Back it up

[Mayliz]

Last night was fun: I got me a serious computer virus. I just clicked on a website, too. Straight from Google. Something started downloading into my computer, then Acrobat started loading up, and next thing I know I'm getting slammed by an anti-virus protection software saying I've got ten viruses loaded in my computer. I knew it would be a lousy night.

The laptop belongs to my husband --he works in IT -- so he has spent hours attempting to fix it. This thing has attached itself to almost everything in my computer. I've got a load of music, videos, and documents, including my work for the last five years, on the computer which he's in the middle of saving. He can save the documents without a problem but there are other things that might be lost if he has to reimage the whole damn thing. And, even if he does save it, it's a lot of work! I'm fairly certain he can do it because he's done similar things in the past for his porn-watching friends. Yeah, they call him whenever they get in trouble. And, no, I wasn't browsing the porn sites. The page I visited didn't even open all the way.

If it weren't for his advanced skills, I'd be in serious trouble. So, just a reminder to update your virus-protection software and backup your documents, music, video, etc...

[jasani]

Sounds like a worm to me. Good idea to back up data... check your backups for viruses too.

[Mayliz]

Yeap, it's far worse than he expected. He has to reimage the computer to delete all of the registries. It's not the first time he has done it to that computer (it's a hand-me-down) but the first time since I've had it. I have two laptops, thank God, but this one is super s-l-o-w.

[andalee-oriental]

Yuck. I am so sorry. If you use Google Chrome as your browser, it will give you a big fat warning if you try to click on a infected site from Google search results.

[Mayliz]

Google Chrome? You learn a little of everything on Bhuz.

The computer was quickly reimaged yesterday; his firm already has a profile they can re-install on it. He salvaged my personal stuff through the backend but I still have to re-install all of the software programs. He says it's one of the worst he has seen, called Generic Artemis! Should I be proud? It's the first time I messed things up this bad.