many people will find this a strong incentive for taking a short test, which helps you to build your own team more quickly.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Many IT departments think disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) are the same thing. As a result, they tend to take a largely technology focus on the subjects.

And that’s a problem, according to Michael Croy, director of business continuity at Forsythe Technology Inc., a Chicago-based IT consultancy and infrastructure firm specializing in BC and risk management.

”Many people are still confused by the terms DR and BC,” says Croy. ”It is critically important that the DR plan is based on a solid BC plan that has taken into account the reality of the business requirements for recovery. If the DR plan cannot meet the requirements of the business units, it is of no value.”

Croy says business continuity plans touch all functions of a business — from personnel to facilities to IT. In terms of a hierarchical view, business continuity is at the top. Below it is the disaster recovery plan. And under that come technologies, such as enterprise backup, recovery and restoration.

But true disaster recovery extends much more broadly than backup processes by using mirrored sites and replicated data to respond to an event. Similarly, business continuity goes well beyond disaster recovery by encompassing every aspect of company operations that could be impacted by a situation. Human resources, power supply maintenance or backup, transportation, food, health and safety issues all fall within business continuity.

The IT department with its disaster recovery plan is one element of a larger business continuity scenario.

John Glenn, a certified business continuity planner based in Clearwater, Florida, agrees that IT administrators need to take a wider view.

”Most people, especially MIS/IT folks, think BC is just a new name for DR,” says Glenn. ”The difference is that DR for IT focuses solely on IT, and what IT perceives as the business unit’s requirements. BC, on the other hand, should focus on the business units and, by extension, all the resources required by the business unit.”

Industry observers say it’s clear that disaster recovery is one element of business continuity. While IT is junior to BC as a whole, the IT organization plays a central role in business continuity.

”It’s a big mistake to think the IT department is the only department needed to develop, test and recover the business,” says Gartner analyst Roberta Witty. ”It is advisable to form a business continuity program with a dedicated team of people with a senior management sponsor.”

IT, though, would provide one representative to the core BC committee.

According to Witty, the committee would be comprised of anywhere from two to five members, depending on the size of the organization. This group would take a wide view of potential disasters.

For example, consider employee health and welfare during an event. In a regional outage, you can’t expect personnel to show up for business recovery if they are having serious problems at home related to the event. You must support them and help employees be better prepared at home for disasterous events. The American Red Cross, she says, can be brought in for this kind of training and awareness building.

Michael Gruth, head of system and network support at Deutsche Borse AG, the German exchange for stocks and derivates, says the IT staff tends to find it easier to relate to the hardware, software and networking components of DR. He has assembled an Alphaserver/OpenVMS cluster over two sites five kilometers apart. In the process, he discovered there is a lot more to DR than additional Alphas and switches.

”Do not forget things like having an office at your mirror site for remote management,” says Gruth. ”Also, don’t forget the human factor. While it may sound harsh to think about having additional employees to recommence business in the event of a tragedy, this is the reality we live in since 9/11.”

To help IT come to terms with a broader scope than disaster recovery, some IT organizations are dropping the term in favor of business continuity.

”We have gotten away from the term ‘DR’ as it assumes the facility is not available,” says Jeff Russell, CIO of The Members Group, an Iowa-based company that provides card processing and mortgage services to credit unions. ”BC, on the other hand, deals with how we continue despite business interruption.”

State-of-the-Art Pencils

Disaster recovery projects can easily run aground or fail to be funded if they are done in isolation. Glenn says it is essential to begin every initiative from the business continuity perspective in order to give technology its correct business context.

”Every organization I know about puts BC/DR under the IT umbrella,” says Glenn. ”My preference is to put BC — of which DR is a subset — under the CFO, CEO, COO… someone with some real clout.”

To make his point about business continuity not being a matter of technology, Glenn enters the debate about what is the best platform for disaster recovery, or what technological elements are most critical. Should you use OpenVMS or UNIX, mirroring or disk-to-disk backup, SAN or NAS, or all of them? Glenn cuts through the complexity and vendor hype with a simple answer.

”My number one DR or BC technology is pencil and paper,” he says. ”Seriously, it’s not about platforms or technologies.”

