Trojan Horses

So I went to bed last night and my computer was functioning perfectly. I wake up this morning to find that Internet Explorer had put up 3 pop ads. Not good since I have not used that program in weeks. Close them only to see each one open up three more windows. Great adware has installed itself on my computer yet again. Grrrrrr.

Before I leave for work I set my anti virus software to scan for malicious codes and unplug my ethernet cable. I get home and guess what my the scan has revealed. JUST GUESS!

Yep no less than four Trojan Horses have managed to install themselves onto my computer. I tell the software to destroy them and unsurprisingly the software fails. Time to format and reinstall. Woot.

The only thing that makes this a good thing is that while bitching about it at work I find out one of my friends has two copies of Windows Vista. He gives me on of those copies and now my system is running Vista. I love the way it looks but I’m worried about program incompatibility issues.

I will keep you posted.

6 Responses to “Trojan Horses”

  1. darwin Says:

    Ah sure can trust those companies and the unregulated free market eh?

  2. steve Says:

    The solution is federal regulation!

  3. Darwin Says:

    Or else suffering; I don’t deny that dichotomy, you do. Let me know if you find a third option.

  4. steve Says:

    Norton antivirus. Free Markets. Yay!!!!!!!!!

  5. Darwin Says:

    Heh, didn’t you just say that failed to fix it?

  6. steve Says:

    Switched to Avast! for my current setup. Free Markets Yay!!!!!!!!!

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