And before you go off about what ever hot button issue you think this is about... Stop. No this is about the fact that half of the people on the internet are ignorant to the threats that lurk on it. http://www.securitypronews.com/insi...9-20100325HalfOfEmailUsersHaveOpenedSpam.html Really people? Have you learned nothing from the love bug virus? http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Spam-goes-down-well-963843.html Why is it sooo hard to understand how viruses get on your computer. No your security programs do not do the job for you. Yes you getting a virus hurts me and the rest of the world, because when you get infected with a virus it uses your PC as a way to spread. Those shinny anti virus programs you buy to protect your pc will not keep you safe all on their lonesome. They are not responsible for the stupid things you do on the internet, and if your clicking on every pop up and email you get. Then you shouldn't be on the internet. Also to people who use these crappy free security programs and expect them to keep your computer safe. Please do some research before putting your 500+ computer at risk. Go to http://www.icsalabs.com and make sure your program is at least certified.
mac users especially. apple advertises that macs don't get viruses and stuff. this is just plain false. some people pointed out that somewhere on their website, they still advised people to buy antivirus software... so they took that advice out. on top of that, most attacks are user-initiated: in other words, phishing and trojans. macs are just as vulnerable to those two as PCs are. the best line of defense is always the user. and, as always, there is no limit to human stupidity.
It just gets annoying when ever you have some moron who clicked a flashy pop up and got a virus ask you to clean it. What makes it even worse is when you ask them if they made a back up of their hard drive. They always answer no. I help a lot of small businesses with their computer networks, and I can't tell you how many times their employees blame the network admin when they get a virus. Only to find out it came from a portable hard drive which they hooked up to their home PC where the virus originated.
Charge them 40$ to fix it and tell them how they got it. Or, conversely, charge them 40$ to fix it and not tell them how they got it.
Heres what I do because usually the computers I clean are business computers. The ones people get infected but don't want their employers to know about it. If they have a back up of their hard drive. Then I charge 60$ if they don't have a back up. I charge 600$, and they usually pay up because they don't want their boss finding out they infected company property.
Yes some people are so dumb they do not deserve to be in posession of a computer. But all those idiots keep computer repair men in business. Lots of idiots = lots of wages for them. And here is proof of how dumb people are. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_youtube_videos_of_all_time.php All the top 10 youtube most watched videos there are so so dumb. And idiotic and pointless. I could make a better video then those 10 with my *** and 2 sticks of chalk.