"Tech support for elder parents" Topic

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Xintao	25 Nov 2016 11:04 a.m. PST
I swear to god my parents and in-laws have not met a pop-up that they didn't click yes on. About every 2 weeks I have to clean spyware off their computers
Ed Mohrmann	25 Nov 2016 11:12 a.m. PST
Tell 'em about Malwarebytes…and Webroot… I've had no prob w/spyware, etc., since I installed those and got rid of MacAfee (which came on the new 'puter, Lord only knows why…)
Winston Smith	25 Nov 2016 12:27 p.m. PST
Charge them for your services. Then they'll stop. How many times growing up did they say to you "I hope you learned your lesson from this!" Payback.
Micman	25 Nov 2016 12:39 p.m. PST
Ed is right. Get them Malwarebytes for a present. It will save you!
Col Durnford	25 Nov 2016 1:37 p.m. PST
Charge them? I seem to remember a story about a 10 year old boy who submitted an itemized bill for his services to his mother. She returned her own bill for her sevices with each item listed as "No Charge". Never mess with someone who has changed your diapers.
etotheipi	26 Nov 2016 3:39 a.m. PST
Give them context. Explain to them how the computer works and what is going on.
TNE2300	26 Nov 2016 8:29 p.m. PST
My mother is the exact opposite She will not use ebay because every time she would login the system asks for her password and she doesn't want to tell them what it is
alien BLOODY HELL surfer	08 Dec 2016 3:54 p.m. PST
as Micman said, get Malwarebytes anti-Malware software, and a good AV program.

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