11-29-2017, 07:16 PM
(11-29-2017, 06:43 PM)VinnyVideo Wrote: I haven't had any catastrophic or particularly embarrassing incidents relating to technology. However, I've had a bunch of monitors die over the years, so I've become well-acquainted with the burnt electrical smell of a deceased computer monitor.
My monitors are precious to me, I hope none of them ever die
(11-29-2017, 06:43 PM)VinnyVideo Wrote: Back in 2002, my mom got Klez, an annoying worm that was one of the most common pieces of malicious software at that time. It didn't cause any damage, but my primary PC was out of commission for a while when we took it in to get the malware removed.
I got Antivirus 360 back in around 2008. Much to my surprise, it wasn't actually a mysterious new antivirus program warning me whenever I opened a new tab, but in fact a virus!
It ruined my wifi drivers and nobody in my family was very computer-literate back then. I tried reformatting but that didn't work (I guess Vista didn't have acceptable drivers for my wifi card?) so we had to call Dell and pay a lot of money for a computer takeover session.