*stabs virus programmers and spammers with something nastier than a pencil*

[gemfyre]

New computer.

Win98 SE

Me being stupid and not downloading AVG virus scanner or the Windows updates right away.

Me being unable to find the option to view e-mails in plain text only format.

Me noticing a file being sent in the status window of mIRC and thinking "bloody spammers" then being asked "Why are you sending me crap?"
I thought you were sending ME crap!!

Fucking spam e-mails!!

*downloads AVG*

Restarts computer because AVG asks.

FOUND! Swen.a worm *growls*

Almost an hour of looking around to fix it because no application will run now.

Eventually went to karaoke. Figured I'll possibly have to format. No great loss, computer has only been up 5 days.

Managed to get AVG running from the boot up, leave that going while we sleep.

Delete or heal all those infected files.

Wow, it's STILL not working!

Google around and find the instructions on the Symantec page.

Matt being computer savvy talks nicely to my computer using Symantec instructions.

Computer now works again. Patches installed and virus scan run before even opening outlook.

And hey look, possibly it needed the patch to give the option of viewing e-mail in plain text format because I found the option right away this time around.

So yeah, if you recieved a dodgy e-mail from me. Delete it right away. My computer is clean again so you won't be getting any more.

Comments

[sycha.livejournal.com]

Why do you have Win98 on a new computer in the first place?:P

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure.

I _think_ it's combination of the computer not being that new so XP will chomp resources and the fact that the boy wants to put some games on this computer that won't run on his computer (which has XP).

This is fair however, while he's playing old games on this machine I can play Sims on his machine. My computer can't really handle Sims yet.

When I get a decent computer it will definetly have XP. After seeing it in action I am amazed. Crashes don't take the whole computer down! *shock*

[firvulag.livejournal.com]

By new machine, it's second hand. it's only a celeron 450 from memory, and it only had 64MB RAM, though that has been improved already.
also it only has dodgy graphics and sound so it may as well run a dodgy OS that allows for all the games we have to be installed and run on it.

When she upgrades to a decent machine, then XP will definitelly be on it.

[shrika.livejournal.com]

Squeeky clean computer... *smiles*

AVG is good... AVG is my friend...

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I don't get why someone would pay so much for Norton when you can get something like AVG for free.

Re:

[saiyanprince.livejournal.com]

Well.
My dad pays for Mcafee, because you get a lot of extras you don't get with free versions...

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

pay for AV software?? Bah!

I have a slightly-less-than-legal copy of pc-cillin on my puta... works wonders, I just have to patch the pattern file manually.

I might be a little late to your party btw, I got called in to work this morning (from which place I am typing this, hehe. Go the free net access at work--I LOVE this job.) and I don't finish til 5.

should be enough time for dins and stuff, but just in case...

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

That's fine.

I was intending to start around 6ish anyway.
I should buy some chips and stuff so people won't starve. Warning though that there won't be a lot so BYO drinks and stuff. :)

norton

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

pay? for norton? technically we've paid once, but it came in a package of software for the computer..

we just grab craigs (sisters boyfriend) version every so often. so i guess he probably pays *shrug*