MIA Again?
By Maggs
@maggs224 (2320)
Alicante, Spain
March 16, 2016 7:33pm CST
I haven't been around much lately so just in case you were wondering why, you have to wonder no more. I thought I would write a quick post to tell you why I have been MIA.
I have had a virus that knocked me out completely. Before I gain too much sympathy, I hasten to add that it was only a debilitating computer virus.
The long and the short of this sad little tale is that it involved a complete taking down of my computer. I had to reformat my whole laptop and I had to start off from scratch again.
The first thing I did after reformatting was to install AVG. I did this so that I could make sure that I didn't bring the virus back onto the laptop.
Fortunately I managed to save most of my files to another hard drive. Not a quick process and I am now I am slowly putting everything back in place.
I am also having to re-install all my software which is proving to be a bit of a pain. Because of the virus on my laptop I have been paranoid about passing the blessed virus on to someone else. Because of the virus I have not been in touch with folks nor uploading or downloading stuff.
When I keep saying I am, what I really should be saying is my son is doing. So it seems like my star of a son has come to my rescue once again. Thankfully he has dealt with my computer problems and me a clean slate.
I am now back on my laptop and back to normal, well as normal as it gets where I am concerned.
Hopefully you might now be seeing me around a little more.
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16 responses
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
4 Apr 16
bless yer heart, i so despise those puter viruses. think those folks who invent 'em ought to be tarred'n feathered. the son here's my go-to fella's well when i get'n way o'er my head. 'course, i gotta watch him closely these days coz he's quick to jest wipe out the harddrive 'n start all anew. impatience i say, 's most times schtuff can be cleared'p without all that...
hope that'cher still remainin' virus free, hon. i'm way 'hind it seems yet 'gain. big hugs 'n love!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
4 Apr 16
@maggs224 oh dear! windows 10 updated itself to this laptop last friday whilst i was out feedin' horses. i'd left the puter'n coz i was 'xpectin' somebody to send me'n email (which they didn't, lol) 'n when i returned, 'twas already'n the process. i feared shuttin' it down 'n had nary a clue how to stop't. 'twas alright the first day, the screen'd jest blink near constant. by late saturday though, the puter'd not start 'xcept fer a black screen. f2 helped 'til sunday morn 'n then i'd the need fer full safe mode to get'er runnin'. finally got the dang thingy restored back to windows 7, thank the stars. i hope that'cha get yerself back'p 'n runnin' soon, hon. big hugs!! i know how frustratin' all that can be!
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
5 Apr 16
@crazyhorseladycx I am back up again got quite a bit of my stuff back on, but still got a ways to go before it is sorted properly.
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Apr 16
It all went to pot again but I am once again in the process of putting everything back on the laptop once again. My son re-installed a new version of windows for me about an hour ago. Lets hope this time everything works properly especially me lol...
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
17 Mar 16
good of your son to help you out. i know how it feels going through the whole process. i was supporting dell computers before and i stayed for hours over the phone when one needs to be reformatted.
and i think the name of the antivirus is AVG.
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
18 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt Even better it is free lol...
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
18 Mar 16
Yeeyyy.. i'll be pleased to see you back on here again...
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Apr 16
I'm glad you got that taken care of. I had AVG at one time, but it didn't work for me. It always scanned when I was working on it and I couldn't do anything on the computer until the scan was complete and sometimes that took 3 hours. I have Avast and it works in the background and doesn't disrupt anything.
You might consider Dropbox for your files. I have that and it's awesome. It's an online storage site. It's also free.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Apr 16
@maggs224 I worked a shift where I was on the computer in the early morning hours and that's when AVG wanted to do it's scan. After a while of putting up with it, I had enough and looked for another option. Avast is a 5 star antivirus program. I've now had it for so many years, I've lost count.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
17 Mar 16
I'm glad your son was able to fix it for you and I am glad your able to be here again. =)
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
17 Mar 16
@LovingMyBabies I am glad it is fixed now I miss being able to interact on MyLot lol....
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
18 Mar 16
You have my totally sympathy, I know how time consuming and annoying having to do this is. I didn't have a virus but I had a rather bad condition caused by my virus protection software that consumed all my hard drive.. I had t totally wipe it to correct the problem and reconstruct which took a long time. just doing all the updates again took hours!! Glad you are back.
@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Apr 16
@BelleStarr Well Belle it all went wrong again but a new version of windows came in the post today and my son has installed that and I am once again in the process of reloading everything I took off my laptop.
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@Marilynda1225 (82799)
• United States
17 Mar 16
Sounds like a big hassle having to deal with your computer virus but glad you're back online & all is OK now
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
17 Mar 16
@Marilynda1225 It was a hassel and I am also glad that I am back online now Marilyn
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
3 Apr 16
We are so lucky to have sons. Mine helps me all the time with the computer..we have a Mac I hope I never see a virus on it, it's supposed to be virus free, with no chance is one popping in...
@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 Apr 16
Oh I hate that when you get a virus. I am thankful that my husband is a computer tech so he has installed virus protectors on our computers and takes care of all of that. Glad your back up and running again.
