After you remove a virus do you put ANTI-VIRUS on?

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PCX said:
lol, ok.

We get most of ours from Amazon. Purchase with prime and mark certain sellers (even though it may be fulfilled by Amazon) that send you duds.

No offense, but perhaps you should get some experience under your belt working for someone else before you dive into this business.
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ive ben building upgrading pcs ect for people since I was 12 I think I can handle it... but for me just starting out how many do you think I should buy? 10?
 
Got to say that I am bias when it comes to AV's. As previous people have already said it has to be Kaspersky all the way for me.

I know no AV is 100% but kaspersky kick ass and even if one of my customers ever gets infected, kaspersky usually sorts it out with no user interaction needed.

I have been using Kaspersky Internet security products for years that include firewall, virtual keyboard and many other features that I would not consider bloatware.

Plus it does not cripple computers like other products *cough macfee, Norton. :D
 
mike_tech said:
Got to say that I am bias when it comes to AV's. As previous people have already said it has to be Kaspersky all the way for me.

I know no AV is 100% but kaspersky kick ass and even if one of my customers ever gets infected, kaspersky usually sorts it out with no user interaction needed.

I have been using Kaspersky Internet security products for years that include firewall, virtual keyboard and many other features that I would not consider bloatware.

Plus it does not cripple computers like other products *cough macfee, Norton. :D
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I am looking at it on amazon buying 2 3 computer packs.. 20$ for 3 pcs... seems cheap...
 
Ilovetofixcomputers said:
6 years... smart one
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I think DocGreen was being sarcastic... you know, considering it appears you are getting a tad cocky.

I completely understand that you are just starting out. But it seems as if you haven't done any leg work and one day just decided... "Hey! I think I'll start a business even though I know next to nothing about starting a business!" That's a dangerous mentality to have. You have set yourself... and your customers up for failure. The very fact that you had to ask if you should put AV on is a red flag. Of course you need to help your customer with AV and there are A TON of free options to suggest until they decide if they want to spend the money.

Please, please, please don't be THAT GUY.
 
Amanda said:
I think DocGreen was being sarcastic... you know, considering it appears you are getting a tad cocky.

I completely understand that you are just starting out. But it seems as if you haven't done any leg work and one day just decided... "Hey! I think I'll start a business even though I know next to nothing about starting a business!" That's a dangerous mentality to have. You have set yourself... and your customers up for failure. The very fact that you had to ask if you should put AV on is a red flag. Of course you need to help your customer with AV and there are A TON of free options to suggest until they decide if they want to spend the money.

Please, please, please don't be THAT GUY.
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I mean im looking different things to consider. I know how to fix computers so im good on that. everhything else I need to research a lot more
 
Amanda said:
I think DocGreen was being sarcastic... you know, considering it appears you are getting a tad cocky.

I completely understand that you are just starting out. But it seems as if you haven't done any leg work and one day just decided... "Hey! I think I'll start a business even though I know next to nothing about starting a business!" That's a dangerous mentality to have. You have set yourself... and your customers up for failure. The very fact that you had to ask if you should put AV on is a red flag. Of course you need to help your customer with AV and there are A TON of free options to suggest until they decide if they want to spend the money.

Please, please, please don't be THAT GUY.
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I didn't ask to put av on I asked if I should if they don't have it
 
I am going to give you some advice, if you want help on this forum, then don't get cocky and act act like you are competent when you clearly are not. Just because you have googled and youtubed your way through putting together some PCs for friends and family members, it does not mean that you are a tech and it most certainly does not mean that you are an entrepreneur, which you will find is more important than being a tech when it comes to running your own business.
 
+Kaspersky

I've used Kaspersky over the years and had very good experience with it. The instant anything is detected it is taken care of. It once caught some malware in a stream from Netflix, I had to forward the report to the Techs there before they would believe me. Yes, it's a paid program, and while the most important and successful anti-virus is safe and sane browsing practices, as well as a little experience, for those whose computers are sometimes at the mercy of grandchildren or other users who don't use safe browsing practices, I'd recommend Kaspersky any day.
 
PCX said:
I am going to give you some advice, if you want help on this forum, then don't get cocky and act act like you are competent when you clearly are not. Just because you have googled and youtubed your way through putting together some PCs for friends and family members, it does not mean that you are a tech and it most certainly does not mean that you are an entrepreneur, which you will find is more important than being a tech when it comes to running your own business.
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im sorry I was cockey.. but when I was 5 people would give me old computers I would take them apart put them back together scrap them and keep the parts(to this day I have 100 sticks of old memory) and when I built my computer I didn't use the internet or anyone helping..
 
Ilovetofixcomputers said:
im sorry I was cockey.. but when I was 5 people would give me old computers I would take them apart put them back together scrap them and keep the parts(to this day I have 100 sticks of old memory) and when I built my computer I didn't use the internet or anyone helping..
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You've got a head start on that, that's great. That experience will come in handy as you keep getting experience from working with computers and systems. At the same time, I'd recommend doing a lot more research on the general issues you'll probably need to work on if you start doing tech work on a professional basis. A lot of the knowledge comes from experience, but starting out by reading reviews of tools, apps, and utilities will help a lot.
 
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Ilovetofixcomputers said:
im sorry I was cockey.. but when I was 5 people would give me old computers I would take them apart put them back together scrap them and keep the parts(to this day I have 100 sticks of old memory) and when I built my computer I didn't use the internet or anyone helping..
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There's a LOT more to fixing computers than just taking them apart and putting them back together... hell, I hardly EVER get to do that... most jobs are software-related and require an exorbitant amount of trouble-shooting.
 
Ilovetofixcomputers said:
im sorry I was cockey.. but when I was 5 people would give me old computers I would take them apart put them back together scrap them and keep the parts(to this day I have 100 sticks of old memory) and when I built my computer I didn't use the internet or anyone helping..
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And that is very similar to how I started . . . Then, I started a business of my own and after about 6 months, I realized that I really did not know jack. It is one thing to work on a handful of computers every month or so, it's another to work on 50 or 100+ a month. In other words 8 years of experience working on 10 computers does not equal the same amount of experience you get working 8 years in a shop.
 
PCX said:
And that is very similar to how I started . . . Then, I started a business of my own and after about 6 months, I realized that I really did not know jack. It is one thing to work on a handful of computers every month or so, it's another to work on 50 or 100+ a month. In other words 8 years of experience working on 10 computers does not equal the same amount of experience you get working 8 years in a shop.
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THIS!



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