This computer was hit by a Trojan virus about midnight Monday which took it over and reconfigured everything in the name of a Spanish or Portugese host.
Update
Though it is now supposedly back in working order, I had the Blogfocus half ready when the computer suddenly crashed then rebooted itself and the auto-saved text and urls had been wiped.
Update on the update
It will have to be Blogfocus Saturday now, I'm afraid. Tuesday seems to have been a washout. So - 21:00, London time, Saturday, December 30th, New Year Edition.
I have been using AVG, which immediately cut down on those pesky things. They are going to a paying model, so I am going to try one that my company encourages. Very necessary things those anti virus software programmes. Good luck with digging out.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry, James. I know how it feels.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm going to AVG on Sundy and shall throw the Kaspersky which was absolutely useless. [Do you detect a certain amount of venom in the comment?]Thanks for the best wishes but hopefully we're now back.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your computer problems. Hope things get sorted.
ReplyDeleteI`m not wishing away the season....just anxious to see my garden again :)
Thanks for visiting and Happy New Year!
tea
xo
Good luck with it. i have never had a trojan, but some stupid shopping thing nearly killed my comp earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteHope you sort it soon. i look forward to the blog focus.
Bad luck James those trojans are pesky things I hope you get rid of it soon- I had one last year which was a real pain to get rid of but in the end it passed away having applied several programs to it. Good luck.
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