28 September 2005

A Very Special Update

I might be away for a wee bit. See, somehow my computer has been infected with a nasty little progam. It calls itself Viewpoint and alleges that it can help me with my computer needs. This I doubt for two reasons:
  1. It downloaded itself on my computer without my asking it, which makes it a virus as far as I am concerned, and
  2. It's helpfully taken out my add/remove program function. Insuring I can't uninstall it or, really, anything else.

I am going to reformat my computer, as soon as I can find all of my disks. Until then, I plan to make myself scarce on the internet front. I will be back when I'm back and not before.

This is, of course, when I start getting massive hits and threaten to become famous, only to have it all slip away because I'm gone so long.

So be it.

See you all soon.

3 comments:

hbrennan said...

Hi - What operating system are you using? Maybe I can help...

Henry

BeckoningChasm said...

I assume you've tried booting in Safe Mode?

(I'm guessing Windows, as that one has the Add/Remove function in Control Panel.)

If you have XP, there's a possibility you can use Restore Point in the Control Panel, which restores your system to a previously saved point. Many systems do this automatically.

BeckoningChasm said...

So, you've rebuilt it by now, yes?