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Well it seems that I have managed to rid myself of the million baby virus’s that my one virus immediately gave birth to, once it landed in my hard drive. However, I have still been enjoying the gift that keeps on giving… Adware. I feel like my laptop has Herpes or something.

I NEVER use Internet Explorer, but it managed to pop up from time to time to flash me ads for… oh the irony…anti-virus software. I’ve since disabled access to it, so I’m not getting that headache anymore. However, whatever program that I can’t rid myself of has hijacked my Firefox browser as well. The only one I can use without getting pop-ups and re-directs is Safari. Imagine that. I suppose that’s because EVERYTHING Microsoft has holes and security defects and pretty much throws “Come Fuck Me Up” parties for every virus known to man. However my future husband, Steve Jobs, managed to do just the opposite. I need a Mac and I need it NOW.

So far I have AVG Free, Spyware Doctor, CyberDefender and Error Expert running on my machine. They still can’t get rid of whatever adware program is still fucking with me. So I am now going to go down my list of comments (from my last post) and start downloading the recommended programs as well. THANK YOU to everyone who left a comment on my last post. Your support and suggestions are VERY appreciated.

On a happier note... I just spent a few glorious days on the coast and had a kick-ass time. I desperately needed to get to the ocean and decompress from life. It was SO nice to get the fuck out of this city and away from work and bullshit. (I uploaded a few pics to Flickr, for the curious.) Unfortunately, I’m back in reality now and expect to not be thrilled about that for at least a week.

Peace, mini holidays and clean computers.

Ok, I’ve never been one to pimp products (except for things that my future husband, Steve Jobs, produces) via my blog, but this time I just have to.

I was so thrilled yesterday, that I was able to fix my computer and that it was alive and running well. After my post, I shut it down and went to work. When I got back home, I booted up only to discover that the same problems awaited me again. It booted up to the desktop wallpaper- then froze. No icons, no task bar- just frozen. I turned it off, rebooted in Safe Mode and re-ran CHKDSK. This time, instead of 8 1/2 hours, the process took “only” 3 1/2.

Once my system was working again (obviously temporarily), I went to work researching software that could really fix my problems. I don’t have hours to wait for my system to “repair” itself and then boot up. So in my quest, I found something called ErrorExpert. This is their blurb:

ErrorExpert helps identify and fix errors in the Windows Registry and optimizes the performance of your Computer.

Invalid file and system references can cause serious problems with your computer including system failure and frequent crashing. ErrorExpert will scan your computer for these invalid system references and file references.

Now almost all computer problems can be resolved easily and automatically!

This award winning software also includes advanced utilities that will remove any unnecessary toolbars, popups and unneeded startup items which slow down your computer.

They are not kidding. I downloaded and did the scan of my system. I was shocked to find over 1600 errors all over my system (90% of them in my registry). I bought a license and clicked the “fix errors” button. And I’ll be damned if it didn’t do just that. And FAST. Like 10 minutes or less fast. After the fix, I- reluctantly- shut down again for the night.

Today I was dreading starting up my computer. With a heavy heart, I waited while it went through the motions. I tensed up at the splash screen just knowing that it would be freezing up immediately after that. It didn’t!! It booted right up and everything loaded flawlessly. I was thrilled! SO thrilled, in fact, that I wrote the company to tell them how fabulous they are.

And I’m doing it again here because if you’re reading this, you have a computer, and therefore might at some point have it crash on you. If it does, and you know you don’t have a virus, you should definitely download ErrorExpert and run a system scan. It’s 100% free to do that. And if the program finds anything that needs fixing, it’s only $29.99 to buy a license and fix that shit. It works! They are not paying me to write this- no one is. I just thought my whole experience with that software needed to be shared. I am THAT happy about it.

Anyway- it’s also Wednesday- so I will be posting the usual right after this. I just couldn’t help myself.

Peace and kick-ass software.