My computer crashed today due to a really nasty virus. I was looking up Photoshop tutorials for J to work on the new Informed Trade International logo and all of a sudden it took off. It broke free of the popup blockers and overwhelmed Norton Antivirus corporate. Once the virus had really set itself (took approx. 15 seconds) it started trying to shut my computer down. I fought and fought but it finally won.

Once the computer had shutdown, it wouldn’t come back up. I could log in, but all I could see from there was the wallpaper without a start menu, icons, or other controls. Long story short, I spent the first half of today re-installing Windows from scratch. None of my data seems to be harmed which is good because my backups have been sketchy lately, but the productivity loss sucks.

I don’t get why people design these things. I can’t figure out what would be worth the repercussions of making a virus like that. Why don’t people just spend their time creating something worthwhile rather than destroying everything around them? When I think of the time, effort, and creativity that went into creating a virus to destroy my data, it makes me sad.

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