Tonight I was typing an e-mail to a friend when all of a sudden my computer started going crazy. All these warnings came up saying “Trojan Virus.” It said all my files were corrupted and I needed to press this button to make them all go away.
It scared me, so I called Todd to come downstairs and tell me if I should push the button to disable the virus. I was promptly told NO DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON. He ran a virus scan only to discover that my Norton Security subscription had ended (I had been…ahem…ignoring THOSE warnings for several weeks now).
Anyway, I went to renew my Norton subscription to find that it would cost $59. Todd mentioned something about getting free anti-virus protection through our AT&T internet service. So, I called customer service, and sure enough, we get McAfee Anti-Virus included in our account. (I’m so glad I didn’t buy Norton again!)
It took about 30 minutes to un-install Norton and go to the website the customer service rep gave me to download McAfee. After running a new virus scan, I discovered that, yes, my computer did catch a trojan virus, but thankfully it was easily removed.
And I’m so glad I didn’t press THAT VIRUS BUTTON which could have potentially ruined my computer!
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