In the midst of enjoying the Denver Nuggets beat down of the Lakers last night, Stephanie alerted me that our computer was under attack by some kind of vicious virus and that I should fore go watching the game and address the issue immediately.
Upon reaching the computer, I discovered several new icons had added themselves to my computer screen (and along the bar at the bottom of the screen). In a matter of seconds, a new "anti-virus" program had downloaded to my computer and was now informing me that my computer was infected and needed to be fixed. Yeah, no kidding.
No matter what I tried to do, I couldn't escape this new "anti-virus" program's pop ups. They kept piling on top of whatever program I tried to open, including the anti-virus software I actually have.
Being that I know nothing about computers (and given my heightened anxiety), I gave my friend Daniel a call. For those of you who don't know, Daniel is a computer god, and a merciful computer god at that. So I called him up and asked for his blessings. He gave me a list of options of what I could try and I went to work.
In the end, restoring my computer to an earlier date, combined with a few sweeps of my real anti-virus program allowed me to remove the infestation of the unwanted anti-virus plague (or whatever the fuck it really was).
Currently, all seems well, but I'm skeptical. Computers are out to get me, even if it's the last thing they do. It wouldn't surprise me if the virus is just hiding in wait, biding it's time to strike.
One good thing did come out of all of this though. I finally got off my lazy ass and bought an external hard drive. The Dagger of Lokin and and my music library are now safely stored elsewhere in case the Apocalypse comes for my desktop. At least I think they are.
I hate computers.
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LOL! Hilarious. This computer has your number, thats for sure. What's Lance's breaking point? A breaking computer.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you had DoL stored on a single hard drive. If the Inter-Galactic Archive Police had known, they might've invaded Earth in order to obtain a copy for safe-keeping.
ReplyDeletep.s. LLL fixed his computer. Like with his book, he never gives himself enough credit.
Poor Lance. The cyber world seems to be out for you. Hope things are really fixed for good!
ReplyDeleteThis is unrelated to your blog, but I just realized that the point of DoL is that Vince is a tool. You wrote the story as a metaphor for how you see your life!
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