LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE… NEW LAPTOP FOR MY B-DAY… GOT MY NEW ONLINE GAME THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED ALONG WITH MY NEW PUTER… LIFE IS GOOD… JUMP TO 4 MONTHS LATER… WHEN MY TRIAL VERSIONS OF MY PROTECTION SOFTWARE IS RUNNING OUT… YEAH IM GETTIN THE…YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK RENEW OR GET VIRUS PROTECTION… NOW IM PRETTY SET ON WHAT I DO AND I FIGURED I REALLY DIDNT NEED IT… YEAHH, SO HERE I AM STROLLING THROUGH SOME ,LESS THAN REPUTABLE WEBSITES AND … THERE IT IS… THIS PROGRAM THAT.SAYS… YOU HAVE BEEN INFECTED YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK AND IT ACTS LIKE ITS A PROGRAM ALREADY INSTALLED SO YOUR THINKIN…HMM JUST PUSH THIS SCAN AND REMOVE HARMFULL VIRUSES…OF COURSE I PUSHED IT… O M G AS SOON AS I DID IT, IT WAS IN MY FACE SAYING YOUR COMPUTER IS DAMAGED YOU MUST BY OUR ANTI VIRAL SPYWARE . AND THERES ANOTHER WINDOW WITH THERE WEBSITE AND THERE PROTECTION FOR LIKE 80 BUCKS…I DONT THINK SO. BUT I CANT GET IT OFF MY COMPUTER I CANT ACCESS ANY OF MY ADMINISTRATIVE FOLDERS… IT KEEPS KNOCKING ME OFF… .AND I WAS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET AROUND THIS LEACH OF A PROGRAM AND EVERY CORNER I TRIED I WAS BLOCKED OR THE PROGRAM WHOULD FAIL BEFORE I COULD GET THE INFO LOADED??? IT WAS THAT FAST… IT WAS A MATTER OF …WHAT SEEMED LESS THAN A MINUTE…AND BEFORE I COULD DO ANYTHING…BAM!! IT SHUTS DOWN… JUST STRAIGHT CRASHED OFF… NO WARNING . I JUST TURNED MY NEW COMPUTER INTO A PAPERWEIGHT WHAT HAVE I DONE… OK DONT PANIC… I TURN IT BACK ON IT SAYS WINDOWS HAS A PROBLEM…(YEAH ME ) . WINDOWS WILL NOT BOOT SO I USE MY RECOVERY DISCS…THEY LOAD JUST FINE BUT AS ITS DOING THE LAST CONFIGURATION BEFORE WINDOWNOTHING STUCK IN A LOOP…LOADS WINDOWS…CRASHES… WELL I GUESS ITS TIME TO READ THE WARRANTY… WE DO NOT COVER SPYWARE OR INFECTED SOFTWARE IN FACT WE DONT EVEN COVER SOFTWARE… UH…OH! I GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THEY SAY SEND IT IN… I DO THEY REPLACE THE HARDDRIVE AND UPDATE MY BIOS FOR ME…FREE ITS UNDER WARRANTY…WHEW… IT ARRIVES JUST LIKE THE DAY I GOT IT…( I PRESUME) I SET IT UP AND TURN ON THE FREE TRIAL OF SPYWARE …JUST LIKE BEFORE… SOON I FIND MYSELY STROLLING THROUGH A NOT SO REPUTABLE WEBSITE AND…BAM THERE IT IS… THAT FREAKIN SAME POP-UP… MY FREE TRIALS WERE STILL EXPIRED… THERE IS NO WAY THE MANUFACTURER GONNA SAY JUST SEND IT IN WELL FIX IT FREE AGAIN…AND AS I GET TO NORTONS WEBSITE I I BUY THE DOWNLOAD ANTIVIRUS 2011 AND AS IT IS ALMOST DONE LOADED…CRASH… DEAD IT STARTS AND WINDOWS LOADS… I GO STRAIGHT TO THE NORTON WEBSITE… THERE IT IS …ANTISPYWARE 2011 AND AT A PRICE I CAN LIVE WITH…I GET IT PAYED FOR AND START TO DOWNLOAD IT…ALMOST THERE AND DROPS EXPLORER… AND IT SAYS THAT GOOGLE TOOLBAR IS INFECTED… I REMOVE THE TOOLBAR AND JUST THEN… DEATH… ON RESTART I AM LOOKING AT A RESTORE WINDOW… I HAVE NO CHOICE I RESTORE POINT TO BEFORE MY…SURFING SAFARI. IT MAKES IT TO NORTONS WEBSITE AND IT STILL HAS MY ACCOUNT RIGHT THERE AND IT EVEN SAYS I HAVENT DOWNLOADED YET. COOL LOAD… LOAD …COMON BABY LOAD…IT DOES AND IT FINDS THE MALEWARE…SPYWARE WHATEVER WAS IN THERE…SAVED BY NORTON!! ALMOST TURNED MY LAPTOP INTO A PAPERWEIGHT…