Paying for Virus Removal Services : Is It Worth It?
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
With the spread of internet, increasing number of infections and malwares are getting inside the computer. Virus removal services all around the globe is reaping harvest more than ever before.Some brands even charge you,no matter if you have bought their security software and installed it.I hope this article will help you in determining if paying for removing infection is worth it.
With the spread of Internet, increasing number of infections and malwares are getting inside the computer. Virus removal services all around the globe is reaping harvest more than ever before. Apart from major security software giants like Norton, McAfee, computer manufacturers and ISP’s have also entered into the virus removal market looking for profits. They charges a hefty amount to remove the infection regardless you bought their software or not. Consider these facts before you contact Virus Removal Service.
Advantage of using a Virus Removal Service
- Once you pay the fee, you may sit back and enjoy while the technician take care of the issue.
- You don’t have to be an expert in computers to remove the infections.
- You may leave the headache of fixing the infection to the pros and utilize that time for other work.
- Fee for the service is usually high. In some cases the issue might be so simple that it can be finished in couple of steps. The technician might do some steps which has nothing to do with infection removal and makes it look like he struggled a lot to get rid of the infection.
- Re-occurrence of infection. Some infections leave residues inside the computer which might lead to re-occurrence of the same issue. They are smart enough to lay dormant and undetectable for a while and then resurface after a period of time. However smart the technician is, this is a reality faced by every Virus removal technician. If the issue happens after the warranty period, you may have to pay once again to get their service.
- Possibility of system crash. In some cases, the computer might crash after the troubleshooting is done. Surely lots of people have experienced this. The reason might be genuine .But in some cases, it can be because the technician accidentally deleted files or he took the wrong approach to fix the infection. Either way, it is easy to blame the infections for crashing the system. Our problem is, most of the times we are caught off guard. We end up in paying for the service and lose data as well.
- Customer service mislead customer to believe that whatever issue happened in the computer is because of infection. This is because whoever talks to you, they have a target to achieve and they will do anything to make you pay as their bonus depends on how many customers agreed to pay (Not that I am complaining,but just educating to let you know) If the Virus Removal technician fails to fix such issues, then he might ask you to contact someone else to fix the issue.The point is you just wasted your time and money.
It is true that most of us have good security software, but when there is an infection, we end up blaming the software for not preventing the infection from getting into the computer. The truth is, no security software in the world is 100% perfect. No matter how much money you spend on the software, there will be some evil genius somewhere out there who can develop an infection which can still get in through the loopholes in the system. To add to this, I am sure that security software companies are not doing much and are making a huge profit out of this.To make my point, my daughter paid for removing an infection called “Personal Antivirus”.She had enough protection,updates her security software regularly and run scans weekly.Almost after 2 months,I heard from my neighbour,an IT professional, that she too paid for removing the “Personal Antivirus” infection. Now the point is both had the same security software, which was updated regularly and both used to do regular scans.How can it be justified that the security software company was unable to release a fix even after 2 months?
Is there anything we can do to remove the infection without getting the Virus Removal Service?
Hope this information will help you in taking a decision before paying for the service.Is there anything we can do to remove the infection without getting the Virus Removal Service?
- Make it a point to google for information regarding the issue on the computer and how to fix it.For eg. if you are getting an error message, enter the complete error message in google search bar and search.If there are multiple lines of error messages,just enter the first line. Somebody out there might have found a solution and shared the information.If it is too technical, check if anyone around you can fix it for you.Let the Virus Removal Service be the last option.
- My way of dealing with this issue is, since my security software could not detect the infection, try with other software’s which can be used for free. Some of these software’s allow running a scan and removing the infection. Some of my favorites are Hijack This, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Super Antispyware, Lavasoft Adware, Avast. I install these software’s one at a time, run a scan, remove the infection and then check if the issue is fixed. If not, uninstall the software, install the next software, run a scan and remove the remaining infection. Let me warn you, there is always a risk involved like a system crash, when I run these software.But I always make sure that I am safe with all my important files backed up.
- If nothing works, do a clean installation. Make sure that you have the back of all the important data files and other application software’s before doing that. It is always better that you install in this order- Install the Operating system, install the device drivers, install the windows updates, install the security software, install the application software and then copy all the backed up files back to the computer. Even If there are no issues in my computer, I do clean installation once a yr. This makes sure that I am not carrying any hidden infections, remove all the junk files and software’s, makes my computer fast and stable.
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