We live in the modern age of computers where you just can't live without them! Emailing, checking weather reports, news, staying in contact with friends on Facebook, etc... Well..our computer on Sunday morning got a virus! Called msa.exe. Let me tell you...it is one bad problem. So finally last night after dinner we were tired of having all of these little pop ups from the internet! Sometimes there would be 15 of them on the screen. Someone figured out a way to get into the computer and took control. We have Norton Symantec service. So I get on the technical chat on line help with them (so great...not holding a phone to your ear for hours!) ... we were able to type back and forth about the problem. Well after $99.99 the technician could go in and repair the problem for us. So when his name pops up on the screen as to whom I am typing with....it was a long one. I recognized it as an "indian" name from India (not native american). So I asked...are you in India? Yes, he was. But after an hour and 20 minutes he had cleaned out the insides of our computer and removed that terrible bug and reinstalled Internet Explorer for us. So today we are bug free and not getting any more anoying pop ups. So my advice to all...be careful what email you open! I accidentally hit open instead of delete and hence our problem.
2 comments:
That's pretty scary! Someone used my computer to sign me up to get coupons for shopping (double dipping style). they did use the email I use for everything except personal and I have been going crazy. I am so afraid that I will get something like that while trying to unsubscribe for them! Glad that you got yours straightened out.
Also a little hint, download "firefox" it is an internet browser that will protect you from a lot of virus'. The best part it is FREE. Just google it and download!
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