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 | How To Make Money Removing Viruses And Spyware - Using Totally Free Software.Viruses are getting tougher to remove. Sometimes people need the help of a professional - which creates a perfect business opportunity for you.Article By: Frederick Roth, Computer Consultant |
How Would You Like To Learn The Simple Methods I Use To Completely Remove Viruses And Spyware? (There Is A Little More To It Than Just Running Some Scanning Software.)
You can use this information to start a high-paying business. If you just want to clean and protect your own computer (and maybe your friends' systems), there's some info for you too.
Viruses Are Getting Sneakier All The Time
Virus writers are constantly looking for ways to avoid detection, including disabling firewalls, anti-virus software and spyware removers. That's why many people need the help of a professional consultant to protect them from viruses and spyware.
But that can be expensive. This problem creates a huge demand for people who know how to do this at low cost.
This shows you how to make over $100 per hour by completely removing viruses and spyware, using free software.
Here's Some Free Advice:
If you get lot's of pop-ups and want a faster, safer browsing environment, you can get the Mozilla Firefox browser with the Google Toolbar for FREE. The browser acts and feels a lot like Internet Explorer, but it has not been assaulted very much by viruses and spyware. The Google toolbar has a very good built in pop-up blocker and other handy things. To get it, just click on the banner below. Note: This Requires Win XP or 2000 SP3. This is completely FREE Of Cost and free of spyware.
By the way... thank you for stopping by. This site section is about a downloadable book, plus support service by Frederick Roth, Professional Computer Consultant. I am doing this because I can help many more people online than I could ever do in person. To sum it up, I have worked for three different major computer companies, troubleshooting tough hardware and software problems, plus I've had years of experience supporting and helpingother engineers who fixed computer problems on PC networks, minicomputers and mainframes. I know what I'm doing. I must be doing something right, because I have already seen two copycat books for sale. But neither one of them include my support, or anyone's for that matter. The professional support is the main part of this offer. It may be the difference between success and failure. I also don't know of any software you can buy that suggests ways to not lose all your important data, if things are really bad. Today, The Outrageous Fact Is That Over 90% Of Windows Based Computers Are Infected With Viruses Or Spyware, Or Both. Yes, this is very scary. But, the good news is that it creates a fantastic business opportunity. Or, it's a great thing to learn if you just enjoy helping people. Because of this situation, I routinely make over $100 per hour fixing these problems. The funny thing is, most of the systems I have to straighten out, already have some sort of anti-virus and anti-spyware software installed. This $100 per hour figure is not just another outrageous claim - I do this all the time. On this page I will explain how you can do the same thing. And even if you don't want to get into this business, this page still applies to you, because I tell you the correct ways to disinfect a computer. | |
Any software that you buy is only partially effective to get rid of these problems - that's why it is being constantly updated. II am offering my help to you, to get rid of it all. And, even with my help, this is the lowest cost solution I'm aware of. I've been doing this a long time. This problem is getting so severe , that I have decided to share what I know. I want as many people as possible to understand how to solve this. Between the small (but growing) group of virus writers and the web sites and software that install spyware, no one is safe. When you are connected to the internet, hackers have software that allows them to find your computer and install all sorts of nasty things. If you have a firewall installed that notifies you of intrusion attempts, you will be amazed at how quickly they show up and how often they happen. And it even happens on dial-up connections. You can have viruses and spyware on you system without any obvious symptoms. The system may run a bit slower, but you may not notice at first. After infection by several different viruses or spy programs, a computer slows way down. | |
Some spyware produces frequent pop-ups or even changes what people see when they surf the web. One thing that bothers me is that - these hackers spend such huge amounts of time writing software to do this damage to total strangers. It's kind of like on-line vandalism. | |
Every Day, Many People Consider A Difficult Decision: They may not know that an anti-virus program only fixes some of the problems - and that's if it's kept up to date. Many people do not bother renewing their subscriptions, which makes their software useless. Spyware is another issue: some of it contains certain kinds of viruses that anti-virus programs generally do not detect. The computer may only be two or three years old. Still, they may feel that their computer is not worth keeping if they have to spend too much on software . And if they hire a computer professional to clean up the mess, it can cost even more. Because professionals usually use the programs (Anti-virus, Spyware Remover, And Possibly a Firewall), that they (or their stores) sell, it's easily possible to have to pay $100-$150 for the software and another $100 (or more) to have it installed and set up. And - all of the most commonly used software, charges an annual fee for it's updates. Usually, you have to pay this fee 90 days after you buy the software. | |
Even if you are already a professional, you could be losing lots of business, because of the prices you have to charge for software. Using free software greatly increases your market. Since this cost decision is a common problem for many people and businesses, it creates an ideal business opportunity. And - you don't have to be a computer expert to perform a valuable service. Many more people would consider paying you $75 or more, once, rather than buying a new computer, or paying maybe $150 to $250 to clean up and protect their system. Because I'll show you how to check for additional problems (and fix them) using the software as a tool, you can actually do a better job than the most expensive software. And there's one more added bonus: All The Updates Are Free! Even if you're not interested in doing this professionally, this information can be used to disinfect your own computer, plus you can help everyone you know. But be careful - after the word gets out that you know how to do this, you can imagine how popular you'll be. You may have to charge something to keep yourself from being swamped with favor seekers. |
Did you know?
