So, I’m minding my own business heading into page 5 of new content for The Ridge Runner. Things are going well, dealing with the heat, my coffee is running strong. The need for a tiny bit of information sets in, so I surf over to google.com, type in a phrase ( a completely innocuous – nothing naughty), hit feeling lucky? and

BOOM!

I got virus! I got virus! I got virus! Yaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

Tech guy was on it like no one’s business but it took more than 4 hours to undo all the damage. Sort of killed the writing momentum for the evening.

That got me thinking, how many people don’t have a tech guy to bail them out when they do something stupid, like say open a web page? A whole lot. Another question is there any reason opening a web page should cripple a perfectly good PC?

Oh, if anyone got an email from me between 3 pm and 7pm, it’s best you delete it right now. I probably didn’t send it and you don’t want what’s in it anyway.