One of the bad things about getting hit by a virus or a virus-like thing?

The feelings of shame.

I am SO annoyed and insecure and full of 'but but but I thought I was being fairly careful/I'm not stupid/I run AVG/how could this have happened?'

Poor sealgair has had to talk me down a few times over the past 24 hours. justthedriver is also reassuring me. Thing is, I know I f'ed up when the virus-thing first hit because of what I didn't know.

Didn't know that when you see a window pop up that says something that looks scary, clicking on the little "x" in the upper right corner may actually trigger the virus rather than making it go away.

0_o

That's pretty dang evil stuff right there.

So! Anyway.

If anyone out there gets hit with the Antivir Solution Pro "virus checker" - its icon looks like a shield and it will auto-install itself on your taskbar - should check this out:
http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/32770-how-to-uninstall-remove-antivir-solution-pro-virus-removal-guide.html

And use Malwarebytes if you do have it.

And if you're using Firefox, use the NoScript plug-in.

And don't click on that stoopid X to close the 'do you want to install this?' box.

*grumble*

Blogathon 2010: Wrap-Up

This past weekend was Blogathon.

Over $500 was raised for [Bad username or site: http://www.livestrong.org @ livejournal.com]LiveStrong. We had about 20 people donate, and varied people who followed along, reading, responding, cheering the bloggers on (which was a fantastic gift). I was hit by a virus (Antivir Solution Pro) on two separate laptops, had some sick kitty drama, and managed to post roughly 80 blogs.

If you'd like to see what you missed, check the following tag links:
http://elionwyr.livejournal.com/tag/blogathon
http://elionwyr.livejournal.com/tag/cancer
http://elionwyr.livejournal.com/tag/zookeeper%20tales
http://elionwyr.livejournal.com/tag/haunting%20tales

( My plan of attack for Blogathon was this.. )

contrary74 is doing part two of this fundraiser - the Philadelphia LiveStrong Walkathon - on Saturday, August 21st. We'll be taking donations up until then, if you'd like to contribute to this cause.

Because cancer can bite my shiny metal ass.


Click Here to Donate

RAWR!