Drowning in strawberry syrup

Saturday, March 11, 2006

What. Is. Up?!

Darn darn darn darn darn darn darn!!! What is up?!

Uh oh... I must have downloaded something bad... Err... Whenever I open 'My Computer' or 'My Documents' and folders of that sort, the CPU starts making this "Bzzt... bzzt... bzzt..." sound and the floppy drive would light up everytime it does that even if there's no floppy disk inside.

I found out about it two days ago. It has been three days since I last used it before then, because my mom was studying for this CISCO exam of hers in Mapua Makati. As soon as I got connected to the internet, I clicked my 'Bit Torrent' downloader and 'My Documents.' I waited for a few seconds, since it usually takes a while before the downloader pops out... Lo and behold... It didn't appear!!! The CPU started that annoying sound, and after a few more minutes of trying to open my ever beloved BT, I gave up.

The CPU was still making that sound! I ignored it... and went on about my business. Chatted on YM (automatically logs in), played Eheads, PNE, Rivermaya and RK on Windows Media Player, checked my Yahoo! mail, checked my Gmail, opened up Friendster, opened up MySpace, opened up Multiply, opened up Blogger, opened up Ultimate-Guitar, opened up MS Word, checked a bit on HP-B, stared into space, opened everything up over and over again... Basically the usual Cydelle-on-the-internet stuff.

I forgot to open Limewire that day...

Next day the same stuff happened, and my dad noticed. He checked the pc... clicking here and there. He started tsk-ing.

Holy shit. I knew it.

Tae ng talangka naman...

"What did you do to the pc?" my dad asked.

What did I do?! I didn't do a thing! I wasn't the last person to use the pc...

He left, still tsk-ing.

This afternoon I told my dad I was going to burn stuff on a CD. He asked me to burn my MYMP and music of the same kind on a CD as well.

And also to download some stuff for him. Hell, that meant using either 'Limewire' or 'Bit Torrent.'

I opened up BT first. The same thing happened. Nothing. I clicked on 'Limewire.'

FUCK.

Nothing happened either. My first instinct was... "PAAAAAA!!! Ayaw gumana ng Limewire at Bit Torrent!!!" He went over to the pc and noticed the Bzzt-ing sound again. Again, he tsk-ed and asked me what I did. He opened up the 'Control Panel' and clicked on the 'Add/Remove Programs' thingy. What the hell is that!? The logos for both BT and Limewire showed MS Word's logo! Huwaaaaat!?

We removed both from the pc and then restarted it. It was still making the sound. My dad was back in his room. I did a little investigating. I opened up drive C:. Hell no. The folders for BT and Limewire were still in the 'Program Files' folder. WTF?! I deleted them. And then deleted those from the Recycle Bin.

Still the same thing happened. Until now. It still makes that sound which made my dad conclude that there was probably this spyware thingy going on.

Now... I went to Popo's blog and saw that there was that block picture from yesterday. I clicked on it and tried saving it into the pc. Tried. When I went to the folder, it wasn't there. Thinking I saved it in another folder, I went searching for it. It wasn't anywhere. Maybe I forgot to save it. So I accessed his page again ang clicked "Save Picture As." I made sure I clicked "Save." I opened the folder again.

Nada.

WTF?! I dismissed it, saying to myself I could always just ask Popo to send it over through YM. I went on doing stuff in the internet.

I chanced upon Abby Marieee's Multiply. I clicked the 'Ateneans' folder in her photos and saw a pic of me from when we ate at Tokyo Tokyo which I never knew existed. I posted a comment on the pic... And then went on to save it. I remembered what happened when I tried saving Popo's photo, so I opened the folder to check if it was there.

DO. NOT. TELL. ME.

It was not there!!! Now I know there's definitely something wrong!!! Waaaah! What was the last thing I downloaded? Let's see... The last time I downloaded something was... Hmm... That was when I had the house all to myself. So... That was a week ago... Saturday last week. Yes. I remember keeping the pc open while I was watching "Forrest Gump" on Studio 23 because I was seeding the RK OVAs.

I shut the pc down an hour after the show ended. The next time I used it, it was a purely download-free day. I didn't open either BT or Limewire. So what could have caused this stupid fucking problem right now?

Haven't found out yet... My dad asked me to look for some Anti Virus thingy that we wouldn't have to pay for, but how do I do that? Nyar...

4 Comments:

  • At 10:20 PM, Blogger dom Dycaico said…

    hey cydelle!!

    hehehe... buti sinipag ako magbasa ng blog ngayon.. hahah...

    some freewares that is worth the download:

    avg 7.1 (free edition) www.grisoft.com
    kerio personal firewall (free edition) www.kerio.com

    and for added security, install spybot S&D http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10122137.html

    it seems that your computer is under a deep freeze. ^_^ try running on safe mode when you install the files (hit f8 before the windows xp loading screen starts up)

    ano pa ba?

    good luck!!!
    e-mail mo lang ako if you have any problems. ;)

     
  • At 1:21 PM, Blogger berries 'n cream said…

    Weee! Dommi Bear so helpful!!! Chalamat Dom!!! I'll tell my dad about these!:D

     
  • At 6:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    solved na pala eh.. ako...kung ganon.. ipapalit ko yung cpu namin. hehe. o bagong pc.. pra masmabilis na :D hehe.

     
  • At 8:04 AM, Blogger berries 'n cream said…

    I'm sorry na!!! Poor lang kami! Ilang taon nga bago namin napilit si papa na bumili na ng bagong pc eh!!!

     

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