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sunhawk16 ([personal profile] sunhawk16) wrote2004-11-18 08:14 pm

Well, that was fun... NOT!

Uh... I think I just infected my system by... downloading Windows critical updates. O.o;; I already had SP2, so it was just some updates, but after the reboot, my virus software stopped coming up with the system and I couldn't access the internet.
Tried for over an hour to figure it out and finally ended up doing a system restore. It doesn't seem likely... but I'm afraid to try it again.
Anybody else had any trouble?

[identity profile] sunhawk16.livejournal.com 2004-11-18 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Or I could throw it against the wall and... *cough*
Ok... maybe not. Even tried back-reving the stupid virus software, but the old one won't load either. It's weird... SP2 doesn't register as being there anymore, but it's still on the add/remove programs list. Maybe if I try taking it off even though it's not really there...
Gotta love phantom software uninstalls! :P

[identity profile] kwycksylver.livejournal.com 2004-11-18 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
that might work, it might be in your downloaded program files folder too, or whatever XPs equivalent is, you'll need to delete it from there too

[identity profile] sunhawk16.livejournal.com 2004-11-19 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... this is just... *grrr* The most irritating thing. Uninstalling SP2 and I keep getting these OMG! messages telling me that if I uninstall it, all these things on my system may stop working. Like... EVERYTHING. ~_~ I swear... it's listing every piece of hardware on the system and warning me that I might be breaking it. *rolls eyes*

[identity profile] kwycksylver.livejournal.com 2004-11-19 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
You know, Linux is looking pretty good right now.

[identity profile] sunhawk16.livejournal.com 2004-11-19 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hell... DOS is starting to freaking look good right now! ~_~
Apparently my specific little computer + McAfee + SP2 does not equal a good thing. This is the same set up we use on all the computers at work and nobody else is having any problems.
Hmmm... maybe SP2 looked at my harddrive and is trying to protect the internet from my kinky art! ^o^

[identity profile] kwycksylver.livejournal.com 2004-11-19 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
maybe SP2 looked at my harddrive and is trying to protect the internet from my kinky art! ^o^

You have no idea how hard that made me laugh!

[identity profile] sunhawk16.livejournal.com 2004-11-19 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
^___^