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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 893586" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>I used to do the same, often I had to deal with "repeat customers" who were often just disabling or bypassing it so they could download stuff that funnily enough contained viruses, trojans, malware and other rubbish they tried to blame on us (never worked though), but as we charged by the hour for software repairs, they were more than welcome... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p>I even remember one ironic incident where a customer had "acquired" a surprisingly cheap copy of Norton Antivirus off the web, and they insisted they use that, only every time the thing was installed, the computer got infected with the same trojan, and the antivirus oddly didn't pick it up, it was only when I scanned the CD on a test rig that I found the thing was a cracked copy that was dropping a payload onto their system, it was fun selling them a genuine copy at the proper price...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p>As for paying for Windows, well, that's where buying a dead computer is handy, so long as the seller left the licence key intact... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 893586, member: 199791"] I used to do the same, often I had to deal with "repeat customers" who were often just disabling or bypassing it so they could download stuff that funnily enough contained viruses, trojans, malware and other rubbish they tried to blame on us (never worked though), but as we charged by the hour for software repairs, they were more than welcome... :-rofl2 I even remember one ironic incident where a customer had "acquired" a surprisingly cheap copy of Norton Antivirus off the web, and they insisted they use that, only every time the thing was installed, the computer got infected with the same trojan, and the antivirus oddly didn't pick it up, it was only when I scanned the CD on a test rig that I found the thing was a cracked copy that was dropping a payload onto their system, it was fun selling them a genuine copy at the proper price...:-rofl2 As for paying for Windows, well, that's where buying a dead computer is handy, so long as the seller left the licence key intact... :D [/QUOTE]
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