Apr 5, 2007
{ Between a Pop-up and a Hard Place }
smartass-Pop-ups, browser hijacking, inability to search the internet, runtime errors. These are all symptoms we have to deal with in the public library. Our server filters out most of the crap, hijakings and viruses, but every once in a while, someone opens a hole big enough to infect whatever computer they're using. And usually it's not a big deal, unless of course it was done by a staff member on a staff machine.
I've dealt with all of it before, cleaned up computers for friends and family members. And usually it comes with some finesse and
|expletive deleted| language. It doesn't, however, normally stick me bumping against administrative passwords and the usual tricks that worthless-asshole-piece-of-shit-spammers use. 45 minutes into the excavation, I gave up, called the tech office. I'm timing them, recording how much shit had to be done to clean up said horrid mess, because I know who downloaded the corrupt file(s). And they will hear from me.
Labels: hijacking, i'm pissed off right now, pop-ups, spammer
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