Well, that was fun... NOT!

[sunhawk16]

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?

Comments

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

You'll probably just need to uninstall and reinstall your anti virus program.

From all the negative things I read about XP and it's updates, I'm kind of hoping my comp with it's Win98SE will last until the next Windows version comes out.

But I'm not holding my breath.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

I've uninstalled and (tried to) reinstall three times. Now it's telling me that this version of McAfee is not compatible with my Operating System. Despite the fact that it's been running on this Operating system just fine up until now. >.<;;
I've had no complaints with XP up until now... but I'm starting to get a little irritated. ~_~

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

You should be able to go to McAfee's website and download from there. If that doesn't work, there is a free version of AVG you can download from http://www.grisoft.com , it's a really good antivirus program, too.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

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

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

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

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

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*

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

You know, Linux is looking pretty good right now.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

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^

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

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!

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

^___^