"Don't want to do it myself"
Well, then, I'm the wrong person to ask. I understand people *do* have other's work on their computers, but I never do. I'm mr fixit m'self.
As for tune ups... heheh... was at work early the other day, a little before 7:00 and the locked front door opens and in walks this stranger! I approached him and he approached me. We exchanged good mornings and Can I help you? [suspicious] Turns out he's the contracted HVAC technician, which explains his possession of our door key, and he asked if I was comfortable with the temperature. Um ok, but I run cold. I wear my coat and hat in the office 11 months of the year. Why? No reason, hey! You're the computer guy, right?
Well, that was really all he wanted. His computer (which he had hopefully brought along) was utterly hoses by crapware. There's this
"anti spyware company
" that advertises their spyware removal services by infecting your computer with spyware. Like a glazier advertising on bricks. Smell something burning? Yes, those would be the fires of irony fed by the debris of someone's broken ethics.
Long story short, would I take a look at his computer. I would and I did. It took all day, and I removed literally hundreds of occurrences of some kind of crap, the cumulative weight of which rendered his browser non functional, and chewed up the majority of his processor cycles. I cleaned it up for him but he could not have done it himself.
That's cool. I have a job because this stuff happens All. The. Time.
Your question "What's worth it?" Toughie. Do you scrub your own car at the coin-op carwash or do you schedule the mobile detailer to shine it up? Slice and dice your own home grown veg or snap your fingers and shout "Garcon!"? I don't know. I can't say.
This is like a car mechanic question. Is it worth it? Should I change the oil? yes. Every week? no. should I have my windshield washer system backflushed? Ah, no. I guess the answer is to find someone you know and trust (like us) but that also knows you *and* your computer situation and habits to get a clearer picture of what's "worth it".
Then ask that guy to fix it for you.
