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Pat was using her computer last night when all of a sudden a pop up came up with a notice that her AVG protection was corrupt and the pop up was an ad to buy some off brand protection plan for $79.99. She could not close the pop up and could not do a thing. The AVG said there was a worm! Pat shut the computer off, tried it again this morning - same problem. Two hours latter I turned her computer on and it worked as if nothing happened. The lock up lasted 12 hrs. Pat did a scan and indeed there were three programs with problems that the security system cleaned up and everything seams to be OK now.
If the same thing happens to you, give the computer a long rest and try it again before heading to the repair shop. (We were ready to drive to Springfield to a computer expert there to get it looked at ASAP,) It seams like the scam was timed to turn it's self off. My computer was not effected.
George Parizo
Thanks, George, this may help others who find themselves in the same predicament as Pat. If you have computer problems, there are several very good technicians in our area, too. There is Yankee Electronic Solutions (Tom Warren) in St. Johnsbury; The Hard Drive Doctor (Jesse Larocque) -
www.harddrivedoctor.us/ and in Barre there's BK's Computing, 802-479-5009. There's also Tim Considine in Cabot - you'll find his business card on our web site in "Local Services" under "Other" on home page.
This cold weather makes for a really bored cat at our house. Woody begs to go out, so we let him into the garage but stays only a matter of minutes before he's knocking to come back in. (He bats a sap spout attached to the door by a long string. That raps the door so we know to let him back in.) We close off his swinging kitty door downstairs in the basement when it's really cold weather. We would be afraid he'd go outside and something would happen he couldn't get back in his door and that would be disastrous. Letting him in and out works for a while, but then he needs to run, climb, jump - anything to get some exercise. We put a board from the top of one set of cupboards to another in the ki
tchen and he sometimes sleeps on top of the cupboards, but he also likes to use the board to sharpen his claws, and sometimes lies there waiting for one of us to pass underneath so he can make a pass at us with his paw. When he isn't sleeping in front of the fire, he hunts for new places to nap. He liked an empty drawer in Fred's office for a while; and often stretches out on my desk, or sometimes he curls up on or under our bed or hides in a closet, and most recently he snoozes in the bathtub when he's done playing in the water. We'll find him sitting patiently by the faucet waiting until one of us comes into the bathroom and turns on the faucet for him. It's going to be a long winter . . .
Thanks, George, this may help others who find themselves in the same predicament as Pat. If you have computer problems, there are several very good technicians in our area, too. There is Yankee Electronic Solutions (Tom Warren) in St. Johnsbury; The Hard Drive Doctor (Jesse Larocque) -
www.harddrivedoctor.us/ and in Barre there's BK's Computing, 802-479-5009. There's also Tim Considine in Cabot - you'll find his business card on our web site in "Local Services" under "Other" on home page.
This cold weather makes for a really bored cat at our house. Woody begs to go out, so we let him into the garage but stays only a matter of minutes before he's knocking to come back in. (He bats a sap spout attached to the door by a long string. That raps the door so we know to let him back in.) We close off his swinging kitty door downstairs in the basement when it's really cold weather. We would be afraid he'd go outside and something would happen he couldn't get back in his door and that would be disastrous. Letting him in and out works for a while, but then he needs to run, climb, jump - anything to get some exercise. We put a board from the top of one set of cupboards to another in the ki
tchen and he sometimes sleeps on top of the cupboards, but he also likes to use the board to sharpen his claws, and sometimes lies there waiting for one of us to pass underneath so he can make a pass at us with his paw. When he isn't sleeping in front of the fire, he hunts for new places to nap. He liked an empty drawer in Fred's office for a while; and often stretches out on my desk, or sometimes he curls up on or under our bed or hides in a closet, and most recently he snoozes in the bathtub when he's done playing in the water. We'll find him sitting patiently by the faucet waiting until one of us comes into the bathroom and turns on the faucet for him. It's going to be a long winter . . .
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