Here’s a good article that Wired had a while back on scareware, those ads that pop up saying you’ve been infected with a virus and you should buy their product to remove it. It’s amazing what an empire you can build by exploiting people’s trust. They’re the same tricks that have been around for thousands of years, just adapted to the Internet.
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William Lane, CEO, GloryWorks Inc“Zimmer and Associates exhibited the highest level of honesty, integrity and quality of work expected. They are experienced and capable in the area of Internet Security, and can also complete most IT operation functions. I highly recommend them.”
Brian Smith, CEO, Creative Sales“We recently engaged the services of Zimmer and Associates to assess and implement security measures that we needed for both our office and mobile computing needs. Bryan is personable, professional and whenever I need IT help, he is our “go to” guy, I highly recommend Zimmer and Associates for your IT needs.”
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James Moser, President, Cairn Applications“Zimmer And Associates hit ANOTHER home run for my business. My new customer was pretty much dead in the water. They got right on it and an hour later everything was working perfectly. They ‘re a critical resource for my business. What could have been a very ugly situation for me turned out great because of them.”
Jason Greenberg, Media Lab Manager, Land of Medicine Buddha“Bryan Zimmer is an exceptional security professional who quickly recovered our company’s website from a compromise that embarrassingly infected our site visitors with viruses. He was an absolute pleasure to work with, and is a skilled professional with strength of character and personal integrity.”
Brian Smith, CEO, Creative Sales“As usual many thanks for the help and insight, I need a sanity check from
time to time and appreciate your help to keep Creative on track.”
Doug Lantis, CIO, Americanfone“Bryan has provided us with amazing service and support. Monthly billing has been completed successfully. We could not have done it without the work that you did. Thank you once again for the great work.”
Iris Kavanagh, COO, NextSpace“We are so lucky to have you in Santa Cruz and San Jose! Thanks for being the local smart arm of the NextSpace IT department!”
Jeremy Neuner, CEO, NextSpace“Our network was a huge mess, but Bryan wasn’t daunted. He calmly and expertly diagnosed our situation, and knowing that we were on a budget made smart recommendations for new equipment to buy. Bryan was a pleasure to work with. He’s smart, personable, and knows his stuff.”