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Old 09-01-2010, 06:52 PM
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Have a virus on my laptop. Geek Squad wants $150 to fix the issue. Should I just pay the $150 or does someone know some good free software that will clean it up?
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man 150 bucks seems steep.....i bet some nerd on craigslist would do it for 50$ if you put an ad up.....is it a virus or infected with spyware?
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Have a virus on my laptop. Geek Squad wants $150 to fix the issue. Should I just pay the $150 or does someone know some good free software that will clean it up?
no way pay 150...can get a new computer for like 500
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Old 09-01-2010, 06:58 PM
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what sort of virus is it? what is your computer doing?
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Geek Squad gets shit done but that's alot of money. They had my sisters computer once for 6 days just getting rid of a virus.


don't you have an anti-virus and Adaware on your computer?
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i think it is infected with spyware. guy logged in remotely and said he saw the infection. was expecting $50 -$70 charge couldn't believe it was $150.

Agree with you on some nerd probably fixing it for $50 on craigslist. never thought of checking out there.
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:01 PM
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Share those same thoughts Rev on just buying new one.

SM have McAfee but half the time feel like doing more damage when I click or download stuff. Don't know what crap to trust when I good adwares.
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:02 PM
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so what is the computer doing and what sort of virus?
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:03 PM
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download Adaware and run it, see if it fixes anything. Has fixed many a problem for me in the past
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:04 PM
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download Adaware and run it, see if it fixes anything. Has fixed many a problem for me in the past
it decent...i also use malwarebyte
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:12 PM
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I did download the Malwarebyte rev before contacting Geek Squad but then started worrying it was bogus as well.

Was getting a lot of popups and google adds, timing out, running slow. Messed up last night and downloaded red cross antivirus which is a spyware and need to figure out how to get it off my pc now.
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:14 PM
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Try Adaware and Cool Web Shredder and let me know if either have a positive effect
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Old 09-01-2010, 07:16 PM
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I did download the Malwarebyte rev before contacting Geek Squad but then started worrying it was bogus as well.

Was getting a lot of popups and google adds, timing out, running slow. Messed up last night and downloaded red cross antivirus which is a spyware and need to figure out how to get it off my pc now.
okay....try this...i got one of those lame things before...think it was anti virus pro 2010 or something...reboot the computer in safe mode...do a system restore and revert it back to a day when the computer was running well...worked for me when i got that lame thing
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