Comments on: Sky News Samples 6 Computer Repair Shops in London: Guess How Many Tried to Scam Them?

By: james andrew

james andrew — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:38:00 +0000

Really good information to help the people who face difficulties to find the computer repair shop.

By: Paki

Paki — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:02:54 +0000

The guys are clearly Paki

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:08:39 +0000

Yeah, I agree.

“I murder a little, but that’s it!”

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:05:20 +0000

“Cut and Paste the data to the back up drive as this will physically move the data and leave no trace behind.”

It will leave exactly the same trace behind as just deleting it – the data will be recoverable with free software (or by anyone with computing knowledge). To really leave no trace the data needs to be overwritten in place multiple times using something like DoD rotation where each byte is written 7 or more times with random data.

It scares me that people with so little knowledge can call themselves ‘technicians’.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:02:25 +0000

I suppose you call a plumber a “fluid dynamic engineer” do you?

By: Edd

Edd — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:39:00 +0000

F*** me! That sucks balls! You know, it’s funny because he looks like a Disney cartoon villain, what with all the black stuff around his eyes.
Shady bastard.

By: shortman85

shortman85 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:43:24 +0000

I wonder if anyone living in the area went into the shop and gave them hell…I would get the boys together and pay those guys a visit..even if just to make fun of them hahahaaha

By: shortman85

shortman85 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:42:32 +0000

Singh thats hilarious..im pretty sure anybody would check lol..hilarious buddy

By: Citizen!

Citizen! — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:24:34 +0000

All the PC repair men saying, “I snoop a little, but that’s it!” are just as bad as anyone snooping a lot. Frankly, as someone who is not a PC repair technician, I don’t want any of you nosy mother f*ckers “snooping” whatsoever. You probably wouldn’t want that either. I realize that isn’t going to make you stop, but don’t think snooping a little is somehow okay.

By: Singh

Singh — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:54:48 +0000

I am from India and we are all thieves….sadly

By: mungotook

mungotook — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:22:46 +0000

wow, isnt there something called the Hippocratic Oath for computer repair people? When i fix, or try to fix, a friend or relative’s computer, i stay out of their personal stuff. Even my wife’s! Some things are better left unknown….

By: Your Better

Your Better — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:56:53 +0000

Come off of your high horse. What, Mommy and Daddy bought you an Ivy League diploma so you can lord it over the rest of us peons? Fuck off.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:09:32 +0000

if you have personal information on your computer and don’t feel like moving it back and forth and you are forced to turn your computer over to a repair shop just encrypt your personal files with TrueCrypt a free utility and fairly simple to use.
Don’t ever trust geek squad, they are just a bunch of zit faced little kids that claim to have A+ certification.

By: Vitero

Vitero — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:37:54 +0000

kudos to Sky News for naming the names. Some organizations would have joined the scam and covered them up

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:02:59 +0000

All I have to do is delete my online banking account but theres never more than $5 bucks in there anyway.

By: Mark Logan

Mark Logan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:27:45 +0000

What everyone fails to mention is that these idiots did not even notice the covert software running, aside from fixing the obvious Ram issue if any of this lot were worth the money they charge they would have found the “spyware” running and noted that they were being monitored.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:08:54 +0000

Whenever I’ve had to take my laptop in for repair I go change all my important passwords for banking and other websites first. Then when I get it back I change all my system passwords. People call me paranoid but I don’t trust people.

By: charles

charles — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:54:37 +0000

Don’t surprise my at all . I’m just wondering how can you get personal info off if the thing don’t work.

By: Haderade

Haderade — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:45:44 +0000

As far as Geek Squad goes, their employees are threatened with termination if they are caught in the My Documents folder, so that one guy is playing with fire. I was told that by the guy who hired me at the Geek Squad City years ago, so that’s no BS.

By: Haderade

Haderade — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:41:15 +0000

I run my own PC repair company, and I wholeheartedly agree, they give us a bad rap. I’ll admit to sometimes snooping a little on my clients computers, when they drop them off, but that is all you will ever get out of me. Specifics of what I see is not repeated to anyone, and if I come across something I don’t like, I don’t look there. Simple things like an unseated memory chip, or a loose cable should always be the first things checked. Especially if it is behind an access cover. Personally, I’m glad Geek Squad failed that one.