Thursday, March 24, 2022

Internet & Wifi Installation Setup - Ring 1300637326 - Nercdore Computers

 Internet & Wifi Installation Setup - Ring 1300637326 - Nercdore Computers

 


 

Nowadays having a fast and reliable connection to the internet is essential. In fact, when moving house, sorting out the internet connection is one of the first things on most people’s to-do list.

Unfortunately, not all internet installations are as straightforward as the service providers would have you think. With some of the cheaper service providers – all you get is a modem in the mail and a set of instructions on how to set it up.  Unless you’re quite technically savvy, these instructions can be quite confusing.

Other providers do come out and set it up for you for a fee, which is great at the beginning, but often it’s not until they’ve gone that you find that it doesn’t work in all rooms properly or it’s not as fast as you wanted.

Of course the moment something goes wrong you call their support line.  After you’ve waited in the queue for 2 hours you finally are connected to a specialist overseas. Even if you can understand them, what they tell you to do is very confusing an might result in further downtime. Just give us a ring.

We regularly liaise with ISPs on behalf of our clients because we understand what to say to them.  

What you need is impartial advice and help that you can decide on whats best for you.  Sometimes you simply have the wrong equipment or wrong service level for your location or for your in house requirements.  Other times it’s configured wrongly because of a modem update. 

Internet Connection Types

Although the government is currently rolling out the new National Broadband Network (NBN) into many Australian suburbs and citys, it may be a while before it’s available in your street. You can check to see if it’s available in your area at nbnco.com.au

In the meantime your choice is cable, ADSL or a portable 4G wifi modem should work anywere.


  • A cable Internet connection uses your cable TV cable to send and receive internet data and is generally the fastest connection you can get from any isp.

  • ADSL or ADSL2+ uses your existing phone line to send and receive internet data. The difference between each of them is usually speed, but the speed you’ll actually experiences depends on how far you are physically located from the ISP’s exchange or office of the isp.

  • Mobile broadband is a plugin USB mini modem that provides wireless internet connection for your computer. You can also do this through your phone using the hotspot (tethering) function – however if you need to do this regularly, a 4G or 5G broadband dongle will be more reliable and quite a bit cheaper than using your phone that's for sure. 


With cable and ADSL connections – you have a line coming into your premises from outside on the street cable that has a special socket plug in the wall.  You’ll have a modem connected to this socket.  The modem acts like a receiver/transmitter and turns the data into a wireless signal and beams it around your house or office so that all your devices can get internet access. In some properties a modem repeater is needed – to beam signals around corners or long distances.

What Can Go Wrong?

Some of the common things which can go wrong with internet connections include:


  • Slow internet speed overall up and down time results

  • Wifi doesn’t reach all parts of the your area you need

  • Connection keeps dropping out to often in complete not working

  • Modem can’t connect to Internet service provider or mobile dongle no antenna when purchased

  • Faulty software inside the modem causing problems due to a faulty modem

  • Wireless modem becomes faulty and stops working randomly and then starts again

  • Losing your WiFi password due to reset often

  • WiFi interference from cordless telephones and neighbour’s wireless connections constantly downsizing your signal causing a huge crossover of signals.

Monday, February 21, 2022

Data Recovery - Data Recovery For laptops - hard drives - desktops - macbook - imacs- surface pros

 

data recovery

Data Recovery 
Lost Your data? 
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IMPORTANT READ THIS IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR DATA:

When you have lost your important data on any media type and you cannot access your important files, best practice is to immediately stop using the media. Powering ON, reading or writing to your media can do further damage or can impair data recovery. If your files are worth time, money, your business or sentimental value. Call us and remember the prices will vary dramatically if you bring to us suite 3a Willesden road Hughesdale victoria 3166.

When you choose to send your media to us, you can rest assure that we will keep your files 100% confidential and do our best to minimize any downtime to your business or personal IT infrastructure. If we can get your data back we will.

We are a Professional Data Recovery business that aim to provide a service of great importance at affordable rates for our clients without any that's right nothing no up front cost. We are based Melbourne, but also offer on-site services where applicable, local pick up and delivery of media can also be arranged. We also now offer priority services for very urgent cases.. note fees apply.

