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Careful with your computers kids +Other

Wed Dec 3, 2008, 2:19 PM
  • Mood: Dazed
  • Listening to: Music
  • Reading: My horrible essay
  • Watching: TV
  • Playing: Games
  • Eating: Food
  • Drinking: Water
Yeah... just got my computer back from the shop. I acquired the dreaded Win32 Trojan and had to pay quite a lot to get it removed. :( So if you pinged me on AIM over the last few days, that was Matt the computer guy on here, not me, so I didn't get your message.

For future reference... next time any of you see an appealing looking freeware program, consider the possibilities of what might happen if there's a virus tucked away in there: a) lose everything and restart your computer, b) pay LOTS and I mean LOTS to get it removed but keep your stuff, c) take it to a shop, pay lots to get it removed, and have them delete everything anyway because they're incompetent.

Luckily, my stuff wasn't harmed, but it was a shock nonetheless to suffer my first big virus attack.

In other news, I started on a few pages of Airborne Plague on paper, and it's shaping up to be pretty good. I now know why AN WOLF comics move so much more quickly then my comic did... it takes a hell of a lot more explaining to set up an entire world with cities, people, government, races, problems, etc, then just plopping you down in the forest and telling you "these wolves are the good guys, root for them." Seriously, the only reason Airborne Plague needs any explanation at all is because it's not actually about wolves. One page of telling you what a Hollowhound was and the rest of it is easy.

I'm probably going to do it digitally after all... trying to force something traditional to still look decent would be far more effort and stress then a couple hours a page in Photoshop. Less, if I don't put full quality into it.

I'll probably be posting a ref sheet of all the other Hollowhound characters shortly after exams are done (and probably a few more pages of WANTED too).

Sorry if I sound stupid right now... I'm pretty much chronically sleep-deprived from the exams and the stress they cause... plus I'm super-behind on the essay I have to write... *sigh*

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:iconkiwiwings:
That's why it's good to invest in an external hard drive. That way you'll have all your files backed up.

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:iconskittycat:
Yeah, I actually do have an external hard drive with almost all my stuff on it. Thing is, I don't have the disks for most of my programs anymore, so if I did a reset I'd be missing Photoshop and the like until I coughed up the several hundred dollars to buy a new one. :/

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