While listening to music on MySpace, I came back to my computer a little while later to see misleading messages generated by myspace (or their advertisers) suggesting that I had viruses on my machine… This type of malware is known as scareware, and is a complete scam. On average, we remove 1-3 scareware “infections” a week from customer machines.

Read more about how to protect yourself here:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=mislead

SALIDA, Colorado –Andrew Koransky and Jason LaPointe have announced the formation of their new corporation, Salida Tech Inc. Salida Tech, Inc. is a small privately owned consulting practice and computer repair center serving local users, companies, non profits, and governments, who need the skills of technology professionals, but may not need, or be able to afford, full time technology help. Andrew Koransky, co owner of Salida Tech says, “We recognize that our customers simplywant technology to work, and that well designed systems can aid many day to day activities. To service these needs, we offer complete management of our clients’ technology with cost-effective, timely, and appropriate solutions using a wide range of technologies.”

Prior to opening Salida Tech, Jason had been serving the community in a high tech capacity since 1997, initially working with Custom Business Solutions. With the formation of his own company, J.T.L. Computing in 2000, Jason expanded his technological role in the Arkansas Valley even further. Starting small and building a customer base one customer at a time, J.T.L. eventually became one of the preeminent technical consulting firms in the area. Jason considers his involvement with various state and municipal agencies one of the best experiences in his career. “The breadth, depth, and sheer scope of what it takes to effectively run a state and local government in regards to information technology services is mind boggling. The varied experiences I’ve gained doing this type of work has been extremely valuable to myself and my clients,” said Lapointe.

In February of 2009 in response to ever growing customer demand, J.T.L. added partner Andrew Koransky, and re-branded the company as Salida Tech, Inc. Mr. Koransky has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, from Washington University in St. Louis, School of Engineering and Applied Science. Previous to partnering with LaPointe, Koransky had been working in a contracted capacity with Chaffee County, and many others as a software engineer.

Located at 222 E Street in the heart of historical downtown, Salida Tech, Inc. is a Dell authorized reseller and also offers AVG’s full line of security products. Salida Tech also facilitates a program to re-purpose personal computers with not for profit entities in the Upper Arkansas Valley. If you would like to donate equipment to this worthy cause call Salida Tech at 539-1759 to see if it meets donation requirements. Finally, Salida Tech, would like to remind the public that for a nominal fee, computers, monitors, and other electronics, can be recycled at the E St. location, keeping toxic items out of our landfills. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can reach Salida Tech, Inc. at 719-539-1759.  Salida Tech is located on the world-wide-web at salidatech.com.

Salida Tech, Inc. recommends AVG Security Products. We are now an AVG Authorized Reseller, meaning you can get the same low online pricing AVG offers through their website through our company. Let us know if we can help you secure your business machines with AVG’s fine product offerings.

NOTE: For home users, we recommend AVG Free. (For older machines, or as an alternative, we also recommend Avira.)

There will be a free electronics recycling drive on Saturday, April 4th from 11-3pm at the Crest Academy in Salida located on the corner of 12th and G Street. Most computer and other electronic equipment will be accepted for free, but to verify, please call 719-207-1565.

NOTE: Salida Tech, Inc. typically charges nominal fees for recycling, but we recommend our customers take advantage of this FREE opportunity.

Things keep chugging along, at Salida speed.  We have our logo, working on the sign, and recently, we were accepted as a Dell Registered Partner, allowing us to resell Dell computers and order computers on behalf of our customers.

We hope to gear up our office hours soon.  Right now we are open Monday and Thursday 9am - 5pm, and other times by appointment.  Feel free to drop by, check out the digs, and say hi to our first employee, Duncan Hill.

We have a phone! Logo is still being worked on. We’re almost official now! (719)539-1759

We are open for business!  You can reach us on Andrew’s cell phone for now at 719-207-1562.  Our official number will be moved to the space next week.

We expect to have office hours from 9-5pm Monday - Friday starting March 2nd.

We look forward to serving you.

We’d like to thank all that participated in our online business name survey.  It was lots of fun.  Jason and I finally settled on Salida Tech, Inc.  Not as exciting as “AndrewSky’s CompBeauties,” or “Byte Me,” but it describes what we do succinctly, and we can answer the phone without being too embarrassed.

I also have to throw out an honorable mention to “The Contented Computer.”  I turned this into “Contented Computing,” but it was hard to imagine answering the phone with that tongue twister.  However, I think it makes a great tag line for our company: “experience contented computing.”

Just an update on our progress:  The business plan is complete and the start-up financials are in place (thanks to Skye and the SBDC).  Jason and I have come to agreement on some of the basics.  And now that we have a name, we are moving forward with incorporation, bank accounts, and the like.  We initially had thought we would rent space at 250 W 1st street (next to Party Spirits, across from the downtown gas station), but as we started to move in, we realized it was too small.  Our landlord was most gracious in letting out of the rental agreement, and now we find ourselves moving into 222 E Street, just South on E Street from the Elks Club and Amicas.  Lots more room, a full kitchen, and bath, and still quite visible.  It is a bit more expensive, but we’ll be able to stretch out in here!

We hope to launch in approximately two weeks (February 9th?).  Yikes!

Stay tuned!