Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I think my computer is sick

OK, this morning's events really confirmed it. My computer is ill. For the past 2 weeks I have had to turn my computer on and off several times before I was actually able to use it, although I still got error messages saying windows had failed. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I've been doing my windows updates and all that stuff I should be doing to keep the computer healthy and virus free.

But since my computer is on a network at my office I'm wondering if it's possible for a virus to get in from another used and affect the entire system. This is why I'm wondering it: my guy boss looks at porn at work. No, really, he does. If it's dark outside and you go into the man's office, you can see the reflection of the computer screen on the window. And sometimes the reflection is of people with their clothes off. And hey, fine with me because it's his firm, he pays my salary, and he can do whatever he wants to do with his computer. But I think it may have done something to mine.

Here's why: this morning I wanted to see when FCAT testing was finished in the schools so that I could call my guardianship kids and check in with them. So, I did a google search and entered the following words: 2008 Broward County FCAT testing. I don't think anything in the search has a pornographic feel to it. Do you? Ok.

But instead of coming up with the Broward County School Board site, another site popped up and kept asking to install weird things. And I kept pressing the cancel button, but the prompt wouldn't go away. So, I tried to close the window and got a pop up screen of people getting it on. So, I closed the window immediately. But then it happened again. So, now our IT guy is here and I need to tell him about the problems with my computer. And he is going to think I'm a total perv. Fantastic.

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