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by vonunov 451 days ago
It might not be as easy as it used to be, but when I did remote PC tech support ca. 2008-2010, all day every day was almost nothing but removing infections of rogue (fake) antiviruses and their supporting rootkits that people got via "driveby download" -- no stupid mistakes needed (unless you count browsing without an ad blocker).