FU VERY MUCH

[rivers_bend]

I managed to dl a virus that not only attacked my computer, but shut down all known methods of system restore. I have an external drive with a fairly recent backup, and have made a new backup of my wordfiles and some picture and music files, but if I try to restore from the partition it goes black and makes a horrible alarm noise, and all other methods have either been removed completely from the computer as far as I can tell, or tell me that access has been blocked.

The guy at Best Buy was nice but said it would be $200 plus take ten days, and then told me where to google, but google only tells me how to do things with the bits of my computer that the virus have eaten. I'm hoping one of mom's computer geek friends can do something.

ASDKLJFHALSKDJFHALSEIUFHLKASDJFHLASDKJFHLASDJKHLSKJDLKSDJFHLAKJDFH FUCK YOU VIRUS-WRITING ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have iPod. Will still be offline more often than usual D:

Comments

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

I use a fire wall/ anti- virus program from Kaspersky, (http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/internet-security.php?icid=50000028) it's one of the best out there.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

best buy guy said that one was very good, but also not user-friendly, and so I should get Norton again. I'll look into it, though!

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

The place I used to work as a computer technician used Norton, I've been gone a few years but at the time it was seen as too bulky and merely adequate. I'd ask your mother to ask the person fixing your machine to advise you. Also, I stress that Norton is notorious for not recognising trojans. You need something that protects you from anti- viruses and trojans.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

the guy who fixed it, and who works in tech support, said his boss recommends NOD32, so I am giving that a try, as it is apparently both robust and non-bulky. He also recommended Kaspersky, which I am going to try if I don't get on with this one.