I use Norton's Corporate Antivirus, and windows defender. I also use IE 7 w/ google's toolbar. They both block popups. I've used the Grisoft solution too. When I have to reformat someone's computer and reinstall, I bill them for the time I spend on the project. I've never seen it take more than about 4 hours - max.
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Virgil Bierschwale Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:10 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Sys Admin questions I've spent about 40 hours this week fighting virus's on a friends computer. It seems that everything I could throw at it that I read about on the internet, either: 1. Didnt work or, 2. It would identify the problem and then they wanted you to pay to activate the program to remove it and there was no guarantee that it would work. I finally formatted the hard drive, downloaded the free.grisoft.com virus program and the new ewido anti spyware program that they have there and gave it back to them. My question is this: 1. What tools do all of ya'll use for virus's. 2. How can you justify billing somebody 40 hours at 35 per hr when you can buy a new computer for 400 bucks from dell ? Just curious so that I'll know how to deal with this stuff in the future. Thanks, Virgil Bierschwale Armstrong and Skipper Real Estate (830) 329-6774 Cell (830) 864-4726 Home (830) 864-4799 Fax http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.virgilslist.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
