The Computer Whiz
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189838)
Boise, Idaho
December 3, 2016 10:57pm CST
About 6p. this evening a friend of my grandson's came over. He is a computer whiz. My grandson's computer was bogged down. He looked at it and it had viruses. Took care of it. Then he came in and wanted to look at mine. I told him about the problem I had with an infection where it hides as a normal file and the anti virus won't pick it up.Went through files and got rid of bad ones . He took the anti virus I had on here off and put on Avast. Did a 'boot scan' and now it is running much faster. Then he got into my daughters and is running a boot scan on it now.
So nice to have a cleaned computer with no bugs.
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11 responses
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
4 Dec 16
That is really awesome! It is good to know someone who is handy with computers haha!
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Dec 16
Yes, thanks to my grandson's reaching out to a neighbor.
@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Dec 16
@DesirousDreamer .....Yes, it is. I love to be online so having a good running computer is important to me.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
5 Dec 16
@celticeagle That's wonderful
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Dec 16
I bet it runs all kinds of fast now!
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Dec 16
@Jessicalynnt ......I have a post-it note with the info on it that pops up each time I log on.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 16
I have to catch up. He did good.I think Just have to remember what he said.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Dec 16
@celticeagle I can never remember that stuff myself, lol
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
4 Dec 16
I have been using Avast for many years now. Not only is it a free program, but one of the more reliable antivirus systems.
Personally, if my computer develops several issues I prefer to entirely clean the hard drive and reinstall the operating system.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
4 Dec 16
@celticeagle Oh, poor little viruses being bullied by that cruel Avast.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Dec 16
I like that Avast keeps up on the bugs and slashes them. The whiz may have to do just that for my daughter's computer. It is pretty much a lost cause. We will see what he thinks today.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Dec 16
i know how nice it is to have someone like that. my oldest son would do that for me every now and then. but sadly we have parted ways him being miles away now. haven't had that for a long while on mine and i need it
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Dec 16
What's going on with it? Do you know how to do maintenance?
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Dec 16
@celticeagle not really. i usually try and catch someone here and just fool around with it to straighten it out
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Dec 16
Speed and freedom from bugs are important for sure.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Dec 16
Yes, and all works great now. SO much faster and I didn't even realize how slow it was.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
4 Dec 16
@celticeagle That is because we get used to things and they seem normal until someone 'fixes' it and it goes faster.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Dec 16
Yes, they sure are. I have one or two clues but not much. He is a jewel.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 16
It sure does make all of the difference. If we are going to use the PC so much we really need to learn how to keep it cleaned up and working.
@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Dec 16
Very fortunate for us. And it isn't like we ask him to check our computers. He just comes over and takes it upon himself.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4 Dec 16
I think kids today are born with a keyboard in their hands and their brains are the Internet!!! 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
6 Dec 16
i'm so glad that he t'was able to get those gremlins off y'all's systems. hopefully avast'll keep 'em 't bay.
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