Holy Hannah
Jun. 21st, 2009 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kassidy62So. My laptop died last week, right. At first the computer guys said they should be able to get the old info for me, but no dice - it seems something physical was wrong with the hard drive and it frozenated two of their computers when they tried to get the info off. So, total loss. I'd backed up almost everything I wanted to save (somehow I forgot my wallpapers and backgrounds, sob) two months ago, and luckily was able to save the stuff I'd been writing on because I email it to myself all the time (what? is that weird?).
The hubby let me use his laptop for the 5 days it took me to get the laptop back with a new hard drive in it. And do you know what I did? I managed to get him a virus that LAID WASTE TO HIS LAPTOP. AVG can't get rid of it (it freezes up). There's some tech guys out there somewhere who can evidently get rid of it but doing it is time consuming at best and useless at worst. I found a page that tells you what to do - it involves lots of steps and I can't even understand the instructions. Dave took it to the computer shop and they said most likely they'll have to wipe out his hard drive.
Me. I did this. Gah.
The threats AVG listed all were imbedded in the Systems 32 folders and were called SKYNET. I tried to ferret them out with my limited capabilities but no go. So watch out. It'll eat your computer alive.
Anyway, Dave said he doesn't have anything on there he really wants to save. My youngest daughter had a story on there she wanted to save, but luckily I saw it on there while I was using it and sent it to myself via email a day or two ago, thinking she's want me to post it on her webpage for her. ("Weird Hamsters in Love" is the title - look for it in your bookstores one day.)
I'm Black Death. I feel really bad for Dave. Not to mention the years I'll get of, "Remember that time you wiped out my laptop?" So if you see me coming, hiding your tech? Not a bad idea.
The hubby let me use his laptop for the 5 days it took me to get the laptop back with a new hard drive in it. And do you know what I did? I managed to get him a virus that LAID WASTE TO HIS LAPTOP. AVG can't get rid of it (it freezes up). There's some tech guys out there somewhere who can evidently get rid of it but doing it is time consuming at best and useless at worst. I found a page that tells you what to do - it involves lots of steps and I can't even understand the instructions. Dave took it to the computer shop and they said most likely they'll have to wipe out his hard drive.
Me. I did this. Gah.
The threats AVG listed all were imbedded in the Systems 32 folders and were called SKYNET. I tried to ferret them out with my limited capabilities but no go. So watch out. It'll eat your computer alive.
Anyway, Dave said he doesn't have anything on there he really wants to save. My youngest daughter had a story on there she wanted to save, but luckily I saw it on there while I was using it and sent it to myself via email a day or two ago, thinking she's want me to post it on her webpage for her. ("Weird Hamsters in Love" is the title - look for it in your bookstores one day.)
I'm Black Death. I feel really bad for Dave. Not to mention the years I'll get of, "Remember that time you wiped out my laptop?" So if you see me coming, hiding your tech? Not a bad idea.
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Date: 2009-06-21 05:01 pm (UTC)I'm so there. I used to use Yahoo Briefcase, too, but they've axed that. Email attachments are a pretty safe bet for survival.
"I found a page that tells you what to do"
I've used in the past the Major Geeks website, through which I found a program called HiJackThis that takes you, step by step, through processes to eliminate Trojans and the like... There's quite a lot of people on the MajorGeeks Help Forum who've run into SkyNet, it seems - maybe some help here (http://majorgeeks.com/google_search.html?domains=MajorGeeks.com&q=skynet&sitesearch=MajorGeeks.com&client=pub-6960825562757852&forid=1&channel=6517887233&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23003300%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23665522%3BVLC%3A78B749%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3Acccc99%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A11593C%3BLC%3A11593C%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A940F04%3BGIMP%3A940F04%3BLH%3A0%3BLW%3A0%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmajorgeeks.com%2FEric%2F404.gif%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmajorgeeks.com%3BLP%3A1%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en&x=0&y=0)? (http://www.majorgeeks.com/) ()
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Date: 2009-06-23 03:21 am (UTC)you're welcome :-)
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Date: 2009-06-21 05:01 pm (UTC)on edit: I have an external hard drive. That baby has saved my sanity in more ways than one. I can't live without it.
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Date: 2009-06-21 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 05:09 pm (UTC)Seriously. I killed my laptop, started using my sister's, and may have killed hers, too. In the last month I also managed to break my iPod, because I am just that special. So uh, I FEEL YOU.
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Date: 2009-06-21 06:12 pm (UTC)Ugh.
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Date: 2009-06-21 05:32 pm (UTC)*goes forthwith to back-up laptop*
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Date: 2009-06-21 06:11 pm (UTC)Also, I iz loozer. But I wear my membership badge to the LOOZER CLUB proudly. I am prez:)
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Date: 2009-06-21 06:30 pm (UTC)Bad luck, babes-you've had a run of really bad luck. T'is not you, but the universe being its usual capricious self.
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Date: 2009-06-21 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 08:11 pm (UTC)Maybe we can get Dave a little driver's cap...
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Date: 2009-06-21 08:30 pm (UTC)(And no, you *can't* touch my laptop. Kindly avoid even looking in my general direction, pls) ;)
Seriously, that royally sucks. I use google docs as a secondary home for my fics, and try to backup the laptop files to flash drive regularly. Emailing to yourself is good too; whatever you remember to do is what will work best.
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Date: 2009-06-23 03:19 am (UTC)It could have been worse. Having backed it up two months ago was pretty good for me. But I'm still being all obsessive and trying to get everything back that I lost - I'm a little insane that way.
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Date: 2009-06-23 04:54 am (UTC):::clutches laptop to bosom and hides under bed:::
XD
Can't blame you for trying to recover stuff. I'd do the same. Just don't go nucking futs doing it.
:::waves at you from under bed:::