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site that offered to solve my PC issues regarding lockups for $80
I stumbled across a site that said it could solve all PC crashes and screen lockups as I was having problems with a 5 day old HP desktop all-in-one with windows 10 pre installed .I had not added any new programs at all but upon initial start up it did download updates like crazy and only after half a hour the screen became locked with no response using mouse or CTRL ALT DELETE had to power off main switch and this has continued for days some time I get 2 hours until it locks . Anyway my point is that they offered to check my PC using remote access looking at my registry , event logs and admin command prompt and said a fix would cost $80.00 with a guarantee to solve the problems and no cost if it happened again . i managed to take note of what she was looking at that was in event viewer admin events the error Load Perf seemed to be of interest and in the Command Prompt (admin ) she made a tree and down the bottom it said OS corrupt .Source .Malware 82% She the text me in the message box and said my windows firewall settings needed fixing due to inbound rules and also my IP was blocked , according to Blocklist removal center and was listed in the PBL from Spamhaus ,and she assured me the problem was with the network paths IP ,I asked why there were 2 other PC running using the same router and there were no problems at all with them , she answered they would also be at risk ! So given the small description that I have written was I about to be taken for a ride because I declined on spending the money to fix it ? I aso ran a few anti virus programs and found nothing !