Co-Worker brought in his computer today..

[DnetMHZ]

He says "I keep getting pop-ups and stuff....I don't know why"

ugh...

He's got every virus under the sun..

I managed to clean it up after a few hours

<edit> also 444 adaware items (mostly tracking cookies)

 

[Fingolfin269]

Are you freaking kidding me? Is this a parody?

 

[Fingolfin269]

Double Post King.

 

[Ogg]

:Q

Get a rope!

 

[wkabel23]

Now you know what he does in his spare time...

 

[Budmantom]

That has to be a record.



Tom

 

[zixxer]

that's nothing.. I have a screenshot somewhere of adaware detecting over 22k problems

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: armatron
that's nothing.. I have a screenshot somewhere of adaware detecting over 22k problems

:shocked: Do dig that up if you can, I gotta see that!

Thankfully I've never, ever seen anything that bad!

 

[dabuddha]

Nowhere near the record. My uncle's computer had over 2000 different problems that spybot found before I had to leave. I never did find out the total # of problems but daym.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
That has to be a record.



Tom

Farrrrrrrr from it.

 

[Mandos]

I dont think it's a parody. I've seen this.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Not a parody... I forgot to add that adaware found 444 items AFTER I ran spybot (mostly tracking cookies)

 

[KarenMarie]

Sounds like my dad's computer ... every two weeks or so.

!!!

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Nowhere near the record. My uncle's computer had over 2000 different problems that spybot found before I had to leave. I never did find out the total # of problems but daym.

I cleaned up a guy's system last week that had over 4000 instances of crap that Adaware picked up not to mention viruses. Didn't bother me a bit because I charged him a premium to get it back into shape. It was so bogged down with stuff it was like moving in slow motion.

 

[zimu]

it pisses me off that there are so many people out there who don't have the slightest clue on how to look after their computers. well not pisses me off. saddens me more like it. pc's are pretty complicated things and the average user doesn't have a clue on what adware is.

 

[Vette73]

Tell him to stop looking at Porn and downloading it.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: zimu
it pisses me off that there are so many people out there who don't have the slightest clue on how to look after their computers. well not pisses me off. saddens me more like it. pc's are pretty complicated things and the average user doesn't have a clue on what adware is.

Sometimes I feel like that and I will still tease them all day long, but in the end they keep me employed and allow me to make money on the side so more power to them and their computing mishaps!

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: zimu
it pisses me off that there are so many people out there who don't have the slightest clue on how to look after their computers. well not pisses me off. saddens me more like it. pc's are pretty complicated things and the average user doesn't have a clue on what adware is.

I look at it the other way. You're always going to have more people who are ignorant about computers than those who know wtf is going on. You need to be pissed at the spammers/adwares instead of the grandmothers.

 

[lancestorm]

Originally posted by: armatron
that's nothing.. I have a screenshot somewhere of adaware detecting over 22k problems

LMAO. Link?

 

[dquan97]

I should advertise "Don't want anyone to find out your surfing habits? Wipe it all for $74.99!"

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: armatron
that's nothing.. I have a screenshot somewhere of adaware detecting over 22k problems

Most I've seen was 1,200 instances of Netsky on a single computer along with 1,600+ things found by Spybot.

Shoot, in my job every day it's pretty typical to find a computer with at least 150-200 problems found by Spybot.

ZV

 

[CraigRT]

brutal!
my boss brought in his kids' computer a while ago... 866 problems detected with adaware, and no viruses :Q

 

[preslove]

OP, at least you didn't have to work on it at all. I moved to a new office and machine and was amazed at how slow it was. I ran adaware and got around 4k instances. I ran spybot right after that and it locked the computer up. I forgot how many spybot caught, but it was over a thousand. There is still a hijacking web site that pops up on every boot that I haven't gotten rid of, yet.

 

[Night201]

I worked on a computer that had 500+ spyware items found and had 7 trojans on it. Took about 4 hours to totally clean. It was a b!tch!

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: Night201
I worked on a computer that had 500+ spyware items found and had 7 trojans on it. Took about 4 hours to totally clean. It was a b!tch!

Some of those spyware 'things' are borderline viruses. Ever tried to get rid of "Huntbar?" It has something like eight variants. It's pesky, annoying, and impossible to get rid of...