$@*%! I really should have thought twice about opening that email from spybot007 or clicking on that flashing pop-up that congratulated me on winning a million bucks!
We all get them. They are inevitable in this hard-wired day and age, and we acquire them at the worst possible moments.
In one sense, technological viruses are good & helpful, because they force you and me to pay closer attention to the details of our incessant typing & clicking. More often than not, our fingers are just moving too fast...
On the other hand though, these nasty buggers dismantle & shred years of documents and archived files that are very near and dear to our hearts. Military tank games. College photos. An award-winning 10th grade English essay. Alanis Morissette's 2005 album Jagged Little Pill. Tragedies, indeed.
Don't even get me started about anti-virus protection. I'd rather jump into the motherboard of the hard drive and try to fix the problem(s) myself, then pay what Norton, McAfee and other infamous companies are charging for renewals/updates these days. It's ludicrous!
The next time you think you might have a virus, please call this number 1-800-DELIVERY (it should connect you to the closest Dominoe's pizza). Frankly, you might as well sit back & enjoy a slice on me, because--like a lot of things in this life--there is very little you yourself can do if you contract a virus.
Never press Ask Me Later.