Technology Frustration and Food!

I had my first real computer frustration yesterday. Since I got my computer up and running again 2 yrs ago, after a long 6 yrs without one at home, I have not encountered any problems. Until last night. I had a Malware attack. That is when a screen pops up saying that you are under attack, and you have a worm in your email, it is critical that you sign up for virus protection etc. You can't get the screens to go away and new ones keep popping up. No matter what I did, they wouldn't stop. I thought it odd, considering since I have virus protection and it never came up saying anything was wrong. I finally called my sister, and she told me it was all fraud and she had one a while ago. She said to try to get out of all the screens. I couldn't get out. I was freaking out. I have never had this happen to me before. I finally got the big screen to go away but a little icon at the bottom of my screen (sorry, I am not very literate with computer lingo) that was not there before, some Personal Anti Virus that kept popping up to say I must act now, and it was critical I did something and all my personal information was going to be stolen. My sister searched online to try to find some info for me and found exactly what was happening to my computer. So I had to download something that would scan and remove Malware. I did that. Finally the Personal Anti Virus screens quit popping up. But after I re-booted my computer, I couldn't get online or email. So that left me to wait until the next day to call my cable company, where I get my high speed internet from. I called them and they could see nothing wrong from their end. They thought that my AVG anti virus protection was preventing me from getting online, which could be caused by the Malware attack. So there was nothing I could do, until my super handy computer geek came home from work, the one and only, neighbor J! I called him up, he came over right away. He tried all sorts of things. Nothing was working. He even called his tech guy from work, tried a few more things. Nothing. I was getting even more stressed as the time went by. How am I going to live without a computer for more than a few days? Finally, neighbor J was down to 2 more options of what he could do. He figured out there was nothing wrong with my modem, the cable, the hard drive etc. He said it had to be in the software. He decided to do a System Restore, which would delete all downloads that were on my computer from the last day. Fine! I hadn't downloaded anything. If it works, lets do it. He did it and guess what? My internet and email are back up!! Yay!! Thank you neighbor J!! You are a lifesaver, seriously! I am so happy that I know someone that is so technically savvy. My OH barely knows how to turn the computer on! If it wasn't for J, I probably would have just gone and bought a new computer! He saved me some money! Oh, I was actually on Playlist when the Malware attack occured. I don't know if any of you have had a problem with that before. I have never had a problem with Playlist, and now I am scared to go back there!

I really thought I was going to be computer-less for more than 24 hours. I even scribbled some things on a piece of paper for my sister, I was going to have her do a blog post for me!! Now she doesn't have too, although I was kinda looking forward to what my sister would really say and write!! I think it would have been fun, who knows, maybe I will have her be a guest someday....

It's been a busy week. We have been stocking up on hay for the horses. We went and loaded up 70 bales of hay the other evening. Than the next day we had to unload 70 bales of hay. Now this is a big load!! These bales were a lot heavier than we usually get, so my poor OH was hurting after loading all of that on the truck and trailer. I have to drive through the field while he loads, so I don't have to load it onto the trailer. I love that I get the easy job!



Guess who finally figured out how to get on top the hay? Sadie! She has been wanting to do that for so long. She is not a jumper!! It's so funny that Bailey and Sadie are the same breed, because Bailey can jump so high, and poor Sadie can only bounce!



My sister came up to return my car to me. Her car broke down at my house the other day. She had to use my car until a loaner car from the dealer became available. Her transmission went out. Good thing it didn't happen on the freeway! So she helped us unload hay. It can be difficult to do with 2 dogs and 2 humans on the trailer! But we got it done. At least the horses/goats will be fed for the next 4 months or so! I also went to the pet store and bought dog food and treats. Now I guess we need to go to the store to buy human food!



My cat Domino fell asleep while reading New Moon, the 2nd book in the Twilight series. How is that possible?



For those of you who haven't taken a guess at what breed of horse I will some day get, go here to take a chance at winning a prize! You have time to enter. I think I have around 8 more posts to go before I do the drawing, and post the winner on my 100th post!!