- Simple little downloads you do to add a feature to your computer (like Weatherbug, which puts the temperature and weather in your system tray) can slow a system way down.
- If you download music from mp3 sharing sites it can give hackers a wide open door to your personal information.
- The average life of an unprotected system on the internet is 16 minutes according to various surveys done by anti-virus software companies.
- The emails you receive (even from people you know) can be infected with viruses.
- Viruses can send infected emails from your computer to all of your mailing list, with your name on it.
- If you're running ant-virus software alone, it usually does not keep your system from becoming infected. It may detect the virus after your system is already compromised. A firewall is required to make your system invisible to hackers. The spyware program I recommend also can keep your system from becoming infected with viruses before they do damage.
- With the most popular paid software, all you can do is run a scan and hope for the best. The free software has additional features that allows you to get rid of many problems interactively, so you know everything is fixed. It even gives you detailed information on what it finds.
- Most of the windows XP systems I have cleaned do not have the firewall enabled. Many people don't even know how to turn it on.
I ran into my first virus-infected system around 1995. It made programs larger and larger, taking more time to load each time they were run. I remember wondering what kind of idiot would waste his time creating something to annoy people he didn't even know.
If you want to read a horror story of what can happen to an unprotected system, Click Here If you have a pop-up blocker, hold the shift (or ctrl) key down, because this opens in a new window.
The real tragedy is that Steve lost most of his precious data. If I had known him at the time, I might have been able to help him save it.
| " I wish I knew (about this) the day when my computer got hit by the worst spyware that destroyed about 90% of my files. " "I give this (book) a 2 Thumbs Up!" Steve Dimeck A Link to Steve's Review: Here |
There are three free software packages
I have been using to cure this problem for quite a while. I like using them, in particular, (especially the free spyware remover), because there are some things you can do in addition to just running the programs and letting them search for problems.
This allows me to make sure that every trace of this scumware is removed. A note: Two of them charge a small fee for business computers, but they are still a better deal than anything else around. The free Anti-virus I use offers a free update service.
So does the free Spyware remover and the free Firewall.
Anti-virus software is TOTALLY USELESS unless it is updated frequently. Most viruses you pick up are new.
One thing I do, is use some windows utilities as a tool to shut down most viruses and spyware before installing the software.
Some people throw out computers because they are running so slow. In a few weeks or months, their new computers are running just as slow.
These problems have to be dealt with right now. Before the computer completely crashes and everything is lost.
Viruses are capable of pretty much anything their twisted authors can conceive. Many times they corrupt the hard drive to the point that the system will not boot at all.
When you get to that point, you may have to re-partition and reformat your hard drive. Anything you have on the system may be lost, unless you have backups. And the backups could even be corrupted.
You can find lots of products on the Internet that claim to do the job. But I have yet to find any software that gets rid of all the problems by itself, every time.
Just installing any protection software is not enough. I have a lot of experience, but it still took me quite a while to learn the little tricks that are needed to set this software up correctly. This includes disabling some viruses before downloading or installing any software. Some viruses disable the protection software.
Some of these worms and viruses seem to repeatedly re-install themselves if you don't get everything out of the system. And it's even more dangerous if you are always connected to the Internet with a high-speed link.
