Woe, woe and thrice freaking WOE!

Just handed over 60 hard-earned pounds to the local "computer shop" to pay them to kill off a Windows-attacking virus that no amount of AVG scrubbing would clean.

WEEKS pass...

Eventually. Plug in, switch on and...

Pop-up message appears from "WINDOWS POLICE PRO" (Utterly Bogus Department).

"Your computer is infected with extreme virtual bubonic plague etc etc etc.

"Click here to let us totally destroy your hard-drive and laugh in your trusting face."

Why, God?

WHY?