Each situation is different according to your data retrieval we advise to bring your device into to us as soon as you can or ring a data recovery consultant on 0386897974. Once we have recovered your data the next step is getting a report back to you. We can ship the external hard drive medium to you an then provide you with a security pin to access the data. Only you will be given the security pin to access the data. An external hdd is provided on each data recovery job. So if you have 1 tb of data we will copy the 1tb data back onto a 2 tb hdd inclusive of the service charge. 

We can also recovery emails and convert pst files back into your Ms Office as long as its not in the cloud. 

all in one computer hard drives, also we might not have listed yours here if you cant see it ring us today. If you need the data back we will exhaust every possible way to retrieve it for you. our team always gets the job done right


Based on 944 customer reviews collected via multiple sources (Word of Mouth, Product Reviews, FacebookGoogle, Cylex Reviews and our feedback system.

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We can get it back!

Why Thousands Of Australians are turning to Nerdcore Computers

  • Data Recovery explained in simple English terms & sure no surprises!

       What can you expect from Nerdcore Data Recovery? 
 

  • Easy to understand expert advice and technical support for all levels of non computer savvy person in simple explanation.

  • Fixed appointment times - Means you get to see what were doing and you can get involved and ask questions and see what were doing with your computers.

  • Local Data Recovery Lab – We have a local data recovery Lab were you can drop off your hard drive device to our Melbourne office.

  • Extended Opening Hours – Weekends and After Hours- we know your time is very important. Have a time outside of our normal hours we can fit someone in for you then too were you can drop off your device. 

We will bend over back wards to make sure your data is recovered. That's right we don't want to muck around with your time or ours. We will find the problem with your hard drive an tell you the cost to retrieve the information. Leave the hard work to us we want tell you the ins an outs of how we do the recovery. Thats why we hvae read the manuals.

Software Failure Data Recovery Prices:

We offer data recovery services for all types of software failures. We have a rapid response and recovery times for these types of data loss issues. We can assist you with Operating system failure, Windows blue screen, file system corruption & database corruption. We can preform data recovery for software failure on all media types and brands such as Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor, Toshiba, Hitachi, Verbatim plus more.  If software failure data loss occurs cease using the media, it can make your data loss worse and permanently erase data.

Standard Service Time (24 - 72hrs Job ETA)

 

  • CD / DVD Recovery $175.00

  • SD Card $250.00

  • USB Flash Drive $250.00

  • HDD File System Corruption $250.00

  • Mobile Device Recovery $250.00

  • HDD Deleted File Recovery $275.00

  • Accidental Hard Drive Format: $300.00

 

Hardware Failure Data Recovery Prices:

Hardware failure data loss is more complex to recover your data. We have specialised equipment to analyse you data and determine what type of failure has occurred. We can assist with many hardware failure types such as firmware failure, head failure, platter seizure. These types can occur from physical impact, environmental elements or just wear and tear.

Standard Service Time (5-21days Job ETA)

 Time will depend on availability of hard drive parts

  • Data Recovery Hard Drive Firmware Failure - $500

  • Data Recovery Hard Drive Bad Sectors - $500

  • Data Recovery PCB Repair / Failure - $350-$550

  • Data Recovery USB Flash Drives - $350-$550

  • Data Recovery Mobile Device Failure $500-$650

  • Data Recovery Head Stiction - $850.00

  • Data Recovery Head/Motor Failure - $1250.00

  • Data Recovery Raid Recovery - $400 per disk in array (array rebuild only) Recovery of Mechanically damaged disks are priced accordingly

NOTE

There is no diagnostic fee to evaluate the condition of your drive.

Priority Data Recovery Prices:

We offer a priority service for very urgent recoveries or sensitive material where the job must be diagnosed and recovered immediately putting your case at the top of our job list to be completed ASAP. This services comes with an additional fee on top the the data recovery service cost. We offer priority data recovery services for all types of software and hardware failures. We have a rapid response and recovery times for these types of data loss issues.  