All of this is why I decided to share this information by writing a book.
The title is "How To Completely Remove Viruses And Spyware Using Totally Free Software". Plus, I just added a members-only companion website, where you can get free support from both me and the other members.
This book you can download right away gives you all the details of the correct procedure to download and install the Spyware Remover, Anti-Virus, and Firewall.
It also gives you step-by-step instructions for removing some of the major viruses and Spyware that slow down your system, before you install any software. And then it has another step-by-step with screenshots for identifying and removing viruses that run when your system starts up.
I also know that it is difficult if not impossible to install any software when your system is running so slow. That's the reason I do some manual cleaning first. It also minimizes the chance of your downloads being infected. (My downloadable book is in Adobe PDF format - which is very safe)
One of my favorite things is getting feedback from someone whom I helped:
"I just wanted to take a moment to tell you that I am TOTALLY satisfied
thus far with the advice that I bought from you. I have not had any
pop ups or viruses and its great. My computer is running smoothly and
I don't feel as apprehensive about getting on the net anymore.
Just wanted to thank you!!"
So, I asked her if I could use her letter on this page. Her response was:
" I really felt I needed to email you because the help I got from you exceeded my
expectations. Since it was not that expensive one worries that it will
be useless information- but I followed everything you said to do and
my computer and I thank you for it! (by the way, feel free to use any
of this in your testimonial section as well :) ) So far so great!"
Caroline K.
Maryland, USA
I was told that it may not be a good idea to be giving this information out, at any price, (because I am giving away some of the secrets of how I earn my living), but I feel that there is such a large market for this, it won't affect my own business very much. Also, I have decided to keep the price low at first to get the information out to as many people as possible.
Because of increasing demands on my time, there is no way I will be able to offer this package at anywhere near this price in the future. I hope you understand I'm serious abut this.
There's really a limitless market for people who know how to do this.
For a very limited time this package is available for only $69.95 This includes the book, plus a members only site for extra information, tips and my personal support, if you need help..
Many members-only sites for various professionals, charge a fee like this, or even more per month. If you get this package now, you will never be charged again.
If you just download and install the best free software, it will probably get rid of 90% or better of the problems you encounter. The other 10% (and the correct sequence to install the software) is what my book (and support) covers.
It also discusses how to set up Internet Explorer, so that it allows you to visit sites that the spyware blocker may prohibit. Not all sites that place cookies on your system are bad. But the spyware software is very picky.
I learned these techniques over a period of time, through real experience with tricky problems. Now, for most problems, I just follow the same procedures that are listed, step-by-step in the book. You can too.
I like camping. While staying at a small campground recently, the conversation with some fellow campers drifted into the topic of computer problems. When you know how to get rid of viruses and spyware it's kind of like being a doctor. As soon as people know you are a computer consultant, they start asking questions. Many people at this particular campground had their sites for the entire season. And they had internet service. One camper lived near the campground and had four computers (all infected). Another camper asked me to look at his system because his screen was red. He had a problem with his monitor, but also, using the techniques mentioned in my book, I did a quick check for viruses without installing any software. Sure enough, his system was infected. I ended up making a total of $375 while I was vacationing.
You can easily pay for this by just doing one virus cleaning job. You will probably make a profit (Unless you charge way below the going rate). (It usually takes 1-3 hours to do a complete cleaning and you can make $25 to over $100 per hour, if you do several systems at once).
The lowest cost computer consultants in my area charge $25 per hour. Even they can make $100 per hour by cleaning 4 systems at once in their home or office. This isn't hard to do, because a lot of time is spent by the software scanning for viruses and spyware.
While one system is scanning, you can be installing on another.
And the book even tells you how to market your new skills.
I'm a computer guy, not a businessman. The price for this is going up very soon. I simply cannot afford to offer my support at this price for very long. For the next few days only I'm leaving it at $69.95, then all bets are off, as the membership grows.
One other thing. To let you know how much I think you will like this information, I am offering a full NO QUESTIONS ASKED 8 week money back guarantee. (See if you can do that with any software you buy.)
If you are dissatisfied for any reason, just let me know within 8 weeks and I will immediately give you a full refund. Of course, if you do this, you will not receive future updates to the book, or any more support.
