Saturday, January 07, 2006
Two hours of troubleshooting... the rat finks
What possible pleasure can anybody get out of writing viruses, trojan horses, and sending them in e-mails to others? I never download anything without scanning for viruses first; unfortunately, my hubby is more trusting and apparently downloaded a virus the last time he was on the pooter, which activated as soon as I turned the dang thing on this morning. I have two computers, one I use for work (Windows 98 SE) and the one I use for "play" (this one, XP based). After two hours of trying to figure out how to disable the file so Norton Antivirus could repair or delete it, I finally decided just to "restore" the computer to an earlier date... (what a wonderful program that has turned out to be); thankfully, that got rid of the bad file. I've told my husband, not in the kindest of terms, that he simply cannot use my computer anymore. I've warned him and warned him about how to safely read his e-mails, but he forgets and looks at the subject line rather than the sender... I just can' t have my computer infected. He will have to use the computer at the library to read his e-mail... or set up one downstairs for himself.
Moreover, what kind of sick pleasure do people get in trying to ruin other people's computers? I just don't understand the mindset and it irritates me to no end. I need my computer, and I don't have endless funds to keep it as "safe and secure" as possible. I already use Norton and Spy Sweeper... to protect me from the ugly intent of others.... it just sickens me that people get pleasure and/or renumeration for making others' lives unpleasant.
Rant over.
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