It was the essence of frustration as I would seem to no sooner have removed the virus than it would pop right back up on my computer. Literally fuming as a much needed day of homework (homework that required the very computer in question) I stormed around from computer to computer in my house making sure that the virus wasn't coming to me through the network.
Mom's faced a problem as the Anti-virus software had long expired, but I was able to at least scan it in part and set her's and dad's computer (which though being old was kept well up to date) to the time-consuming task. And then, in a stroke of unmitigated fortune, I found the source: Emily's laptop.
Oh, yes! It was dear, sweet, little sister Emily's laptop that was sending it's deadly pathogen through my beloved network. It had fortunately only found a home on my main computer (which is by far the most resilient to such things) and had for a very short time found it's way to my laptop (though I crushed it swiftly and without mercy). The cause, you ask? No virus protection. ooops. After quickly rectifying that slight oversight, and 1346 occurrences of this virus later, Emily's laptop was freed from its horrid grasp and my computer soon was free too.
Sadly, the problem continues as it turns out Emily received it from some random dude on campus. I suspect through iTunes. We sent him a message telling him to get an Anti-virus program (such as my personal favorite, Norton Anti-virus) but have yet to hear back.
Though her laptop is more or less back up to snuff, I fear my main computer was a little worse from the wear and took me much of this past Friday to get it back to a point of stability again (i.e. to a point where it didn't randomly crash). Though I have found I am missing a few programs after this nasty little virus.
sad times. sad times
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