Virusesesessss

Sunday morning I woke to a observe something horrific…on my MacBook of all things.

“Warning, warning your computer has been infected!”
It told me I need to pay a $50 something onetime amount to eradicate said virusesesesss to protect my credit card numbers and such.
It was all so official looking.

Note…Mac’s in general do not get viruses or have problems. That is one of the reasons I have one.

http://behindthebookscover.blogspot.com/2011/02/once-you-go-mac-you-never-go-back.html

So I turned my computer off and thought to myself…that took all of 15 Min and I turned my MacBook back on ready to go to war, qwerty style, with what was something I was determined to fix myself.

Note…My Dad is a big computer guy, not a programer, but has taught me a few things here and there.

Note to the note…I’m trying to sound cooler than I really am…I was filled with trepidation as I pondered taking on this project.

With my MacBook on I ignore the Porn that keeps popping up randomly whilst I try to cipher what the problem is, where it came from and how to eradicate it.

MacDefender is the name of this irritating trojan.
I started doing my research all the mean time pictures of Gay men or adds for viagra kept interfering with me.

It turned out it was an easy peasy lemon squeeze fix and if I can do it you can do it as well.

Go to your Utilities Folder and then double click on Activity Monitor.
On the top it will most likely say, ‘My Processes’, change it to 'All Procceses’
There you will find this mercenary that has invaded your personal territory.
Click on the 'MacDefender’ program and close it. It will ask you if you want to force close…yes, you want to force close it if you want to stop the unwanted porn popping up on your monitor.
Then drag that bitch to your trash and empty your trash.

Seriously…Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

On Monday I found out that 2 of my friends, F1 and F2, had also received this lovely little interruption to their lives.

F2 thought it was something she did wrong. It’s wasn’t.

Whenever someone tells me that they got a virus on their computer, no matter what kind I always tell them…
…”You should stop watching so much porn."