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Comment Re:The Solution is Obvious (Score 1) 829

Doesn't fix the problem, believe me, I've tried. I run a small computer repair business and we must get 20 or so XP machines in a week with this issue. It's worst on single core CPUs as it completely ties the system up. If the machine will support it, we look through our trays of pulled CPUs and just throw in a dual core chip which helps a lot.

Comment Re:They look ALL over the system and (Score 1) 79

Oh I've had my fair share of stupid customers who have actually handed over anything from about £90 to £200 for a years worth of "protection" and "support". They just don't get anything for their money at all.

I've even known people who don't own a computer get calls from the scammers.

Comment Re:What I don't get is why scammers are tolerated. (Score 3, Informative) 79

That's not the scam at all. The software they get you to download is some remote control software, usually legitimate. Something like Teamviewer or Logmein. They then proceed to show you all the "problems" in the event viewer and offer to sell you software and remote support (which you don't need).

I've had quite a few computers come through my workshop where a customer has fallen for this scam. Never found any viruses. The scam is them taking money off you for absolutely nothing. Whether or not they then resell the credit card details, I don't know. But I know that they take payments of anything upwards of £90.

Comment Re:MythTV (Score 1) 78

If the property has at some point had cable then it's terminated in a brown box on an outside wall with a standard F-Connector. I recently did away with all the original cabling installed by the provider and ran my own. Cable up the outside of the house, into the loft (attic) split to my modem and back down the cavity wall to the TV downstairs. Considerably better than it was. Less cabling on show.

Comment Re:err... (Score 2) 112

Considering you've been doing this shit for money since 1995, you've not learnt much have you? An untethered jailbreak in the IOS world has ALWAYS meant that it doesn't require a USB connection to a computer to work when you restart the phone. How the initial jailbreak is carried out is irrelevant.

Hope this clears things up for you.

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