[olug] OT: Computer Service

[Daniel J Griffiths]

On 12/20/2009 11:10 PM, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> It looks like Daniel already volunteered. However, push come to shove,
> I can as well if need be.
>
> I generally charge a flat rate of $50 to clear all spyware, viruses,
> infections, etc. and then secure the PC so hopefully they won't get
> any in the future. More often than not, I spend more time doing so
> than is really profitable to do so, but I enjoy helping people out.
> Surfing the web with an infected or unprotected PC is never good. If I
> know the person, I often use these very specific situations to
> recommend Linux. I generally offer to do a free Linux install, and ask
> the user to try it for a month. If they insist on going back to
> Windows, I'll format the PC and reinstall Windows.
>
> No one has ever demanded to go back to Windows.
>
> Also, as a general rule of thumb, I've actually gotten to recommending
> Microsoft Security Essentials to anyone with XP, Vista or 7 lately. It
> has a very small memory footprint, and a good detection engine. It is
> also completely free. Not too shabby.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Eric Penne<epenne at olug.org>  wrote:
>    
>> My sister in law's PC is messed up. Windows Virus, yada, yada, yada.
>> She called me but I'm not going to touch it. She lives in Blair but
>> works in Omaha somewhere. Where should I tell her to take it to get
>> fixed?
>>
>> Later,
>> Eric Penne
>>
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I usually found it's better to do a dual boot, give them the choice. 
They almost always end up deciding on the linux and asking to have M$ 
removed.