Get your bytes off my computer, you damned dirty virus!
So my laptop has a virus. It appears Norton Antivirus was taking a nap or something and just let a trojan horse just waltz right in and mess up my computer. Not only that, but Norton also feels the need to put a window up that I can't close or minimize until the virus is gone. I click "repair," it tries to delete the virus, then tells me it can't delete the virus.
Perhaps Norton is just a sissy.
So I went to norton's website, where they had a removal tool that was designed just for this one virus. That's right, this virus is so tough, they made a program just for killing it. I wonder if he feels honored. It must really help his reputation with all the other viruses out on the Internet.
So I downloaded the remover, ran it, and it told me the virus wasn't found on my computer. Yay! I thought, it must be gone. I then restarted my computer like the instructions said, only to find that the little bastard was still there. I ran the remover again; same answer.
And the virus is still there. My laptop is disconnected from the internet and running at a snail's pace, and I've got orders coming in for pictures that I can't process. It looks like I may have to get the hard drive wiped; fortunately I've been rather good at backing up my work and I've been preparing for a contingency like this.
It still pisses me off, however.
I feel like starting a campaign to make it punishable by death to make and a computer virus. That's right, you make a bug that screws people's lives up, you get your head shot off or or thrown into a trash compactor or fed to a horde of hungry tasmanian devils, your choice..
Maybe that's too draconian of me. Howsabout was just cut their fingers off so they can't type anymore?
Perhaps Norton is just a sissy.
So I went to norton's website, where they had a removal tool that was designed just for this one virus. That's right, this virus is so tough, they made a program just for killing it. I wonder if he feels honored. It must really help his reputation with all the other viruses out on the Internet.
So I downloaded the remover, ran it, and it told me the virus wasn't found on my computer. Yay! I thought, it must be gone. I then restarted my computer like the instructions said, only to find that the little bastard was still there. I ran the remover again; same answer.
And the virus is still there. My laptop is disconnected from the internet and running at a snail's pace, and I've got orders coming in for pictures that I can't process. It looks like I may have to get the hard drive wiped; fortunately I've been rather good at backing up my work and I've been preparing for a contingency like this.
It still pisses me off, however.
I feel like starting a campaign to make it punishable by death to make and a computer virus. That's right, you make a bug that screws people's lives up, you get your head shot off or or thrown into a trash compactor or fed to a horde of hungry tasmanian devils, your choice..
Maybe that's too draconian of me. Howsabout was just cut their fingers off so they can't type anymore?
posted by Logan C. Adams at 10/13/2005 11:18:00 AM
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Since I currently have a similar problem, I agree completely. I get to wipe my hard drive on BOTH my computers. Yay. I hate hate hate redoing the internet settings and redownloading all those programs I love... So yeah, let's shoot their fingers off! Or we could cut them off with a spoon.
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