You also will be given a free membership to my members only site which has a security and virus related news feed, a message board where you can post questions and get help, plus links to other information and resources (including an email address to get support directly from me)- if you happen to run into a tough problem.
I want this book to be improved frequently. Your feedback will help make this book even better.
Bonus #1
| Bonus! I have a very good book called "A Beginners Guide To Starting A High Income Business On The Internet". This is an excellent source of information for people who want to start making their living from the internet. From the quality of the content, this book is easily worth $49.95 , but I'm giving it away free when you purchase my book. And you have the rights to give it or sell it to anyone you want.
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| Bonus #2 Anti-virus and Anti-Spyware Members-Only Site.
| A resource for you, with news feeds about new infections and cures, a page with other resources you can use to help solve problems, a message board to post questions and get answers. Plus it has suggestions for making the most money in this business. And of course the latest version of the eBook for download at any time. |
| Bonus #3 New Section On Computer Cleaning: How And Why | This shows you the right way to clean the dust and dirt out of your computer, without doing damage. Lack of proper air circulation can cause many flaky problems, or even complete hardware failure. There are some things you should know before grabbing the vacuum and spray cleaner. Books on this subject alone are being marketed for $29.95 and up. This can also be performed as a paid service. By itself, this can be a very lucrative business. |
| Bonus #4 New Section: How To Correctly Back Up Computers. | Yet another crazy thing I have noticed is that most people hardly ever backup their computers. It's unrealistic to think that you will never have a hardware failure, or some new virus that destroys your data. The recommendations in this section will help insure that important data is not lost. When you do a cleaning - or virus and spyware removal, you should tell your customers about this. |
| Bonus #5 New Section: Customer Relations | Knowing how to deal with customers may be the single most important thing to know in any business. I have extensive experience (and training) in this. This can help get you working with a new point of view. The kind that gets business by word of mouth. |
| Bonus #6 Hardware Troubleshooting Support | New! I've been helping people troubleshoot system problems for many years. I actually have been helping people who purchased the book already anyway, but I thought it would be better to actually mention that it's included. If you have any problem with your system, I will help you solve it. Sometimes it's difficult to tell whether you have a hardware problem or a virus. |
I am throwing in these bonuses for free to make this an easy decision. I want as many people as possible to know how to get rid of these problems. Maybe if enough people know how to undo the damage these idiots cause, they'll get bored and try doing something else for fun.
Remember:
- There was quite a bit of time spent (several years), testing and using the free software that is recommended in this book. It's all top quality.
- There was even more time and experience necessary to learn to use the programs correctly, so that every trace of the spyware and viruses were removed.
- This book is written so that a person with average knowledge of the use of Windows(TM) can use the information.
- When you buy the book, updates to the book are free.
- In the very near future, I plan to charge for membership to the resource site. It's probably going to be a lot of work answering people's questions. But if you get in now, it will always be free.
- Are you sick of having your computer run snail slow? It's almost always because of Spyware.
- Worried that your personal information could be sent to some net criminals?
- Annoyed that someone can know your browsing habits?
- Disgusted with the hundreds of pop-ups?
- Did you know that many popular free downloads are actually Spyware? Some of them are really nasty. Kids download all sorts of things that infect systems.
- Do you know other people that have the same problems?
- Do you frequently see computers sitting in the trash or in cheap garage sales? Spyware may be why.
- Do you want to FIGHT BACK?
- For years to come, the members only-site will be available to you to get help with tough problems.
- For the price of a video game or a cheap dinner for two, you can start a new career.
- My fingers are getting tired from all of this typing.
Just installing software to fight this problem is usually not enough. As I mentioned before, many of the systems I remove viruses and spyware from, already have anti-virus and anti-spyware software installed.
You really need to know some advanced techniques to get rid of all the problems. So, why bother installing another program if you're not sure it will fix the problem?
With the book, plus support from the members-only site, plus my personal support, we can resolve all the problems you have.
Frederick....I'm going to be using your techniques this Thursday on a customer's PC....just to say a big thank you for a great ebook; information and refreshingly, customer support!
Andy'
NEW! One more bonus! The system registry in windows is a big database that holds much of the configuration information for both the hardware and software.
