I’m not one for wallowing in braggadocio but every so often it’s nice to give yourself a high five (if that’s possible) or a high ten.
Why just this week I achieved a rare, rate, rare:
MAJOR TECH VICTORY
There I was working away like a busy beaver on my computer. Old Acer is now pushing 4 years old but so far so good and very reliable he is. I’ve not had a breakdown or any problems with this dear thing. Then, about mid day, an annoying little pop-up begin advising me of a security threat. Every 30 seconds – pop – pop – pop! The internet slowed, I was redirected from site to site and my email account was inaccessible. Time to meet Privacy Center… a rogue virus that is very nasty. Privacy Center would not go away and refused to be taken out by my simple security feature
Alas, after two days of ‘googling’ resources and random advice, one reader who had suffered the same fate (millions have been visited by Privacy Center by the way) served up a gem and presto! I eliminated the swine.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
1. if you type in the words ‘spyware’, ‘adware’ and ‘virus’ most links that come up are commercial sites
2. “free” downloads will identify and list viruses but you have to pay to have them removed
3. my nameless friend on the internet shared this tip: shut down your computer, restart and immediately go into “safe mode”. Safe mode presents several options including add or remove program function. The Privacy Center icon was there just below the Power Center DVD button
4. Click, eliminate, kill and destroy
My computer was back to normal in a moment – and I cleaned up the mess myself. I love to score a MAJOR TECH VICTORY!
Why just this week I achieved a rare, rate, rare:
MAJOR TECH VICTORY
There I was working away like a busy beaver on my computer. Old Acer is now pushing 4 years old but so far so good and very reliable he is. I’ve not had a breakdown or any problems with this dear thing. Then, about mid day, an annoying little pop-up begin advising me of a security threat. Every 30 seconds – pop – pop – pop! The internet slowed, I was redirected from site to site and my email account was inaccessible. Time to meet Privacy Center… a rogue virus that is very nasty. Privacy Center would not go away and refused to be taken out by my simple security feature
Alas, after two days of ‘googling’ resources and random advice, one reader who had suffered the same fate (millions have been visited by Privacy Center by the way) served up a gem and presto! I eliminated the swine.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
1. if you type in the words ‘spyware’, ‘adware’ and ‘virus’ most links that come up are commercial sites
2. “free” downloads will identify and list viruses but you have to pay to have them removed
3. my nameless friend on the internet shared this tip: shut down your computer, restart and immediately go into “safe mode”. Safe mode presents several options including add or remove program function. The Privacy Center icon was there just below the Power Center DVD button
4. Click, eliminate, kill and destroy
My computer was back to normal in a moment – and I cleaned up the mess myself. I love to score a MAJOR TECH VICTORY!
