Sweet Catastrophe

This is the most godawful thing ever. Of course this virus is new and there aren’t any actual fixes around yet.

If you get anything on your computer regarding XP Security Center and you have not specifically downloaded XP Security Center, you may now panic and have a mental and emotional breakdown.

Of course, I’ve done well in my life. This is my first actual virus issue. It’s pissing me off that obviously it’s my fault, but in my defense, Thursday night I ran the updates for my comp, which included a number of security updates, so seeing the Security Center didn’t send up any red flags at the time.

Running any sort of antivirus, spyware, or adware programs automatically restarts the system. I can’t save any new files whatsoever. I’m talking, I can’t even right-click and save a picture! Even more lovely, it has removed the option from EVERY possible place on the computer to view hidden files. In the Control Panel, I don’t even have a Folder Options icon anymore!!

I’ve backed up what I can, but of course, I have to open EVERY folder and click each individual file to copy it–It’s the closest I can get to being sure I’m not just copying corrupt files, so of course, I can’t save everything.

Brandell recently dealt with a virus of the same family, so Ryan’s taking from him the program they used to get rid of it. If that doesn’t work, Ryan has a computer guy who should be able to take care of it and still keep my files intact.

I hope that works. I really don’t want to start from scratch, but if I have to, I’ve somewhat come to terms with it.

It’s honestly pushed me to the point of tears. What a way to spend my semi-weekend off.

I’m on Ryan’s computer right now. It’s just luck that he brought it home Thursday night to get some files from me. So excuse any typos please; there’s no spellcheck on his browser and I’m just too distracted to notice, really.

I just wanna scream. A lot.