It is beyond sad how Andre Leite Alves is still trying to spam search engines with gibberish and trash articles in which he includes the name of his business and himself. When will he learn that he can’t manipulate search engine results in this feeble way?

He has even gone as far as to setup additional domains (such as rochestercomputer) containing more of his unintelligent sentences. You should check it out, though. The page contains a lot of “testimonials” that are as fake as the others he used to have and the awards he attributed to his business. If you can read and spell you will notice that once again Andre wrote the fake testimonials himself since they all contain the same spelling errors. There are just some words this guy can’t write and it shows.

Some of his other statements are too good not to share with you. Take for example the following statement he makes on his rochestercomputer website:

Aware Bear Computers changed the way the IT industry in Rochester New York works, by offering fast and affordable computer service and repair, servers, wired or wireless networks for home or office, virus and spywareremovals, data reovery and backup, FREE computer, apple, LCD recycling, business service contracts, custom built computers, servers and gaming machines, We also offer in store or on site hardware and software support for home users and businesses.

Changed the way the IT industry there works! Please forgive me while I roll off my chair, on the floor, laughing. Or how about Andre’s “reviews” of cars that he is also trying to use to manipulate search engine results:

It handles really well and is very responsive I am quite impressed with the engineering behind this automobile says Andre Leite Alves owner and founder of Aware Bear Computers in Pittsford NY

I can’t stop laughing and neither will you if you pay attention to the pictures he’s referring to. Yes, those are pictures taken at a dealer while he pretends he owns the car. Of course this is the the exact level of pathetic we have come to expect from Andre Leite Alves. Much like those people who who take pictures of themselves in front of someone else’s expensive car and then show the pictures around because it satisfies some kind of craving due to their low self-esteem. It comes as no surprise considering Andre and Aware Bear’s exposure here came into existence after doing something similar. But best of all:

Andre Leite Alves is the owner and founder of Aware Bear Computers in Pittsford NY. He also shares a passion for high end vehicles not limited to Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Lexus, McLaren, Lotus, Lamborghinis, Austin Martins and other exotic vehicles. Being a successful business owner allows me to own and have access to these rare and selective vehicles.

A successful business owner who needs to manipulate search engine results with a load of gibberish and paste himself into pictures of others so he looks successful? There is a reason Andre is called the Big Pretender.

We just received some interesting news from Dave in the comments section. Thanks Dave! Of course we would like to elaborate a little on what’s going on with Aware Bear Computers but first, here’s what Dave had to say:

Amusingly, Aware Bear has claimed their Google Places listing and reported their name as “HP Computer Repair and Service Rochester NY”, rather than the actual business name. Now not only are they in the business of copyright infringement, they apparently have decided to try their hand at Trademark violation too! They don’t appear in a search of HP’s authorized service providers database. Check it out at THIS LINK HERE.

Looks like yet another attempt to manufacture credibility where there is none. I love to see small, local businesses succeed – especially in the crowded and competitive IT sector – but when companies do these kinds of dishonest things, they lose my support.

If you follow the link provided above you will immediately notice one of the reviews saying;

Aware Bear is NOT a “certified” HP service center and their techs are NOT “factory trained”. You won’t find them in HP’s authorized provider database, but you will find a lot of very unhappy customers if you do a quick Google search. Let the buyer beware!‎

Feel free to check it out yourself and you will find that it is absolutely correct. Once again Aware Bear and Andre Leite Alves are playing the “big pretender” game. But that’s not the only thing that is really interesting about the link because, also ONCE AGAIN, Andre Leite Alves has exposed himself as writing his own reviews. Pay close attention to the reviews and you will notice that they all make the same grammar mistakes that Andre Leite Alves himself is known for (not being a native speaker of the English language). Did all these people study at the same place and learned to all make the same mistakes?

Another thing you will notice is that a lot of the reviewers have ONLY posted reviews of Aware Bear and nothing else. Funnier than that, though, is that “Kim S”, one of the review posters, both reviews Aware Bear for its so called computer repair activities as well as their wedding photography activities. Both reviews are dated December 6th. If you read them you will notice that “Kim S” not only got married a few days before it and alleges that Andre Leite Alves did their wedding photography, she also had her computer fixed by Aware Bear at the same time. Right, if you believe that blatant fraud I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

And why do all these people that post reviews all use the slogan that Andre Leite Alves have always wanted to coin for Aware Bear Computer Repair? All those people using the same words in the same sentence? How telling, Andre!

And just like Andre likes to name his alleged employees, many of the reviews are posted under names like “Tony V” and “Tommy D”. Then again, as we have already shown on this site, Andre is really into abbreviating surnames by just a single letter. Maybe he’s addicted to doing that and forgets he leaves trails as tick as BP’s oil slick to follow.