When things are installed on the system, this huge file can become bloated with unnecessary information, much of which is only used once for the installation. This can slow a system way down. I have seen registry cleaners alone selling for $39.95. I am including a link to get one of the best ones I've seen, absolutely free!
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- Instead of spending over one hundred dollars per system for software alone, plus maybe $50 per year per system for updates, you spend 69.95 once. And I help you make sure the problems are really gone.
- This is a great opportunity. Just blow the dust off your credit card or checkbook and make a positive move. You'll be thanking the virus and spyware writers like I do!
We can do this together! With the information in this book, the free software I recommend, plus my help, you can do a much better job than anyone who just buys the most expensive software and hopes that it fixes the problem.
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The book is instantly downloadable in PDF format, which can be viewed on just about any computer. Even if you have a dialup connection, this book should load in just a few minutes. To view PDF documents, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Most systems already have this installed. If you don't have Acrobat Reader you can download it FREE here.
UPDATE! I found another PDF reader that is a much smaller download, starts much faster and works as well as Adobe Acrobat Reader. It's called the Foxit Reader. It's about a 1 megabyte download. It's also FREE. Click here.
You can be using this book and solving problems in just a couple of minutes. It is available at any time - even 3 AM. If you hate spyware as much as I do -
Start Protecting Computers Right Away.
Even if you don't do this to make money, your friends and family will think you're a genius when you help them.
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Hey! I just realized that if you've gotten this far, you haven't decided to do this yet!
Don't forget -
- You have a 8 weeks to decide whether you wish to keep it or not. I'm betting you will. If you don't want to keep it, just let me know and I'll give you a full refund. (This guarantee is backed-up by ClickBank)
- The free bonus material on how to make money by installing and using this software. It even includes a checklist you can give to your customer after completing the job.
- The two other free bonuses on starting an internet business.
- Free updates to the book as new information becomes available.
- This book covers Internet Explorer settings also, which can make you system much less vulnerable to attack.
- Just installing any anti-virus or anti-spyware software is not enough. Some things you must do by hand. The methods are in this book. And paid software does not let you do this.
- Learn the things you need to do before installing any anti-virus or anti-spyware software.
- The membership site for anti-virus and spyware help is live right now. It has news feeds about viruses and spyware, plus links to some great resources. It also has a board where you can post questions and receive some good tips. For a very limited time, lifetime membership in this site is free with the purchase of this book.
- You do not have to be an experienced computer person to follow the instructions in this book. It is written with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. I do however, recommend that you have some experience before you try to market your skills to people you don't know. If you have no experience, you can help out friends and family to practice these procedures first.
- If you don't like reading on a computer screen, you can print the book first.
- If you take an infected system to a store, they may just re-format your hard drive and re-install Windows. You can lose everything. I help you save all of the data, whenever possible.
This is a great business opportunity! Click here to get started.
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One last thing: There was quite a bit of reading on this page. Thank you for staying with me. I sincerely want to help as many people as possible. I really appreciate your interest in this. If you truly can't afford to sign up for this yet, {Or if you're still skeptical), You have one other option:
You can get the book and a trial membership to the support site for 8 weeks for $34.95. Updates to the book will be limited to the same trial period. During this time, if you have any questions, or need support, I will go out of my way to help you resolve any problems. And I will give you the opportunity to upgrade to a lifetime membership after you try this for a while. Of course, this still carries the 8 week money back guarantee.
One of the bonus books will be available for download on the site - "A Beginners Guide To Starting A High Income Business On The Internet".
Also, at this price, you will not receive the link to the free registry cleaner I recommend.
Order the 56 day trial membership and book for $34.95 now. I am offering this trial for the next few days to see what the response is. After that, all bets are off. Click here to get the 8 week trial for only $34.95.
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Hey all you people watch out for something like this in case it happens to you.
Yesterday I recieved an email that looked like this
From: < john PUSSYPATTER @ MINDSAY.COM
I split the address so^^ ^ that it would not make a link
Any way it is an email that looked like I had put
IF YOU GET ONE OF THESE "SPAM IT" WITHOUT OPENING IT BECAUSE IF YOU OPEN IT = IT WILL INSTALL A DIALER ON YOUR PC
A DIALER WILL USE YOUR MODEM TO CONNECT TO A TOLL NUMBER AND MAKE CALLS THAT ARE CHARGED TO YOUR PHONE !
