Also, even though we find ourselves in the handmade market our favorite team, which seems to be in good shape and well-sold, we can find ourselves in a bad mood, and not talk about the fact that it can ruin these two things for days but serious side effects , which, unfortunately, is sometimes caused by bad users. Let's see it.
The risk of buying second-hand equipment
Below we will list the dangers of buying dual-use machines, and while it is true that we will not encounter this situation, it is always easy to take some precautions to avoid the worst.
Beware of viruses, malware and keyloggers
If you buy second-hand machines that come with an app that is already installed, it is likely that anyone who sold you did not full disk formatting and to easily delete your edits and documents. If so, it is possible that the computer may be infected with virus, malware or keyloggers that could have serious consequences.
And this can be in the case of "pessimistic" users, because there are also malicious hackers who intentionally do it, and imagine what would happen if you entered a bank website and had a malware or keylogger notify someone about your actions.
See if there are any effective mining plans
Another surprise we can get you to install is cryptocurrency mining software, and that the seller forgot to remove or, let's face it, file for profit at your expense. This will look much more common than a virus or malware, because you will know that the computer is slow, and you can see the operating procedures using the resources from the computer.
Check that there are no actual or illegal files
Returning to the fact that the retailer may not have completely wired the equipment before selling it, and that you simply delete its files, keep two things: on the other hand, you may have forgotten to delete some items, such as temporary files that remain in the user's folder, but even if you delete them all, most files they are readily available through recovery programs.
Imagine, though, that this person has been using machines for illegal purposes (we won't give examples, but you can imagine what one would find on the Deep Web, for example). This is something you don't want to have on your computer, or don't track it.
An eye with hidden evil
Finally, it should be remembered that we do not know exactly which way or what second hand machines were used before buying them. It may be that during a sale, they light it up, we see that it works and we take it, but that's when we enter the game and run it, the computer hangsor because the graph is in bad shape, for example.
Another example might be that when the computer is at rest, on the computer, everything seems fine but as soon as we release a program or game that consumes resources, apps do an unbearable sound. We should also be aware of this.
How to make sure that second hand machines are going well
Of the first three risks we have listed (viruses, programs and disk files) the solution is very simple and precise and the only one that will give us 100% assurance that we will not have these problems: replace the hard drive For new discoveries. Or if you can't or don't want to do it, we always recommend that, when buying expensive handheld equipment, you make the perfect format to get everything started from scratch.
Recommended also to light the BIOS and update it to the latest version, to make sure that no old BIOS with a vulnerable microcode could be exploited by malicious users.
Finally, to make sure that the machines have no hidden flaws there is no wrong way, but we can use the machine compression tool right away and make sure it supports overload conditions and does not make noise. For example, we can bypass OCCT to set the CPU and GPU maximum, or at least Prime95 to make sure that with the processor and RAM upwards the machines are working properly.
In any case, whenever you buy appliances (and especially if you don't know the seller), it's always best to take all possible precautions.
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