Remote Virus Removal by TECC

So your computer is infected with viruses and spyware and you do not know where to find concise instructions on removing them? Clearly, it is not by chance that you have stumbled upon this site! As you will discover soon, the tips-and-tricks stated here can help you isolate and remove the infections only if applied correctly. However, if you find yourself struggling with the virus-spyware removal process, I’d suggest you seek the services of remote virus removal experts.

First of all, a virus, at the most basic level, is a small piece of software that causes unexpected activities or actions on computer/network systems. Generally, it causes damage by eliminating programs and files on the computer systems it infect. Spyware on the other hand, is computer software that installs itself secretly and obtains pertinent user’s information and transmits the stolen information to the originating server.

It’s extremely important that you know when your computer is infected with viruses and spyware because the earlier they are detected, the better your chance of eliminating them without having to reformat the hard disk drive and reinstalling both the operating system and application software. However, if you allow viruses and spyware to linger around for a while, they will involve more system elements and cause serious damage to your system. In most cases, viruses disable and lock up key administrative tools of your computer system such as; “Add/Remove Programs” utility; “System Restore Points;” “System Registry;” “Windows Updates;” “Security Patches;” and much more! At this stage of infection, they may become very difficult to detect and remove.

Listed below are some general symptoms of virus and spyware-infected computer:

  • Frequent pop-ups
  • Unusual computer slowness
  • Computer shows error messages
  • Unable to visit favorite websites
  • “Page cannot be displayed” error messages
  • Internet connection is lost every now and then
  • Web browser is hijacked and redirected to unknown websites
  • Windows updates & security patches become unavailable

Generally, if you experience any of the above listed symptoms, your computer might be infected and you can search the internet for remote virus removal specialist.

Stay tuned…. We will post on our blog, very soon, how to remove these nasty virus infections.

How To Remove Rootkit Agent? The Best Way To Remove Rootkit Agent!

Rootkit Agent is a unified name for Trojans by some antispyware software. Rootkit.Agent is usually brought into your computer through browser security gaps. Many computer users may always get alert from their antivirus software that Rootkit Agent is detected, but can’t be removed and quarantined. Or, the Trojan appears again after deletion, which annoys people very much. So, once you have Rootkit Agent on your computer, remove it immediately!

How can we remove Rootkit Agent? Here, specifically against this type of threat, I would like to introduce some technique on manually removing it. Before manually removing Rootkit Agent, you need a program that is able to remove this Trojan quickly. This will allow you to remove Rootkit Agent once for all with scan utility.

Meanwhile, to effectively protect your computer from Rootkit Agent and any other Internet virus, you are highly suggested to use avast! to safeguard your computer, if you really want an actually-work spyware removal tool. More importantly, it has been proved to be powerful with its Scan utility and is able to remove Rootkit Agent and almost all the other computer threats.

You are sincerely suggested to free download avast! to run a scan and remove Rootkit Agent on your computer right now. You are able to use a good and trusted security tool to get rid of the annoying RootkitAgent, Adware, spyware and any future spyware threats. Before you try other programs, give avast! a try, and you’ll be surprised!

What is Managed Services

Manages services happens to be one of our core products. These days businesses are finding a need to hire an in-house IT manager. While this is typical and almost a requirement the cost of such an employee can cost anywhere from $40K – $150K a year depending on how experienced and what level the technician is.

TECC has come to introduce a better way. With our managed services platform we are able to fulfill 100% of the tasks that an in-house technician would do for a fraction of the price.

The model we have created is cost effective as well as an improved method of management.

Simply by installing our user agent on each PC & server our network operations center can monitor many aspect of your computers functionality.

Including but not limited to:

  • computer availability
  • daily anti-virus computer scan
  • anti-virus definitions updates every 4 hours
  • daily anti-spyware scan
  • anti-spyware definitions updates every 4 hours
  • security patch updates
  • disk space monitoring
  • forecasting a computer crash and preventing it

All of the above mentioned tasks will be automatically done and monitored by our network operations center.

In addition to all we have spoken about you also have the option of using our technical support team which is available 24x7x365.

Please contact us for more information on how to get started!