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Thursday 18 October 2012

BBC Watchdog crew sink teeth into dodgy PC repair shops

The reputation of the UK's computer repair industry took another hammering last week following a BBC Watchdog investigation into two Worcestershire-based computer repair firms.

The flagship consumer affairs programme looked into Click 4 PC and Click Computers in response to reports from viewers about missing personal data, botched repairs and a computer being held to ransom. The subsequent investigation into Click 4 PC exposed dubious practices including false diagnosis of faults, alleged supply of illegal software and passing off used equipment as being new.


Read more
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/10/18/pc_repairs_watchdog_probe/

References

Peeping Tom Mac spyware suspect cuffed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/09/peeping_tom_mac_malware/

Micro Chip Computers: A lesson in losing customers
http://hphosts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/micro-chip-computers-lesson-in-losing.html

PC repair shop caught trying bank fraud
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/07/22/dodgy_pc_repair_survey/

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