Virus

Virus
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Owning a computer is a lot like owning a car: you don't really need one, but life is a heck of a lot easier with it. I mean you could always ride the bus if you had to, but who wants to do that? Of course owning a car means you also have to pay car insurance, license plate fees, maintenance costs, and the inevitable major malfunctions that occur when you either a.) have no money, or b.) are leaving for a 10 hour car trip in the morning. Computers are cars without wheels. I can't imagine not having access to the internet, especially since I'm now in the middle of a 3-week online class (and I need to keep up on the latest Harry Potter book release news!), so wouldn't you know that our computer has just experienced a major malfunction. We have some sort of virus or worm or something other evil computer-hating organism residing right in the middle of road on our beloved information superhighway.

I'm not sure how the little snot-wad got here, because both Vic & I are pretty cautious about not opening unsolicited email or other devious looking things. And I feel pretty confident that all the porn sites I visit are safe, so there's really no telling what happened. Luckily, I caught it in time and contacted our computer fixit guy immediately. He was able to talk me thru correcting the problem over the phone, but we still have a pesky hanger-on that refuses to go the hell away, so Monday morning I'll be unplugging everything from the CPU (what a colossal pain in the ass!) and visiting Phil, the computer dude. I'm sure he'll be able to set everything right again, but there's really no telling how long he'll have to keep the CPU. I'd hate to think we'll be riding the "bus" for more than an afternoon. Stupid twat-head virus!