And if that’s not enough, Andre Leite Alves and his Aware Bear photoshop tricks are once again evident if you check out THIS LINK where he PRETENDS to be a “Certified Dell Repair Services Rochester NY Aware Bear”. Guess what, Aware bear is NOT a certified DELL repair center and they aren’t certified by DELL for anything. And the picture on that page? Yes, you guessed it, another crappy photoshop job by Aware Bear, PRETENDING to be more than they truly are.

You’ll also have to love the very short review posted by “Juliana”. If you check this site in detail you will not require a lot of attention to discover that to be Juliana Camy, related to Andre Leite Alves.

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The website received the following comments and information (5/3/2009). Thanks for the comments and details Andrea!

Hi everyone.  Rochester native here to let you all know that I recently had a semi-personal experience with Awarebear, and they’re just as bad as everyone says.  I already made sure to post a terrible review on their Yahoo! Local page, but who knows if that will make any difference.

My friend had her computer worked on by this company.  Normally I would be glad to do the work for her but I was out of town at the time.  I found out when she later started having problems updating Windows that they had reinstalled the OS on her computer and used the WPAKill hack to bypass the need for a CD-Key.  Why would a company do this when she already has a legitimate Windows CD-Key sticker on the desktop?  Not only are they using illegal copies of Windows but I presume they must be stealing these good CD-Keys and using them for their own systems.

On top of that, attempts to contact their office and some light research left me with a few other interesting tidbits of information.

1) They seem to have only a few employees, and the technician my friend had was (I believe) the owner Andre Alves.  From what she tells me, he seemed to know his stuff technically (this coming from a woman that doesn’t know much herself, though) but he didn’t seem very trustworthy.  She let him do the reinstall anyways because she needed it done quickly.

2) The person who takes their calls is a sleezebag.  He doesn’t know anything about computers but he knows a lot about bullshit.  I found it very funny that their website has a picture of some employees from a call center (that they probably stole as well) but when you call it’s always the same scuzzy guy answering.

3) You simply cannot get a hold of the owner neither by asking for him by name or by title.  Asking for a manager will get you one of their few employees probably faking a job as manager.  They like to use the word “transfer” (as in “let me transfer you to XXXX”) when they obviously are just giving the phone to someone nearby.  Another example of their attempt to put on an act.

4) The address they have listed in the Rochester Yellow Pages is FAKE! How can they think they can get away with this?  The address listed is actually that of a large sports complex.  Turns out their real office is actually residential zoned, it’s in someone’s (probably the owner’s) house.

I found this website after I discovered the problem with her “new” Windows installation so I thought it best that I post here since I don’t see any activity on the comments section since February.  Just letting everyone know these guys are still in business and still scamming Rochester’s citizens.

I’m going to do my best to make sure as many people know about their crap as possible.

Here is Andrea’s comment on the local Yahoo ad for Aware Bear Computers. We have saved this because Andre Leite Alves has a tendency to delete his listings once there are too many negative comments and reviews. Then he waits a few days in the hope that people forget about it and then creates a new listing.

DON’T DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE!

My friend had her computer worked on by their “professional” technicians who installed a hacked (read: illegal) copy of Microsoft Windows on her computer. Sure they’re cheap, but it’s because they don’t follow the rules. You also can’t get a hold of anyone important at their office, the owner is conveniently never in, and they list a FAKE ADDRESS in the freaking phone book of all places.

Since I found out that hey had used a fake copy of Windows on her computer I researched the company and discovered that the Internet is full of complaints about them. Don’t believe ANYTHING on their website or anything they tell you, they are very, very sketchy people. Don’t be fooled by the pretty pictures on their website that don’t belong to them, or the facade they put on to trick you into thinking they’re legitimate.

Don’t trust these people with your computer and your personal files and information! You can stay away from Aware Bear Computers at 5 Monroe Ave in Pittsford NY (585) 473-7035.

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Anyone who does some deep searching on the public activities and behavior of Andre Leite Alves and his “company” Aware Bear Computers (that claims to do computer repair, software installations, computer recyling, home theater installations, programming of remote controls, and even wedding photography) will discover that many of the positive reviews that AwareBear gets on their various “yellow pages” type advertisements on the internet are riddled with the same spelling errors and grammar mistakes and often use copied sentences that are word for word identical.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Andre Leite Alves is responsible for posting his own positive reviews, something that over at RocWiki he has already been caught doing in the past. Maybe Andre believes that people he deals with are less intelligent than himself and would therefore fall for this kind of questionable and fraudulent business practice. And what’s with those blogger accounts he created in order to post even more advertisements for his “business” and alternating between Andre Leite Alves and Arthur Leite. I don’t think I’ve seen any such acts of utter desperation before, from anyone.

