[cheerfulgreek]

You guys, today has been the biggest nightmare ever. This morning somewhere around 2 or 3am, I was posting on GC and the whole time, after I clicked on the Anti Virus 2009 thingie, it just kept popping up. It kept giving me a message attached to it that said this:

"Windows security center reports that Anti Virus 2009 is inactive. Anti Virus 2009 helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click here for suggested action. Your system might be at risk now."

I wrote this down before I went to school and tried to post it here, but I really had to go. When I got to school I asked a classmate about it, and he said don't do it. I told him I already clicked on it. He asked me if I entered my cc#. I said not yet. He said don't. He told me my computer was infected with a virus. The whole time I was in class I couldn't even hear what the instructor was saying. I was that worried. I just couldn't stay, so I left early and called Dell. I stayed on the phone with the guy for about 2 hours then we disconnected and talked via chat. When I first called, I told him what the problem was and as soon as I said Anti Virus 2009 he said uh oh. He told me everything. You guys, I didn't even know what spyware was until today. I knew what a virus was but not spyware. I asked him how it got there, and he said I either clicked on an infected site or infected e-mail. I told him I couldn't see how, because the only sites I go to are greekchat, and some of the prairie dog sites. And with the prairie dog sites, I was signing onto those when the ban was lifted, and that was on my old laptop and nothing ever happened like this. He told me it could have been any one of those sites I clicked on. I've actually learned more about computers in 3 hours than I've done my whole life. I ordered a Norton anti virus CD. He said the anti virus I had, expired. My mom bought my laptop for me to use for school, but she only got the free 30 day trial. The Dell guy told me Norton was the best one. He said that's what he uses. So I got that one. I had to pay for everything, and it was kind of a lot but at least it got fixed. They said issues like this weren't covered when the computer was purchased.

I will never, ever do that again.

I'm going back to read the comments you guys posted. I just wanted to post this.