That can fuck with your phone bill big time by letting some hacker make international calls on your phone number without you knowing it.
I have the MICROSOFT ANTISPYWARE thing installed on my pc and it caught that dialer for me. thats like the fourth or fifth one in two mounths.
Pass the word around to everyone that you know. You can get the microsoft spyware killing thing by loging onto microsoft.com and downloading it for free.
Your virus scanner "WILL NOT "catch these dialers.
Thanks
WENDY
It started over a year ago. The first indication was the network slowing - then, several of the more popular websites were hacked. How a keylogger program became installed - well, I have my suspicions. I did some research and found an online computer repair company. Rather than take all the computers in or call a technician to the office, I figured I’d roll the dice.
I was very pleased an hour later. Remotely, the company found, killed and then restored - for a single - very reasonable price - my computer. Heck, I signed up with for year which included tuning and optimizing all computers. For the next year, every once a while, we went online and the company remotely scanned and optimized.
The year was great - but, not having had any recurrences, I let the contract lapse. Six months later, I did it this time. In an effort to improve broadcast sound quality - I did something stupid. I disable the firewall and virus protection. Really, it should have been okay. I had I remembered to re-activate the programs. The next day - we were slammed.
My fault. I contacted the remote technicians. This time - same great service, but the Trojan had burrowed deep into a single machine. It took longer - but they were able to restore everything. I was so pleased, I told the technician via chat that I would be blogging about my satisfaction; and, link to them. This honest guy says, “You ought to just become an affiliate.”
That was an easy decision. Over the last 18 months I have referred dozens of people to them - each one was as satisfied as I was. I never imagined I could become an affiliate. Because of my websites, I am an affiliate with several companies. None was this easy - nor, do I have such a personal connection. I signed up, they created a page - at no cost to me. I then registered a domain, pointed to the sub-domain they had created - and, well I am in business.
There is one last cool part - I can sign up people to be affiliates and - well, get a small commission of the people they refer. Can you imagine - all the people, all the computers, all the knotheads creating viruses - now I can make a little money helping people clean their machines!
First, if your machine is infected, or slow, I strongly recommended these technicians - it’s done remotely and very cool to watch your cursor move on its own. Second, if you would like be an affiliate - that’s right, make money with computer viruses, I encourage to click on the link and sign up!
www.computerrepair-online.com
If you scroll down, on the right hand bottom you will see a link to become an affiliate.
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Ach, it's been too long.
Indeed, I shall now explain the reason of the massive gap of blogs - and the reason I now don't really feel motivated to continue my blog... (Although, I will try.)
My PC contacted a BEASTY virus.
The type of virus that:
- Brought up constant porn sites
- Brought up links to www.viagra.com when I wasn't even ON the internet
- Destroyed my system restore points
- Stopped my antivirus from working
- Continually brought up the offer of a fake antivirus
- Continually brought up adverts and fake scans of the goddamned System Pro Plus
- Ate my boot up files
- Ate them again after I re-installed them with the Windows XP disc
The only way to solve it was indeed, to format my PC.
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I had to go over a week without my internet.
Serious withdrawl symptoms set in - because you don't realise what you've got until it's not there anymore.
This was bad timing - I'd recently started playing Super Mario Galaxy and Paper Mario - games that I would need the odd bit of help from GameFAQs.
I'd also re-opened my account on Facebook - and gotten slightly buzzed on it and its many wonderful features.
I also continued getting the urge to play Guitar Hero - and I refuse to play it solo if my scores won't send to the Community. (Of course, I had no Wi-Fi connection)
I had no contact with Ashleigh - and that's weird, because she's actually started coming on MSN more often.
And naturally, I couldn't update my blog.
I declined the offer that Shelly offered - for her to post blank blogs.
I felt too depressed to be bothered updating them afterwards.
Nothing at all worth mentioning has happened the past week anyway.
Either way - Shelly was round at my house four times in one week.
It was a lot of Shelly. :D
She tried for endless hours to fix my PC - trying numerous re-installs and booting from discs, but nothing seemed to work.
Apparently she was stressing out over it so much, it disturbed her sleep patterns.
Dad rang up Dell, and they sent us some discs in the post, a week later.
