Serving Woodland, Davis, & Yolo County, Ca. (and beyond)
Welcome to My Brother Steve .com Computer Services, Repairs & Web Design. We're here to provide you with repairs, upgrades, spyware and virus removal, dead computer recovery, data transfer and recovery, setting up new systems, network and internet setup, website design, print layout services, tutoring, eBay and Craigslist auction assistance, and a whole host of other services.
Our main navigation above is color coded by section to help you know where you are on the site. Below each section tab, in the colored coordinated navigation bar, are the links for each page in that section. In the gold column on the left, you will also see the name of the section you are in, with a list of the section's pages below it, to give you additional choices for navigating the site.
Our main navigation above is color coded by section to help you know where you are on the site. Below each section tab, in the colored coordinated navigation bar, are the links for each page in that section. In the gold column on the left, you will also see the name of the section you are in, with a list of the section's pages below it, to give you additional choices for navigating the site.
Please note that our hourly rate (for most of our services*) for 2022, is $88 per hour. Our PPS (Priority Platinum Service) Rate, for emergency and after hours service calls, remains at $125 per hour. Our $10 per hour Senior & UCD Student discounts for residential clients continue, as usual, throughout 2021.
(Services provided by outside vendors, such as programming, hosting, fabricating, etc., are billed at that vendor's own rates.)
(Services provided by outside vendors, such as programming, hosting, fabricating, etc., are billed at that vendor's own rates.)
The following is our ALTERNATE schedule for June:
Due to a family emergency, our office will be closed during the upcoming week.
We will post an updated schedule as soon as we are able.
Thank you for your understanding.
Due to a family emergency, our office will be closed during the upcoming week.
We will post an updated schedule as soon as we are able.
Thank you for your understanding.
◊ Breaking News Alert! ◊
Apple issues critical emergency security patch updates for iPads, iPhones, Mac computers, & watches, that you should install NOW!
September 13, 2021
Apple and major security researchers are urging users of Apple devices to immediately update the operating systems in their devices, to patch a serious iMessage security flaw that is known to have already infected deices "in the wild".
Utilizing code from a malware package known as Pegasus, this variant, which has been dubbed "FORCEDENTRY" by the research group Citizen Lab, due to its ability to bypass "BlastDoor" protections that Apple had added to its operating system, to attempt to block such attacks.
While it seems that devices so far have been selectively targeted, as time goes on, malware is often put to use by a wider array of attackers, to compromise devices used by average people, and this attack requires NO INTERACTION on the part of a user. If your device is unpatched, and can receive iMessage messages, then IT IS VULNERABLE.
Apple's security patches will update devices to iOS & iPad OS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, macOS Catalina (security update 2021-005), and watchOS 7.6.2 for the respective devices.
Although devices that cannot run iOS / iPad OS 14, MacOS 10.15 or 16, or watchOS7 will not be able to be updated with a patch for this vulnerability, most devices that can't would be at least several years old. A list of iPhones that can run iOS 14 & iPads that can run iPad OS 14 can be found here, all Mac computers that can run (at least) MacOS 10.15 Catalina can be found here, and as for Apple watches, the original & 2nd generation watches will not be able to install this patch, but all watches from generation 3 onward are capable of running both watchOS 7 & 8.
Several good articles detailing the Pegasus malware and FORCEDENTRY can be found here, here, here, here, & here.
Utilizing code from a malware package known as Pegasus, this variant, which has been dubbed "FORCEDENTRY" by the research group Citizen Lab, due to its ability to bypass "BlastDoor" protections that Apple had added to its operating system, to attempt to block such attacks.
While it seems that devices so far have been selectively targeted, as time goes on, malware is often put to use by a wider array of attackers, to compromise devices used by average people, and this attack requires NO INTERACTION on the part of a user. If your device is unpatched, and can receive iMessage messages, then IT IS VULNERABLE.
Apple's security patches will update devices to iOS & iPad OS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, macOS Catalina (security update 2021-005), and watchOS 7.6.2 for the respective devices.
Although devices that cannot run iOS / iPad OS 14, MacOS 10.15 or 16, or watchOS7 will not be able to be updated with a patch for this vulnerability, most devices that can't would be at least several years old. A list of iPhones that can run iOS 14 & iPads that can run iPad OS 14 can be found here, all Mac computers that can run (at least) MacOS 10.15 Catalina can be found here, and as for Apple watches, the original & 2nd generation watches will not be able to install this patch, but all watches from generation 3 onward are capable of running both watchOS 7 & 8.
Several good articles detailing the Pegasus malware and FORCEDENTRY can be found here, here, here, here, & here.
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Remember, when they ask you who helped you with ANY of your computer needs... just tell them "My Brother Steve did!"
Now YOU have a brother in the computer business! ™
Website updated on May 12th, 2022
