I’m going to give something a try. Instead of writing a guide or review for you guys (and gals too!), I’m going to explore the current state of technology as we know it today. Please keep in mind, this is just personal opinion and it’s not the opinion of BeYourOwnIT.com or any other team members.

I know that this may seem basic but a lot people use YouTube to pass time on the internet however, if you were to use as a teaching tool, you would be amazed at what you could learn. YouTube has been around for 5 years but up until recently I never unlocked the sites full potential.

I was always the person that went to YouTube to see the crazy, wacky and funny videos that got uploaded everyday. About 18 months ago I started using it as a tool to fix the everyday problems I would run into, whether at work or at home, I found everything I needed to expand my knowledge and save money on the projects I wouldn’t have normally attempted.

I have now subscribed to over 50 channels and use RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds to stay on top of their latest uploads. Along with the videos, I have discovered a vast array of resources to visit through these subscriptions and have developed a rapport with quite a few of these owners.

I would recommend trying YouTube for this purpose…I discovered the Be Your Own IT “family” on it and now I am working towards starting my own computer repair business with their help.

Here are some of the channels I subscribe to, besides Be Your Own IT.

Srajure: Great channel for fixing different types of malware, trojans and such.

Gigafide: Awesome for reviews, tutorials and he also does a live feed once a month.

Britec09: Another good channel for reviews on little pieces of software on the internet, most are freeware but there is some shareware. He also has an informative and active forum…check it out here.

In the world of web hosting, there are many choices when it comes to which web hosting control panels you can choose from. DirectAdmin and cPanel are the two most popular control panels offered in the world of hosting.

With that said, we decided to go ahead and rip each one of these apart in a side-by-side comparison to see which one will win our hearts over. It’s time to put your IT hat on.  Here goes nothing!

Hello all!

This is Jeremy, I just wanted to let you all know I am in the process of having the reviews section revamped.  Hopefully we will have reviews of all sorts of new software and more up to date reviews in the very near future.  (I am hoping in less than a week)

Be Well!

If you are facing a spyware problem you are likely not in a good mood. We don’t blame you. Here is a fact you’re going to have to get used to, it is unlikely a single solution will do the job. Here is what we do.

1.Download Several Programs (malwarebytes, adaware, spybot)
2.Burn all installers to CD
3.Reboot the computer into safe mode (I normally use with networking so it can update)
4.Install the first, update it and scan/remove
5. Reboot the computer back into safe mode and rinse/repeat

9/10 times we find different stuff with each program so if you really want to know a PC is clean take the time to scan with multiple programs, often a single one won’t fix the problem entirely. That said, using multiple programs and following this method usually will.

That is really all that there is to it, worst case, you will have to take your hard drive out of your computer and scan it from another one, but in our experience this really is the method that works, it isn’t the most efficient, but hey, nobody’s saying you have to sit in front of the screen and watch the paint dry.

Boot the system up, install and update the program, and begin the scan. Come back a little later to finish it up and start the next. It really shouldn’t interrupt your day.