# Stupid computer! And stupid me!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-and-stupid-me/455990
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-and-stupid-me/455990 "2008-07-10T16:06:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-and-stupid-me/455990/1 "2008-07-10T16:06:03Z")
I downloaded a virus on my computer Wedensday. Stupid! I should have known that game was bad–don’t quite remember which one it was, so I cant warn–but I downloaded it anyway. And of _course_ it was swarming with viruses. Not only have I got virus alerts from vista security (much more annoying than windows security), but a stupid pseudo-anti spyware virus calling itself Spy Shredder keeps trying to force itself on the computer! Not only that, but the stupid !@#$ing vigilante security has locked me out of the C drive, D drive, network card (and thus the internet (I’m posting this from the library)), even the display for the desktop! About the only good thing is that Norton came up negative.
Advice?
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-and-stupid-me/455990/2 "2008-07-10T16:25:51Z")
Yeah: e-mail a mod and ask to have this moved to General Questions, you’ll be much more likely to get help there than in the Pit.
ETA: because some of the GQ regulars disdain to hang out in the Pit, so they’ll never even see your thread.
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### Author:  [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-and-stupid-me/455990/3 "2008-07-10T19:37:09Z")
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I downloaded a virus on my computer Wedensday. Stupid! I should have known that game was bad–don’t quite remember which one it was, so I cant warn–but I downloaded it anyway. And of _course_ it was swarming with viruses. Not only have I got virus alerts from vista security (much more annoying than windows security), but a stupid pseudo-anti spyware virus calling itself Spy Shredder keeps trying to force itself on the computer! Not only that, but the stupid !@#$ing vigilante security has locked me out of the C drive, D drive, network card (and thus the internet (I’m posting this from the library)), even the display for the desktop! About the only good thing is that Norton came up negative.
Advice?
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if you have a major issue getting online or getting apps to install and have access to another puter you can connect the drive to a functioning PC and scan it from there. Make sure your AV software is up and updated when you do it. The chance of cross contamination is actually fairly small.