# Virus removal charges **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523 **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523 "2010-09-15T07:48:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady) #### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523/15 "2010-09-15T09:48:32Z")
> [@Bills Home Opener Tailgating this sunday, Anyone?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bills-home-opener-tailgating-this-sunday-anyone/34974/40): > > There isn’t much that I cant fix without restoring, the problem is how much time you spend on it vs. re-installing the OS. Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to spend more time cleaning it. When I worked @ Geek Squad, I hated charging customers for backups in these cases… so I didn’t. It saved me time, why would I charge more? There are some cases where reinstalling makes more sense, although someties as long as the customer doesnt mind us keeping ot for a couple days we like to try and figure it out, so that way its much easier for us teh next time around Geek squad unfortunately I don’t think you really get that luxary… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523)._