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Some scary sh*t!!

O - my - goodness!!!

So, apparently I clicked on a link or video that caused a virus to infect my computer at work yesterday. I about had a freakin' cow!!!!

If you haven't experienced it, let me tell you - that is one of the sickest feelings in the world - when your WORK computer won't allow you to do anything,and this message keeps popping up every time you try to shut down and restart...man! I didn't know if I had damaged files, lost anything or what...

So, after wiping off the cold sweat I broke out in, I bit the bullet, called IT and 30 minutes later, I was up and running - but they did locate spyware, trojan horse viruses that somehow got past our security...the scary thing was that these infected files looked like the other files that did belong on my computer!

Phew!! I can't begin to imagine the embarrassment of having to explain any lost or damaged files to my VP - especially since I'm pretty sure whatever I clicked on to cause the virus wasn't work related Tongue Tied

IT was cool (and amazingly non-judgemental or accusatory) and it would appear that all's well that end's well. But to be on the safe side, let's just say I won't be opening or clicking on anything else from my work computer...((letting out big breath))!!

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  • Oh, I hate that feeling!! Luckily, I majored in Multimedia that included some Computer Science classes, so I can get myself out of most of those situations, but still super scary!!!
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  • Yikes that is frightening! My MIL sends me links all the time and I NEVER click on them because she always has issues with her computer and I do NOT want them causing problems on mine.
  • Yikes!! IT guys are pretty awesome and understanding when it comes to that ( I think its because most of them do personal things on their computer too because they know they can get away with it Smile ) lol
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  • Yikes I had something happen to me last year too but not nearly as bad as yours. I'm glad IT could help and weren't rude about it. Things happen and I'm sure it happens to everyone at some point!
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  • That is without a doubt a terrifying feeling! I had one pop up on my home computer the other day and I almost lost it. Luckily we were able to get rid of it.

     

    Glad to hear that your situation worked out!

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  • Scary ish is right!  Hopefully it wasn't anything you clicked on here!  Glad the IT heroes came to your rescue!
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    Scary ish is right!  Hopefully it wasn't anything you clicked on here!  Glad the IT heroes came to your rescue!

    Mel - no, I don't think so...I was doing a google search a few minutes before it happened, so I think more than likely I clicked on a bad link. Needless to say, there will be no more google searches while at work! If necessary, I'll hop on my droid or my nookcolor to search :-)

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  • Hooray for cool IT guys!  Glad the crisis was averted! 
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  • Heh, glad it was no big deal after all... I totally know the feeling though... except I was on a business trip and almost infected another company's system when I uploaded a file from my (unknown to me) corrupted laptop.  Needless to say, they shut me down fast... I felt sooooo bad, and had no idea how it happened.  I was just trying to print something... and it was work related (a Word file).  Embarrassed

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