Playing tech support for parents - hijacker/virus assistance needed

Morrigoon · 05-01-2007, 11:42 PM

ad aware is good stuff... I was thinking about making him d/l that. Haven't used AVGFree yet, but it's always nice to find new free stuff! Thanks

Moonliner · 05-02-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

ad aware is good stuff... I was thinking about making him d/l that. Haven't used AVGFree yet, but it's always nice to find new free stuff! Thanks

Here is how I deal with these situations.... (assumes Windows XP)

Have your needy person:

START->Help and support->Invite a friend to connect to your computer with Remote Assistance->Invite someone to help you->

From there use Windows messenger to send yourself an invite if they/you have it, if not then you will have to use email.

Once you connect, you can work to fix the PC yourself.

Ponine · 05-02-2007, 12:06 PM

I also reccomend Hijack This!

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