MesaBiker's Blog

My wife also has had the same thing done to her and I feel that the same way JAIL.

I have been a virus victim before too. I think these viruses are created by someone that is a complete loser that needs to feel like they accomplished something. Because they have never accomplished anything in their life. They think they are now someone. Kinda like the losers that spray graffiti. They see their name painted on a wall and they think they are now someone.
I also once got a virus from some place that caused my home page to always be a website of a company that sells antivirus. From their website I sent e-mails that I wasn't stupid enough to give money or trust my credit card number with a company that would send out viruses. But I bet many people ordered their antivirus.
It is important to keep you antivirus up to date. If anyone doesn't have any and can't afford to buy some, google AVG free software. Also I once got a virus that my paid for antivirus wouldn't fix. Spybot search and destroy fixed it. Spybot is also free. My computer automatically runs the antivirus every day. Then I run the Spybot about once a week too.

I can't blame you for being mad, I'd be ticked myself. I get sick and tired of people that think it's okay to do damage or harm to other people and their property. And yeah, it would be great to see the authors of all these viruses put in jail. I use Avast, which is free on your personal computer and fairly cheap for company computers. It scans my email before I even open it.

Anyone who creates and uses viruses that interrupt, damage or corrupt other people's use of the internet should not only be jailed, they should be barred from ever using a computer again. They are insignificant twerps that have absolutely zero compassion for fellow human beings (or any other species that uses computers). They think they are funny when something they created screws people up and they are as bad as the ones that hack into someones personal data for their own use. First offense, long jail time, second offense, remove their ability to use a computer (remove hands) third offense, life imprisonment without parole. This should also apply to hackers.

Amen!

It's really a shame their are such low-life sick punks, who do such secretly & cowardly nasty acts of mayhem and disruption.
They (no matter the age or gender) should be jailed .....no doubt about it. AND make restitution when an where ever possible!

RD, they're getting better and better at it. My company develops high-end, enterprise software products, so we're no stranger to virus protection and avoidance.

We "caught" the Instant Messenger virus because two co-workers were IM'ing each other and a message popped up from one of them right in the middle of their conversation that simply said "Check this out" with a link to what looked like a picture. But neither of them actually 'sent' the message. No telling how it got there in the first place we get virus scan definition updates every morning.

It immediately launched a Trojan and spread itself to others at work on his contact list. Thankfully it wasn't particularly destructive, more of an inconvenience, but it still stole productivity from my team.

MB: I've been in IM sessions and never once have I opened anything without asking the person I'm conversing with if they just sent me something. It's an old trick.

I think the very people that sell you software to fix viruses are the same people making the virus. Some kind of sick twisted sales tactic.

They destroy your computer, then offer to fix it for $29.99 or more.

Forget jail time... Hang em High!

I have a good anti-virus.
When a threat comes in when opning a web page or email. Up pops a red flag saying close at one as there is a treat.
works great have used them sinse back when and have never lost anything. still running a slow moe We bought in 1997.