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Virus attack

October 3rd, 2011 at 05:55 am

My computer got some nasty virus late last night so I'm using my old computer that switches off when it gets too hot and it doesn't take much for it to get too hot either so I have to keep giving it a break every 10 mins.

Dh tried to figure it out last night. He did managed to save my spreadsheets into a usb stick by using linux (I don't really know how he did it). At least I don't have to worry about trying to figure out all our financial stuff, no way I would remember months worth of info. This is a great reminder that I should be backing up my stuff more often. This was a really bad virus for some reason it hid all my work. And some crazy stuff kept popping up. I was stressing out but luckily DH deal with these kind of stuff at work all the time. He said he has some plan of action but unfortunately it was getting too late for him to fix it last night. He might not get around to it until Tuesday night, we have to go out tonight for DH's birthday. I'm sure he doesn't want to deal with it tonight on his birthday.

In the mail today, I got 2 dividend cheques worth $87 and another dividend worth over $113, this was reinvested (4 extra shares!).





3 Responses to “Virus attack”

  1. MonkeyMama Says:
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    That sucks!

    We don't pay for most our software (settle for the free stuff), but in the last year we started paying for backups. Our stuff is backed up weekly at the least, and the paid service can handle our more complicated set up. But there are plenty of FREE services out there these days. This is a good reminder how important backups can be.

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Was it the Windows Data Restore virus? It sounds like it. One of my friends got smacked hard with that one. It's nasty. Hope you can get it off. Do you have a small fan that you can aim at your computer? We do that with one of our old laptops that heats up and it stops it from doing it. Might give you a bit more time using it.

  3. Shiela Says:
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    Yeah I think that's what it is called. It hides all of Window files but when DH opened it using linux it's all there. It is very nasty, in the end it actually only has a button that says "Buy Now" if you want to get your files back.

    I do have those pad with fan in them. And Dh also installed a software that tells me the core temperature of my computer and when it gets too hot it just takes a break instead of shutting down.

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