Avast fraud

On 22 Aug 2014, trader_4 wrote in alt.home.repair:

You are an example of right-wing horseshit.

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Nil
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Hi, Some have a knack for breaking every thing they touch. It does not matter what it is, LOL!

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Tony Hwang

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dadiOH

No, I'd say you're an example of lib denial. Do you deny that conservatives believe more in self reliance, responsibility for one's own actions, while libs believe that more govt agencies, more govt programs, more govt spending will fix everything? How's that working with say, welfare and the war on poverty?

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trader_4

but it sounds to me like you got what you paid for. You've apparently taken hours of their time

WhAAATTT!!! They (incompetents) took hours of MY TIME

and they were able to do a system restore for you.

Did you miss where I said SEVERAL time in this thread that I can do a System Restore myself!

I did see where you said that, but that's still their job: To do what they can. If not a fix then a system restore. I don't know what transpired, of course, but from the company point of view you took up several hours of employee time. Whether or not they were incompetent, they did fulfill their part of the bargain by providing a tech person for you to talk to. None of us can judge who was at fault there.

Maybe the whole thing is not a loss, though. You should have backup sufficient that you can afford to lose your system. Given that you wanted to avoid a system restore I'm guessing you had data to lose and therefore didn't have adequate backup.

Unfortunately, it requires a lot of information to really manage a PC and do adequate backup. The first thing I would do in your case now would be to create disk images -- compressed copies of your C drive that can be stored on DVDs and reinstalled if necessary. Then create two external copies of your important data to store elsewhere in the house and at another location. Otherwise, next time you run into trouble System Restore might not work and then you could be faced with buying a new copy of Windows... and losing all of your data.

But it sounds like you really need to find someone handy to set that up for you.

I don't see any value in blame, but I do think you might have unrealistic expectations. Just like with home repair, it's not always easy to tell whether a contractor is being honest. But in computers as in home repair, there are limits to what can be done. Rather than blaming them or yourself, I think you should use the opportunity to figure out a repair and backup plan for the future. You should be able to lose your computer tomorrow and not lose family photos, tax records, or anything else of value that you have on it.

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Mayayana

Read the other thread that DaddiOh started. It sounds like there is a scamming company behind this.....

You have to be careful to define what you mean by system restore. There is Windows system restore, which uses restore points it creates that you can try to use to return you system to the state the system software was in anywhere from a few days to months ago. And then there is restoring the system in the sense of using the backup image that is typically provided which will wipe out everything and return the system to the as-shipped state.

If it's returning the system to it's originaly state, that can be accomplished by using the image that almost every system comes with today that's on a separate drive partition. And they also typically tell you and bug you for a long time to make a further copy on DVDs, in case the drive fails too. And even if you don't have that, you don't have to buy a new copy of Windows. The major PC manufacturers will sell you a copy of the as-shipped software for some reasonable fee, eg $40. For that you get not only Windows, but also any other software that was bundled in, eg MSFT Office, etc.

Yes, that's what I suggested days ago. Figure out how to save what needs to be saved, then restore the PC to the as-shipped state. Given that this also now does appear to be an actual fraud by a third party company, HB could also file a complaint with AVAST and the FTC.

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trader_4

See desired info on COURTEOUS new thread

HB

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Higgs Boson

Avast antivirus is free ... whats to buy?

John

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John

Avast sells various anti-virus programs. Mine is a paid one.

My problem is not with the anti-virus; it's with a separate "support" program that I bought, which turns out to be very possibly fraudulent.

HB

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Higgs Boson

On 23 Aug 2014, trader_4 wrote in alt.home.repair:

I'd say that the fact that you brought this irrelevant screed up in this discussion and in response to my post says that you're paranoid, close-minded, obsessed, and looking for someone else ("libs") to blame.

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Nil

Trader is more on topic than most poster, such as Higgy / Sara and her wandering.

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Stormin Mormon

On 22 Aug 2014, rbowman wrote in alt.home.repair:

"Pulled pork" seems to be pork (ribs, usually) that's cooked a long time until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone. Of course it can be barbeque!

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Nil

On 24 Aug 2014, Stormin Mormon wrote in alt.home.repair:

In this case I would say Not. Not even close.

His paranoid rant had nothing at all to do with the topic at hand or my post.

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Nil

No, pulled pork is usually made from a Boston Butt or a picnic/shoulder and the only way to get it to "pull" is to smoke it at 225 degrees until it hits at least 195 degrees internal temps. Usually at least 10 hrs, YMMV depending on the size. Anything less and it will slice but not pull. Of course it *HAS TO BE* que'd or otherwise its just pork Right, Ed !!!

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ChairMan

Wrong. Pulled pork is shredded pork that comes from pork butt or similar cuts. I've never seen anyone shred ribs.

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trader_4

It wasn't a rant, just a brief observation. It does have something to do with it. HB is a classic lib. She's looking for some "ombudsman" or govt a gency to solve her problem. She refuses all help from the many folks here that have offered to help her solve her PC problem if she would just tell them what's wrong. And then it turns out, she's being dishonest herself, c laiming in her first post that Avast was ignoring her, then the next day, t elling us that Avast had responded both in writing and with a phone call. Then, in typical fashion, not telling us what they said.

The basic claim that it's fraud sounds like a stretch too. They sold her a service, she admits they provided phone support for a previous problem and helped her restore her PC. But she says that resulted in some lost data. Any bets that the lost data was because HB didn't have stuff properly back ed up? Or didn't back it up properly before doing the restore? And in this incident, she says they spent several hours trying to help her. Anyone wan t to bet that after trying the obvious, they suggested that she restore the P C to the as-shipped software load, but she refused? I know if I was providin g software phone support and guaranteeing to fix *anything*, that would be one of my suggestions, because it not only works, it's a CYA to meet the alleged claim that you can fix anything.

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trader_4

It does have something to do

for some "ombudsman" or govt agency to solve her problem.

One time when I'd been declined for a job, I mentioned that in passing to my sister, the lib. Just like the rest of you libs (like Sara), she suggested that I contact some govt agency, and see if I could force them to give me a job. I figured heck with that, if they were forced, the company would find a thousand ways to make this here government forced hire miserable.

Affirmative action hires are for you libs.

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Stormin Mormon

Ever eat kalua pig? The whole pig is cooked (steamed, basically) in an imu which is an underground pit. Once cooked, ALL the meat is like pulled pork.

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dadiOH

Yes I have. IDK what they specifically did with the ribs, but I guess they could shred it too. But then they don't call it pulled pork either. My point was that in most of the USA, pulled pork is not typically made from ribs. It doesn't make sense because the ribs are worth more sold as ribs and other cuts of meat, eg butt is cheaper and better suited to shredding for pulled pork.

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trader_4

Up until the marketing programs in the early 70's, the ribs were considered a waste cut. They still are a waste cut, just one that can be monitized.

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Scott Lurndal

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