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The most nefarious nano bots look like Cheeto dust. They work their way into the wires and replace the electrons, so cleaning them out won't help. They can't survive the DC to AC conversion (yet), so fortunately the problem is limited to your PC and any accessories, so just destroy those and you're good.
This is good, solid, scientific advice - however, you no longer have to destroy it - I can sell you these small magnets to wrap round the cables, which will attract and then trap any escaped nanobots. They will get clogged up quite quickly though, so you need to replace them every month - but don't worry, we've got an easy and convenient subscription for them. Normal magnets won't work, by the way - you need the special ones we make.
This is amazing, thanks for your service in righting this wrong. You might consider selling those magnets for fixing HDD issues as well, since that's where the nanobots will be going to first.
BTW, don't worry about the username, this person's legit.