You might want to be careful what you down load from some one or the internet

By
Home Inspector with Executive Restoration LLC 704.905.9152

Guess what? I just down loaded some thing from the internet this week on my I-5 high speed computer and my computer not only got a virsus but worms.  Now, here is the sad but true part.  The company that I got the information stated on their site that they could get rid of the problems that they caused me if I would pay them money.  Now, is this fair?  Is this legal? Are they crooks? I had to have a company call Godspeed Technologies out of Charlotte, North Carolina come over to my office and pick up my computer and get it cleaned up for it to even work.  He is even able to fix your computer from any where in the world by doing a remote service repair but I wanted him to pick up my computer to make sure that it had a full physical and to make sure that everything was in tip top shape because I stay on one of my 5 computers about 12 hours a day because of Executive Restoration LLC who is an emergency service restoration company who handles water damage, fire damage, smoke damage, sewage backs ups, mold inspections, mold remediation, certifed mold remediation, water extractions and more.  Executive Restoration and SnellExperts.com are both owned by David Snell out of Charlotte, North Carolina who is now going national to help all the mom and pop operations in the great land of ours called the United States of America.  It is still a great country and the best country to live in even if do have our own set of problems.  I have lived and traveled all over the world and the USA is still the best country to not only live in but to work in so please do not give up.  We will make it and we will endure.

I am also learning to be careful of what attachments I open from emails because you never know who is trying to get into your computer and do you harm.  So, I am learning to not open attachments from folks that I do not know.  Even if it sounds too good to be true.

Has anyone else in here had a similar experiece?  It is a crying shame that folks prey on others in my book.

Be careful of what you open that are attachments and this includes videos as well for you never know what is in what ever you open.  Actually, as this problem to my computer was happening, I was able to watch the entire thing take over my computer but there was nothing that I could do so I just had to do an emergency shut down.

This has been brought to you by David over at SnellExperts.com who cares about getting folks more recognized in the environmental industry such as home inspectors, mold inspectors, arborists, grass cutters, movers, plumbers, electricians, roofers, sheet rock repair specialists and more.

 

Comments (7)

Gay E. Rosen
Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty - Larchmont, NY
As Real as Real Estate Gets!

David -  we have to be so careful... and always check our credit card bills for those faulty chargs. Best, G

Apr 15, 2011 01:24 PM
Robert Amato
Bob Amato of Empire Home Mortgage Inc - East Meadow, NY

I never open an email if it comes from someone I do noy know. My 18 year old, or one of his friends, downloaded a virus twice by clicking on something and twice I had to reinstall his operating system.

Apr 15, 2011 01:41 PM
David Snell 704.905.9152
Executive Restoration LLC - Charlotte, NC
Certified mold inspector and mold removal services

Amen Gay.

There are some bad folks out there and even though I would never intentionally hurt some one, there are still those who would steal from others and hurt others.  So, sad is it not?  So many folks want money but do they want to work for it if they do not have to?  Some do not.

It has gotten so I have had to put in a surveilance camera system all over my house.  I have even had to get ADT and a 9 mm hand gun for back up.

Thank you for your post  Gay.

David Snell

SnellExperts.com

Apr 15, 2011 01:43 PM
David Snell 704.905.9152
Executive Restoration LLC - Charlotte, NC
Certified mold inspector and mold removal services

Bob, glad you were able to get your computer going again.

Is the mortgage industry getting any better?

I just paid off my house so now I am completely debt free and I feel wonderful.

David

SnellExperts.com

Apr 15, 2011 01:45 PM
Fred Griffin Tallahassee Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

David, my friends laugh because I have so much protection on my computers. 

NoScript, AdBlocker, Abine, Malwarebytes, Comodo, SuperAnti-Spyware, Windows Defender, and a number of other Add-Ons and Programs.

Once you have had to re-format a hard drive, or pay a service $125 to retrieve data from a corrupt drive, because you got a virus or worms, you will understand why I have all the Firewalls and AV Programs on my computers.

 

Apr 15, 2011 01:53 PM
Rob D. Shepherd
Windermere/lane county - Florence, OR
Principal Broker GRI, SRES

I have been lucky not to go down this road yet, just give me time and i'm sure to get in trouble too.

Apr 15, 2011 03:35 PM
John Pusa
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Crest - Glendale, CA
Your All Time Realtor With Exceptional Service

David - Nowadays, we need to be careful what we download from the internet. One year ago, I got virus from downloading an attachment.

Apr 15, 2011 05:01 PM

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