skydiver30960 0 #1 December 21, 2009 "I'm just going to check up on my email and Facebook." Fak. I have a crappy weekend at work, we get snowed into the hospital so I end up sleeping on an ER stretcher in an angiography prep room (it was like camping, but with MRSA!), the transfer case on my Tahoe craps the bed on the way home, and when I finally GET home I have an infected computer. The only thing that worked was a complete Dell Restore (to the original configuration when the laptop was manufactured, uh, OH YEAH FIVE YEARS AGO) Spent the morning getting all the programs I've installed and used since (i.e. everything) back up and running. Now, I get to completely rewrite the CV and resume I'd been working on all last week. Elvisio "rant over" and "Facebook is death" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #3 December 21, 2009 Quote AVG. OSX. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 December 21, 2009 Quote Quote AVG. OSX. Linux - fuck the 'Apple Tax'.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #5 December 21, 2009 I'm rapidly in the process of becoming a 'switcher' myself. LOVE the MacBook Pro!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #6 December 21, 2009 Quote AVG. Yeah, no shit. Actually, it must've been something relatively fresh because the first antivirus scan missed it, then a scan after I updated the definitions caught it. It said it had it quarantined, then when I restarted the computer things just went downhill. I think it jiggled some of my administrator settings or something. Oh well, back up and running, resume is almost retyped. Elvisio "hands off my keyboard, dammit" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #7 December 21, 2009 Elvisio "hands off my keyboard, dammit" Rodriguez Had a similar thing happen once, now I have a 'special' laptop that NEVER gets plugged into the net. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #8 December 22, 2009 Kaspersky. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #9 December 22, 2009 Quote now I have a 'special' laptop that NEVER gets plugged into the net. that kiind ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #10 December 22, 2009 Get NOD32 from ESET!!!!!!!!!“The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #11 December 22, 2009 Quote Quote now I have a 'special' laptop that NEVER gets plugged into the net. that kind ? Dell 'Studio' that I got @ WallyWorld on sale a while back. I use it for music, photo & video stuff as well as most of my work records, parachute team contacts / contracts etc. No problem to download anything I need out of it for 'net' usage...even with the crappy OS it works fine and the secure things in it ARE secure. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #12 December 22, 2009 Quote OSX. x2 _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #13 December 24, 2009 ...and as an exciting epilogue to this thread, we're home with the fam and my sister walks in and regales us with the story of how her computer crashed last night... ...while... ...playing... ...Farmville... ...on... ...FACEBOOK! Elvisio "that shit truly is death" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