 

Priority Service Time - Software Recovery (8hrs -36hrs Job ETA)

 

  • CD / DVD Recovery $175.00  + PFee $200

  • SD Card $250.00  + PFee $250

  • USB Flash Drive $250.00 + PFee $250

  • HDD File System Corruption $250.00 + PFee $250

  • Mobile Device Recovery $250.00 + PFee $250

  • HDD Deleted File Recovery $275.00 + PFee $275

  • Accidental Hard Drive Format: $300.00 + PFee $300


Priority Service Time - Software Recovery (1 -6days Job ETA)

  • Data Recovery Hard Drive Firmware Failure - $500 + PFee $500

  • Data Recovery Hard Drive Bad Sectors - $500 + PFee $500

  • Data Recovery PCB Repair / Failure - $350-$550 + PFee $500

  • Data Recovery USB Flash Drives - $350-$550  + PFee $500

  • Data Recovery Mobile Device Failure $500-$650 + PFee $500

  • Data Recovery Head Stiction - $850.00 + PFee $600

  • Data Recovery Head/Motor Failure - $1250.00 + PFee $1200

  • Data Recovery Raid Recovery - $400 per disk + PFee $400

  • For an ideal time frame and cost bring your drive directly to us so we can start.

What type of Files/Media can you recover?

Data Recovery

  • Here is a quick list of media and files that we can help you with. If you device is not in the list chance are we can still salvage the data for you, just call our data recovery team on 0386897974 for a free over the phone assessment;

     

  • Hard Drive Recovery includes: laptop, desktop, external drives and business drive servers

  • USB, Flash Memory Card Recovery: CD/DVD(SD/XD Cards, voice recorders)

  • iPhone and Smart Phone (this may include older generations of phones, ask your phone manufacturer if your phone can be recovered)

  • Data Recovery RAID Recovery

  • Data Recovery Tape Recovery

  • Data Recovery Ipad Recovery

  • Data Recovery Forensic/Investigative Data Recovery

  • Data Recovery Floppy Disc Recovery

  • Data Recovery Multi-drive server/SAN/VMware Recovery

  • Data Recovery Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint Data Recovery

  • All file formats including MYOB, QuickBooks and Outlook.

See some of the data recovery types below:

Ssd Hdd Recovery

USB Hard Drive / Flash 

Therefore it is no secret for backing up all of your important files is a must for any home or business. There are many cautionary tales about businesses that have gone bust due to the loss of their digital information. While we won’t regale you with those situations right now, we know you understand the importance of having an easy-to-use and practical data backup solution ready to go or otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this right now. There are quite a few technologies to assist with comprehensive data backup, and understanding the pros and cons of each one can often turn people off ever pursuing a viable backup solution. We understand your confusion, that is why we can consult with you to determine the best method to suit your individual needs or business setup. We are all about providing personalised IT support services by delivering Data Recovery solutions that work for you.

We have one of the best data recovery facilities in Australia and over 30 years’ experience in data recovery ensuring that you have the maximum chance for data recovery. We have technicians readily available who can come out and assess your disaster and provide you with a recovery action plan. We also have a range of data backup solutions for you to choose from, so whatever stage you are at we can assist you!

We can get it back!

We have one of Australia’s most experienced data recovery centres who have partnerships with 15 recovery facilities worldwide to make sure we can give your data the best chance possible for recovery. Call us today to organise a quote for a data/disaster recovery solution for you! Our friendly staff can talk you through the process and will provide you with all the information you need to have your data recovered by our professional engineers. You can also have the choice of dropping the drive off at our office, having a technician attend to your drive onsite or to send it in via Australia Post registered next day mail.

Below here are some of our customers’ reviews that would give you some idea of the level of client experience that we deliver.

Customer Satisfaction Guarantee

Chris Marter

They did everything they said they would- Excellent Services

I had Nerdcore Computers retrieve data off of a failed external hard drive. I went to Nerdcore Computers to see if they could retrieve the data. They quoted me a price before hand were everyone else was saying pay between $500 to $1600 for us to even try and retrieve the data. I found Nerdcore Computers on the internet. Called and talked to them and sent the failed hard drive to them. They retrieved all the data on the hard drive in about 4 days. The cost was less than anyone else. I will use Nerdcore Computers again and recommend them to anyone else. Great service and very friendly.

Amanda Celios

Wonderful service!

A few months ago my son ran through the house and pulled my cord to my external hard drive slamming the hard drive into the wall. My computer would no longer recognize the drive. This meant ALL my pictures were gone and I mean ALL of them. I was devastated and sick to my stomach. I found Nerdcore online and though it wasn't pricey like some others places i tried to ring i thought id try Nerdcore they were able to recover all my data that I thought was gone. I highly recommend their services. They were friendly, helpful, and easy to communicate with. I keep the hard drive in the office now and have also backed up my pictures elsewhere.

