That hard drive crash I got wasn't a "real" crash but rather a very sneaky virus that makes it seem like one. Then on top of that (or maybe it's part of it) I got something that hid all my folders/files from sight. Plus, about two months ago my laptop ate it because of a BIOS password issue that the company knew about but didn't contact people to let them know. So, here I was with a laptop not working, unless I take it in to get fixed and spend almost what I could get a cheap new one for, AND a PC full of viruses and spyware. Oh Joy!!
Several phone calls for people to look information up and then calling my computer guru begging to hear all would be fine.....
"Let's hope it's your hard drive because that is easy to fix.... you still there?.... Please tell me you aren't crying...." computer guru nervously said.
"Aa.. I... I.. Okay..." I got out between sniffles.
The good news is that after a week of poking and prodding my computer we finally got it all nice and clean on Saturday. The perfect Mother's Day gift to myself.... Or so I thought.
Yep... Early that morning I was getting ready to post and leave comments when WHAM BAM thank you ma'am.... (sigh) All clean once again and hopefully staying that way. Thus I am sorry for not replying to emails or visiting your blogs last week.
I sure hope when it's time to have "the talk" with my kids they listen to it.
So, ladies and gentlemen... Please be careful when out and about on the Internet; even the nice looking sites might be naughty.
Good to hear it's working again!
ReplyDeleteI hear you, I've caught one or two STV's myself. Watch out for the kids games sites too. They are loaded with them. We put in a separate hard drive and then clamped it down with all kinds of server safety. If the game won't operate--the kids can't play it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know this all too well! =( $125 later, my computer is back to normal, for now... My guy said even Google is throwing out some pretty nasty viruses and such, so nobody is immune. I've got some good antimalware/antivirus programs on here now that he says should really help. Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteGlad yours is all better now!
Hugs!