pc world have been using my pc!!!!!!!!

mcdonag

tiger wrote:

i took my pc to pc world for repairs and it has been with them for about six weeks(can i complain about this?)
when i got it back this week i realised that they have been using it. i know this from the google page where you enter words that you want to search)
is legal for them to do this . some of the words are quite rude and extremely of sexual nature.
obviously i am not sure wether they accessed the actual pages. the only thing i can see is on the search page where they entered the words.
also if i complain can they deny it or is there a way i can proof this happened while the computer is at there premises. i used password on my computer and wonderiing also how they mannaged to overide this.
thanks guys. cant believe that they did this.

Isn't this how Mr Glitter was found out, he took his PC into PC World and they found some stuff and reported him. Maybe you should report this as well. Personally I would cause a right stink in the store and see what compensation they could offer you.

biglugs

I think you should go straight to the top of Dixons Store Group and report the store in question. For all you know they may have downloaded kiddy !!!!!! onto your PC and how are YOU going to explain that to the police?
At the very least I would demand a brand new PC on which you can be sure there is no offensive, unpleasant or even illegal material.

pepperoni_2

Browntoa wrote:

ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com will remove them

but make sureto make a copy of that index.dat file !!

And this will let you look at any images they may think they have deleted:rolleyes:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

tiger

thanks guys. biglugs this is exactly what i was worried about.
all i need now is to save the stuff and also prove of the time this occurred.
this is quiet bad.

Poppycat

Please see the sticky Tiger two posts in grabbit that dont belong here all within 10 minutes of each other. Thank you

Sticky: Posting On The Grab It Board

This board is for short-term, grab it deals only.

demonblade

Take the PC back, dump it on the CS desk, and immediately ask for the manager. He will get you sorted straight away, mention indecent search words, and maybe even pictures, and if nothing is done, then you will go to the police and let them look through the hard drive.

talkshop

tiger wrote:

i took my pc to pc world for repairs and it has been with them for about six weeks(can i complain about this?)
when i got it back this week i realised that they have been using it. i know this from the google page where you enter words that you want to search)

Is your name Gary Glitter ? alias Paul Gadd ?


He took his machine to PCWorld :rolleyes:

tiger

lol talkshop.this isnt funny. give some constructive feedback,

stebiz

biglugs wrote:

I think you should go straight to the top of Dixons Store Group and report the store in question. For all you know they may have downloaded kiddy !!!!!! onto your PC and how are YOU going to explain that to the police?
At the very least I would demand a brand new PC on which you can be sure there is no offensive, unpleasant or even illegal material.

Let's get things into perspective. If (and I say if) the guys downloaded any images they have been extremely daft. I mean I work in IT - but even after my first day at work this was the first thing we were advised strongly not to do on a works machine (let alone a customers). However I still know guys who have a 'little look' now and again. However to say or imply that everybody who looks at 'adult material' download 'kiddy !!!!!!' is way off the mark. The guys who download kiddy !!!!!! (if you can call them that) are obscene and should be 'hung up'. However to say that you should demand a new pc is like saying your car got 'mud on it' whilst in for its MOT. A quick wash or in the case of a pc (the HD cleaning - 30 minutes) - it will be as good as new. A compliant to the local manager should be enough.

Stebiz

greyster

talkshop wrote:

Is your name Gary Glitter ? alias Paul Gadd ?


He took his machine to PCWorld :rolleyes:

Last time I checked, his prison cell wasn't broadband enabled.