Honestly didn't expect anything less. Great Easy Service with no Hassles 

These guys recovered an old external hard disk that failed. I love that they would look at the drive for free and give me an analysis of what they think happened. Thankfully, they fixed the drive and recovered the most of files. In particular, Sandi was super nice to work with. She was friendly and responsive at every turn. Great job!

Cak Mcfalane

Macbook Air Repairs - Macbook Air Service Centre - Macbook Air Laptop repairs

 

Macbook Air Repairs

Fixed Price Flat Rate Fee for repair on all macbook air repairs

Our certified techs have over 15 years of experience in computer repairs.
We can fix any hardware or software issue you are having with your laptop.  We allow you to choose the flat rate fee of 350.00  Parts are not included.
Here is a list of common issues we can resolve for or flat rate:
Common Hardware Issues:

  • Broken or Dim Laptop Screen
  • Macbook Air Broken or non-working keyboard (this includes missing keys)
  • Macbook Air Broken motherboad or AC adaptor port on the motherboard
  • Macbook Air Battery won’t charge on the laptop anymore
  • Macbook Air USB ports do not work on your laptop
  • Macbook Air Laptop will not connect to the network or internet using network cable or wireless network
  • Macbook Air Cosmetic issues including broken plastics and broken touchpad buttons
  • Macbook Air Laptop will not boot to Mac OS screen
  • Macbook Air Hardware error messages and blue screens
  • Macbook Air Laptop overheating and fan problems
  • Macbook Air Hardware replacement for ANY parts (extra fees will incure for new parts)
Common Software Issues:

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Our Flat-Rate repair fee will cover any hardware or software issue.
Nerdcore Computers Repairs Service Centre in both Melbourne & Victoira.  We are located in 3a Willesden Road Hughedsale Victoria, 3166
Don’t hesitate to give us a call or text if you have ANY questions! 1300637326

Sunday, February 20, 2022

 

Firewall Security How to Protect Your Network from Firewall Hacking

Firewall Security Hacking

Firewall Security Hacking

Firewall Security How to Protect Your Network from Firewall Hacking

📷📷firewall security

Firewall security measures are one of the most basic cyber protection tools that Australian Companies of all sizes use to prevent data breaches and hacking. Network security firewalls filter out incoming traffic to prevent any serious malicious files from being downloaded and block hijackers & attackers from accessing sensitive company information systems.

There are many types of firewalls used in today's security architectures. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have heaps of experience in circumventing them as well. Many hijackers attackers know how to break a secured firewall and some insider threats can bypass them entirely.

What are firewalls useful for? if they can be breached? When aren’t firewalls useful? How does firewall hacking work? Most importantly, what can you do to protect against hijackers hackers and the threats they pose to you entire company network firewall security systems?

As i said earlier, network security firewalls are useful as a kind of filter for incoming network traffic from all over the world. These firewalls sit on the perimeter of your network, (internet Connection-Server Services- Common hadrware scanning equipment can scan incoming data packets for potential issues that could indicate a cyber threat. The specific way that these firewalls look for malicious data packets varies based on the firewall’s type.

For example, a simple packet-filtering firewall might just check the basic destination/origin metadata for an incoming packet without looking at the packet’s contents. The actual file type an if the file meets a encryption code but meanwhile, circuit-level gateway firewalls might check the packet’s handshake protocols (again, without inspecting the actual data in the packet). Deep-layer inspection firewalls look at the contents of the data packet to check for malware and other issues, which is better for finding malware code that might penetrate your network firewall settings, but has a higher resource draw to match.

When installed as a perimeter filter on the network, firewall security tools of all types can be instrumental for keeping casual intrusion attempts from succeeding. When installed on individual network security endpoints, firewalls can create strong internal segmentation that helps to slow down attackers that are already on the network (such as when insider attacks happen).

Different types of firewalls will provide protection against different things. Some of the things that firewall security tools can protect against included are:

  • Malware Insertion. Deep packet inspection firewalls can be enormously useful for identifying and stopping malware code installation attempts from outside sources. for example a file that is disguised as a simple file might be more that just this. It could be a complex script with malicious code to crack your network security

  • Insider Attacks. When network firewalls are installed on a per-app and/or per-endpoint basis, they create a defense in depth strategy that helps limit the spread of attacks that breach the perimeter—including insider attacks.

