Hahahahaha. *facepalm* For most of my friends, yes. Not so much for my mom, who fell for it, then spent 20 mins on the phone with Geek Squad* to 1) find out what happened and 2)how to get rid of the malware.
*Mom is on a first-name basis with Geek Squad. My parents' harddrive crashed a while ago, then they had problems installing the new one, then the 4 year old printer would not work with the newest version of Windows on the new harddrive, then there were problems getting the new printer to work, etc etc, etc. I told mom she should bake them cookies and take them over to the local HQ.
Hee. After we were closed last night, mom called the store to tell me about my email. Specially since she fell for the spam (*facepalm*), and had to call Geek Squad to fix her comp. She did ask them what ~I~ should do, and I was able to already tell her what, thanks to you! *snug*
I am ALWAYS happy to help, dear. :D And actually, we should probably make sure your computers' respective malware and antivirus are up to date, too. Bring 'em on Thurs, yes?
I will at least be bringing the mini! Though I do need to bring the larger laptop to you for a... something. Yearly maintenance that hasn't been done since I got it? er. I can at least promise it won't be in as bad shape as the mini was, when I first got it! (I think!)
Ha! Only just seeing this -- I was confused, because it read like spam, but it arrived on my birthday with the title "Nice Present." *laughing* Very cunning of it!
Either way, hello, and I'm sorry to hear it about your email but glad it got sorted out.
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Hahahahaha. *facepalm* For most of my friends, yes. Not so much for my mom, who fell for it, then spent 20 mins on the phone with Geek Squad* to 1) find out what happened and 2)how to get rid of the malware.
*Mom is on a first-name basis with Geek Squad. My parents' harddrive crashed a while ago, then they had problems installing the new one, then the 4 year old printer would not work with the newest version of Windows on the new harddrive, then there were problems getting the new printer to work, etc etc, etc. I told mom she should bake them cookies and take them over to the local HQ.
Edit: Think Geek is not Geek Squad. *facepalm*
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And then at work, I helped someone with it and then a work computer was hit. I'm glad that your mom at least has someone to help her with things.
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*sends tea*
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I'm sorry about the hack, dear, but glad I could tell you what next.
*hugs*
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And actually, we should probably make sure your computers' respective malware and antivirus are up to date, too. Bring 'em on Thurs, yes?
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Either way, hello, and I'm sorry to hear it about your email but glad it got sorted out.
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