This was a day that Shelly had been round, and when dad managed to get the internet working within a few seconds - trying something Shelly hadn't thought of - she was more than a little bit devvoed. :)
But in effect, the format of my PC is both a good thing and a bad thing...
- I need to re-do my iTunes...
- I've lost a lot of videos that I hadn't backed up...
- All of mam's photos from her digital camera have gone...
- I've lost all of my wavs and most of my wav mixes...
But...
- My PC runs a lot faster...
- It boots up a lot faster...
- It's an excuse to re-do my iTunes and sort the gaps before they appear...
- I've gotten rid of the beasty virus...
- I've gotten rid of a lot of old shite that I didn't need...
- I've gotten rid of all the other problems that occured...
- It was an excuse to install some shiny new software...
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I just need to get myself back motivated to update this blog every day. Hmmm...
Now I've finished this, I feel just like I'd never lost the internet.
Fucking weird.
Today would have been interesting if it ended in an eight hour shift in the computer lab like every Tuesday. Even so, I'm going to skip much of the interesting morning and afternoon and move right into what took the place of the eight hour shift.
One of my classes has, as part of its course outline, mandatory attendance of the UVU dance labs, which are more like mini, inter-class competitions. I do not dance. Theoretically I was supposed to do the quickstep. I don't know the quickstep. So this was stressing me out all morning. The dance lab began at 7:00. I work from 3:00 to 11:00. I managed to get Peggy to cover for me from 7:00 to...whenever I got back to relieve her so she could catch a last minute bus home.
So Peggy was in the lab when I arrived at three, and stayed with me through my shift, doing homework mostly. She also began to witness strange, unexplainable phenomena in the computer system. The first mysterious error message arose in the color printer. This may or may not have even been related. The next message was actually a series of virus reports in the Lab Assistant machine. This was strange. I rebooted the computer, which does reset it to the identical frozen state every time. Every time. Always. Without fail. But the virus reports came back with every login, and soon were fowling up the computer's interaction with the network. I asked Darel, my dad, and David how these viruses could possibly survive reboot. They all had the same answer: they can't. But they did.
The problems did not end there. Soon the entire lab was acting up. Every fourth computer was having network-related issues. Refusing to log on, freezing when logging on and using the internet. Soon the printer wasn't working. Ah, yes, but I am getting ahead of myself.
It's 6:52. I get a call from the greenhouse lab, reporting the same errors, but less severe and significantly delayed from the loft's issues. I had to abandon Peggy to go to the dance lab. I had no idea what to expect, but the situation was clear. Darel had gone home. So had Dave, and my dad was somewhere else. I was in charge, if by no other authority than by my seniority and expertise. I took charge...but I was in a dance lab. I was in and out. Thank heavens the judges noticed that...well...I didn't know the quickstep, and so I was eliminated in the first round.
I ran back to the labs to check on everyone. Soon after I arrived in the loft, every single computer was toast. They wouldn't log on. The internet was completely unresponsive. There was an error message for every occasion. My language is not strong enough. The lab had become completely unusable. The Loft lab had crashed.
A number of phonecalls assured me that there were no such errors in the Library, so we sent the students there and shut down the Loft. Because the only way to make the Lab Assistant computer even FUNCTION was to disconnect it from the network, I had to shut the computers down manually. I got the leave from my teacher to take off from the dance lab so long as I made it back to sign the roll. I shut the computers down, closed the lab, and put signs on the door directing students to the fishbowl, which I immediately reopened. I am there now. There aren't any computer issues yet, but if this is what I think it is - a network worm programmed to crash the entirety of campus - it will only be a matter of time. Already I'm seeing signs of this computer lagging. I'm going to go to the greenhouse to check on its state of affairs.
You know, despite the absolute NIGHTMARE this has been, it has been interesting. Different. Even fun! A challenge. I was presented a challenge and I got to step up to the plate and make things happen. It kind of reminds me when the studio flooded. No superior was around. I was expected to take charge and I did. I'm not especially pleased with myself or proud that I did a good job or anything - though I think I did perform well - it's mostly just that I was glad to have a challenge. Something new. And very weird (my dad had no idea what was happening). In a world of eight hours of non-stop staring at a computer screen, this was a very interesting day.
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