A very recent discovery was made by Jim and posted to the original blog post that started the many discoveries about Andre Leite Alves. Jim reported that, “They also have images on their site stolen from Alienware and Apple. I started looking into these guys over the summer, checked out their DBA and it was filed in 2006, so to say they’ve been in business for 15 years is ridiculous, they are in their mid 20′s. I posted a negative review on their yahoo local page and they somehow got it removed, and then 2 blatantly fake ones popped up. So I posted another, and they managed to get that removed also.”

In addition to Jim’s findings, it is also clear that misrepresentation is common to anything that involves Andre Leite Alves and Aware Bear because that listing mentioned on the yahoo local pages shows the year that Aware Bear was established to be 1993. That is proven to not be the case at all. Only con-artists, liars, and cheats, would lie about the amount of time a company has been around because that tends to instill  a level of trust and reputation. Well, that reputation is rapidly deteriorating as more and more people in the Rochester community are reporting their discoveries and experiences with this “company”.

Also, John posted a review on the very same page that reads:

“I decided to write this because the first three reviews are clearly fake, after reading an account of Aware Bear’s owner’s copyright infrimgment I decided to do a quick search for “Aware Bear” and found these reviews. While I am unsure of the actual service level of this demi-legitimate company, I do know that Mr. Alves and his company are highly suspicious and have continually acted in a manner undeserving of the reviews that are currently shown.”

Be warned!

Let’s see if that one also gets removed. Time will tell. It now also appears that Mr. Didak has posted his own experience with Aware Bear on the reviews page.

Tip: Read the reviews posted on various Aware Bear Computers or Aware Bear (Wedding) Photography carefully and notice how these “people” all lack an understanding of punctuation. Just like Andre Leite Alves himself. What are the odds of having all your customers that post reviews suffer from the same inabilities? You can stay away from Aware Bear Computers at 5 Monroe Ave in Pittsford NY (585) 473-7035.

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Note: The link that was listed had already taken down shortly after we received this information on Andre Leite Alves. More on these strange and fraudulent actions of Andre Leite Alves and Aware Bear Computers in Rochester NY can be found on this page here.

Note: The D&C that the reader is referring to is the Democrat & Chronicle.

Information received from a reader:

“This guy copied the D&C peoples choice awards page and penciled himself in under best computer store and created another category for himself. To make dumbo even dumber, he placed in his multiple Frontier Yellow Page ads 3 certificates that he was the People’s Choice Awards winner for 2006, 2007, and 2008. Hey Andre, the 2008 awards haven’t even been made yet”.

“The D&C has been notified and isn’t very happy about the stolen graphics and copyrighted content he used, along with his blatant plagerism and false advertising. Based on his character I expect him to go under, switch names, and get out of paying for his Yellow page Ads, then link to them under a different name and get free advertising out of them. You can see this guy coming a mile away. Only the beginning Andre, run and hide”.

Another reader took the time to comment the following (The PC Repair Boy on November 15, 2008):

“One one of the other sites of Aware Bear Computers he has an image with “Voted #1 in Rochester for affordability, exceptional service and reliability”.

Voted by who? Voted by what? Anyone here in Rochester? NOT.
Just like the other fake awards he attributed to himself.”

Update: December 8, 2008. Jeff wrote:

“Actually, I do think Andre and Arthur are 2 different people and brothers. I believe Arthur graduated from college in 2005. They also refer to each others as coworkers.

Read the D&C choice cached page carefully. He actually seemed to have created his own awards which are “like” the D&C awards and claims to have won that one. So he is not claiming to have won the D&C award, but creating his own and so confusingly referencing the D&C award so people will be confused into thinking he did win it (or is claiming to have.) So it is shady but a slightly different shady than you think.”

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Andre Leite Alves, the owner of Aware Bear Computers in Rochester NY has been having a very hard time trying to deal with the overload of negative attention he has invited upon himself after stealing other people’s images and pretending they and the property they represented were his own.

His latest actions include making statements whereby he claims that he has taken on legal representation, hired a law firm, and is going after the website of Mr. Didak to get the negative material published about him and his fraudulent misrepresentation removed. You can read all the details on this page and this page.

Update: It’s now December 8th and there is still no sign of the pretended and “promised” legal action. Of course we already knew from the start that these would be just more lies told by Andre Leite Alves to combat the destruction of the reputation of his Aware Bear Computers “company”, a destruction that he himself had unleashed and invited. Oh wait, there was THIS. But surely, that is not what Andre meant when he told people he was taking legal action, right?

Conclusion: In the mind of Andre Leite Alves HIS version of “taking legal action” really means “making a total fool of myself, ensure myself a reputation of town clown, incriminate myself to the point where no lawyer would even touch my case, admit in writing and under penalty of perjury that I’m a thief, and at the same time show myself as being delusional enough that I feel entitled to take anyone’s material at any time and claim it is my own while attempting to get the original material removed using overtly amateurish DMCA take-down notices”.

You can stay away from Aware Bear Computers at 5 Monroe Ave in Pittsford NY (585) 473-7035.

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