  • Data Exfiltration. Firewalls can check more than just incoming traffic. By checking outgoing traffic for suspicious activity (such as trying to export sensitive data to an outside server), perimeter firewalls can help detect and prevent data exfiltration from an advanced persistent threat (APT).

The best way that hackers use to bypass this method is to step over the firewall an encrypt your data an then send it back over to the other side. No firewall can detect this intrusion.

It’s important to note that these are just a few examples of the types of threats that network security firewalls can help to prevent. However, each of these use cases requires a specific type of firewall setup—and none are immune to firewall bypassing techniques.

While useful as a basic cybersecurity measure, network firewall security tools can't stop everything. As a matter of fact, attackers have spent years figuring out ways to bypass network and device-based firewalls entirely by using clever tactics or exploits.

Some examples of things that firewalls can’t protect against (at least, not 100%) include:

In most small to large companies here in Australia, people are the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain—and cybercriminals know this. So, they launch phishing attacks against people in your network that use emails or social media to trick people into downloading malware, approving fake invoices, or surrendering sensitive data. This way is just the hardest but sometimes the easiest way because the end user doesnt have a clue of any security protocal to say the least even telstra an the large companies dont train the every staff member not to open suspicious emails. But you cant fool that nerd who sits at his desk 24 hours a day 7 days a week scanning every packet that comes through.

Malicious Use of Authorized Accounts/Devices

Most firewalls are configured to defend against outside threats. Thus, they often aren’t ready to guard against someone using a legitimate user account and/or pre-registered access device in a malicious manner. Internal firewalls can help curtail this, but they need to be carefully configured to stop malicious use while still allowing legitimate traffic to proceed unimpeded.

DDoS attacks seek to overwhelm cybersecurity defenses via sheer weight of volume (or by leveraging certain exploits to overload target systems). While some firewalls can efficiently drop traffic without overly impacting network performance, others might actually make DDoS attacks worse by trying to scrutinize every data packet in detail. In either case, firewall security measures can only do so much in the face of an attack designed to overload their capabilities.

Unknown Exploits/Vulnerabilities

If there are previously-unknown exploits and vulnerabilities in either the firewall or the network assets it’s protecting, then attackers may be able to use them to breach the network. This is why vulnerability testing and management is so crucial to cybersecurity.

Direct Physical Access

If a cybercriminal can walk straight up to a computer, server, or data storage drive and take it, no amount of network security firewall solutions will ever be enough to protect your information.

So, to answer the question: “Can firewalls be hacked?” the short answer is: “yes.” Unfortunately, there are all too many cybercriminals who know how to hack a firewall or how to bypass it entirely to achieve their objectives.

While there are plenty of firewall hacking or bypassing tricks that cybercriminals can use to break or get past your network firewalls, that doesn’t mean you’re completely helpless and that you shouldn’t bother. Instead, it’s important to recognize the risks you face and to take proactive measures to limit them.

Although there is no fool proof solution that will 100% guarantee that you’ll never face a cybersecurity breach, there are some things that you can do to manage your vulnerabilities and risk. Some specific things you can do to limit your risk include:

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Using Multiple Firewall Solutions at Different Levels

No one firewall, no matter how robust, will ever be proof against all attacks. So, when creating a defense in depth strategy that segments your network and apps, consider using multiple firewall solutions so the same exploits and vulnerabilities won’t work against all of your network firewalls.

Stay on Top of Security Patches/Updates

Many attacks leverage known vulnerabilities in popular software and security tools. These vulnerabilities frequently have security patches that fix the issue, but many organizations are behind schedule on applying them (which leaves the organization vulnerable). By applying security patches to your hacker protection software, you can keep cybercriminals out more easily.

Hijacked user accounts are a common tool for attackers to bypass firewall security tools. So, making it harder to steal and use account credentials can help limit the risk of a breach. Setting strong password policies (8+ characters long, use case-sensitive letters, adding special characters, etc.) and applying multifactor authentication can help prevent account hijacking.

Penetration testing can help identify previously-unknown security vulnerabilities in the apps and firewalls that your organization uses. Once discovered, you can start taking steps to close these security gaps (hopefully before an attacker can use them). Some common measures include applying custom patches to software code and firewall rules, or replacing the vulnerable solution with something that is better-protected.

These are just a few of the potential fixes for the different ways that hackers can bypass firewall security. Need help optimizing your cybersecurity strategy? Reach out to the Nerdcore Australia team today!

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