I May Be M.i.a. For Awhile..., But I'm okay, don't worry Options

[ladywolf]

I'M okay, but my computer is NOT! It got virus-infected somehow last night, and I can't do much of anything on it at all. I can used friend's computers, but probably only once a day and only for a little while...

So don't worry if you don't hear too much from me for awhile--Ladywolf and I are okay, it's just computer problems. Bummer!!!

Margi

[LS Support]

i spent around 12 hours with my biz partners laptop over the weekend, i would have charged at least double what you got charged for the work Geeks did. $200 is a pretty good deal for a PC start-fresh. good to see things went well.

[ladywolf]

i spent around 12 hours with my biz partners laptop over the weekend, i would have charged at least double what you got charged for the work Geeks did. $200 is a pretty good deal for a PC start-fresh. good to see things went well.

Hi LS--

It was my ex-BF who told me that $200 was too much for that job--I don't really know. He said that all the guy needs to do is give a few commands, go off and work on another computer, come back, give a few more commands, go off again, etc. Is that not true? The guy seemed very sincere, and he did come to my motel room the night after he delivered the computer to help me get online, which I was unable to do, for free. Plus he helped my boss secure his wireless from intrusion, all included.

My ex-BF thinks everyone charges too much for EVERYthing, except himself, of course...

Thanks--Margi

[Jon730]

Hi LS--

It was my ex-BF who told me that $200 was too much for that job--I don't really know. He said that all the guy needs to do is give a few commands, go off and work on another computer, come back, give a few more commands, go off again, etc. Is that not true?

No. Some of the scanners have to be run on boot, some have to be run in Safe Mode, before the malware can load. Otherwise they defeat the security software or elude it.
Get an antivirus /security suite like Avast or AVG, etc on that machine before you use it. Even they are not perfect. Do not ever connect an unprotected computer to the Internet.

I once did an experiment, opened my firewall, and monitored my ports. It took three minutes for the scanners and crawlers to find me.
Think of your computer as a baby bird, chirping constantly in a jungle filled with predators. "Here I am! Here I am!"