Monday, April 19, 2010

You filled my computer with porno!

I worked for a Leading computer franchise at one stage.

We had a nice young lady bring a system in to the workshop so absolutely full of virus' and spyware that it could barely run.

The majority of these spyware items appeared to be related to hardcore porn sites.

How could I tell? By the constant popups showing acres of naked flesh in all manner of sex acts.

All of them were pretty explicit. We had to hide the systems screen from clients entering the workshop.

Now rarely we inform the client that a format (wipe) and reinstallation of the Windows operating system is necessary.

In this case it was required.

So, system is wiped. New drivers installed and it ticks like a clock. Fast and stable.

The client picks up the system and we hear no more for a week or two.

Then, I receive a phone call. Its the lady client wishing to discuss the fact that we'd filled her computer full of porno and viruses.

I informed her that I had wiped the system myself, and under no circumstances would the problem be created by us.

She states that only her and her boyfriend use the computer. And he would never, ever ever in a million years surf porn sites.

I indicated to her that the initial problem had to be created by someone.

The principle of Occams Razor states that the simplest solution to a problem is usually the correct one.

She didnt like the fact that I suggested her boyfriend might be the culprit and requested to speak with my manager.

Luckily he'd seen the system in question and knew full well the source of the problem.

We ended up doing a system clean and virus removal free of charge.

From what we could gather, the boyfriend was more interested in transvestites than his extremely pretty, but incredibly dumb girlfriend.

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