Cranky, irritable, ready to toss the computer out the window, there is a long list of the ways I am feeling about my computer right now and none of them are friendly. I downloaded some scrap kits and music 2 weeks ago Sat and for the first time in 11 years of being online, was attacked by spyware. I have AVG, ZoneAlarm and Yahoo's AntiSpy. I wasn't aware that the AntiSpy was out of date and also only works when online. I had forgotten to get the AdAware when I changed computers a few months ago.
Some friends told me that I should use SpyBot, that it was so much better. I kept trying to download it and was sent to mirrors that gave me Spy Doctor. Does SpyBot actually exist? Is it just a myth? I finally downloaded the Spy Doctor and it took forever because the computer is crawling. Well, guess what???? Yes, it finally downloaded and scanned my computer. However, it DOES NOT actually do a danged thing about it unless you pay. So what good is it?? Man it was like going to the hospital and them saying yeah you have a few gaping wounds there and sending you home without sewing them up. Sheesh, why would I want to download something that doesn't actually work? I could understand it having a limit of 10 free scans and clearings or 30 days like some of the extractor programs do. I do not get it when a program doesn't actually work at all. What is free about that? All I did was add a pile of useless crap to my computer and waste almost 8 hours doing it.
I went back and downloaded the AdAware and it supposedly deleted a bunch of problem files plus Mon my AVG suddenly decided I had a bunch of Trojans and it supposedly healed or deleted those. Well, everytime I open my email and try to open one of them, I get pop up windows. I go back and run another scan and find the same stuff is back again. Now the AdAware is seizing up and won't even run now so I just keep running the Yahoo scan and AVG. In the meantime, my machine is sucking up MB like me with a pan of fudge walnut brownies. I dumped over 500MB 4 days ago and have downloaded nothing onto my computer but it says I am down to less than 60MB right now. Oh, and I have been trying to clear my browser but it keeps seizing up and won't empty.
Oh well, I am going to kick the trash can and sit in the oasis while I try to calm down a bit. I am not emailing anyone. Haven't sent out anything in almost 2 weeks because I don't want to take a chance and infect others. I assume Blogger will not let them through.
Linda B:)
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