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Virus Attack

21st October 2009

Virus Attack

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My apologies for my absence and for not being able to reciprocate any EC drops over the last several days.

My desktop was suffering from a power supply problem and I’ve been solely utilizing my laptop since March. Unfortunately, Saturday afternoon, my laptop came under virus attack and was completely disabled. I do run anti-virus software, but nothing is 100% guaranteed, and so, my laptop was attacked, and my wallet suffered the consequences.

I was able to take both my laptop and my desktop to a local computer repair shop on Monday and they were able to recover all of my data and completely clean both machines inside and out. Turns out the my laptop contained 4 viruses, the final one being the one that disable the systems completely. I’m happy that they were able to save all my files and restore almost all of my work. I did lose things, including some music and a few programs that I will have to reload. For the most part though, I’m back.

I got both computers back this evening and now have to reload anti-virus programs and software. I’m also having a discussion with my daughter about what she can and cannot click on when on the internet or downloading programs. I understand that Facebook is a huge culprit when it comes to virus infections. Facebook itself is fine, just don’t click on any of the links you might see there.

Tomorrow I will have to work on getting my desktop reconnected to everything including the monitor and printer. For now, I’m just glad to be back online!

I did spend the last few days getting some sewing done, I’ll share photos soon. :-D

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  1. 1 On October 22nd, 2009, Jessica Whittenberg said:

    I am so sorry to hear you had problems with your computer, but what can you do? It happens to all of us. Anyway, I am happy that everything is almost back to normal. The only great thing about these cleanups is that you find out how many totally unnecessary things you keep in your computer and it runs faster for a while – until you “trash” it all over again :)

    Good luck,
    Hoping to see those photos of your creations,
    Jess
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    posted on October 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am

  2. 2 On October 22nd, 2009, Vixen said:

    I am so glad my kids are all grown and have their own computers. It seemed every time I turned around they had either snagged me a virus or downloaded some program that took every resource the computer had!

    So glad they were able to save everything.
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    posted on October 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm

  3. 3 On October 22nd, 2009, Sue said:

    Oh no, I hate when that happens. I’m glad you were able to get it fixed, I hope you didn’t lose to much in the process. Computers can stink sometime.
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    posted on October 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 pm

  4. 4 On October 23rd, 2009, BK said:

    Sorry to hear about the power supply problem with your desktop and the virus attack on your laptop. I am having similar problem with my laptop too. Glad that all were solved now and that you were able to get back all your data.
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    posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 am

  5. 5 On October 23rd, 2009, clair said:

    Important thing is you managed to salvage your data and got everything sorted out.
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    posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:52 am

  6. 6 On October 23rd, 2009, Nita said:

    We had the same fate! My computer had a virus and I had no choice than to reformat my computer.

    Of course, I missed dropping EC cards, blogging, and browsing online. What a nightmare.

    Isn’t it good to be back online again?

    Have a great week.

    Cheers,
    Nita

    posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm

  7. 7 On October 23rd, 2009, ann said:

    glad to hear you didn’t lose too much. My kids used to make me crazy with the stuff they would put on my computer. When I got my latest computer I made it law that this one was NOT to be touched….lol
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    posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 7:05 pm

  8. 8 On October 24th, 2009, Kim said:

    Glad to hear your back online! I know the frustrations of the computer and man…. it’s not fun.

    posted on October 24th, 2009 at 8:40 am