cursed

i'm seriously cursed with computers. :( sigh sigh SIGH.

during the past 10 years of having a computer, i've had about 3 crashes and 4 major viruses and i'm pretty sure i've had many minor viruses, too. just recently, i got my 5th major virus. it started out as me not being able to use facebook. and then one day, BAM. my computer went haywire. unlike the other viruses, this virus pretended as if it was an antivirus program and it had asked me to purchase its product (at the time, i didn't know the virus was the "antivirus program"). being the naive, gullible, stupid girl that i am, i thought it was legit. it most surely looked legit -- it looked like this other antivirus program i've seen. anyways.. i wanted to get rid of the virus so i said, "ok. i'll buy this." i entered my credit card info and the last 4 digits of my social. (i cringe as i type this..) thank God that bank of america is such an awesome, awesome bank! it didn't let me complete the transaction but rather, the bank sent me an email saying i had irregular check card activity. and, the next day the bank had phoned my home in norcal 3 times.

but, back to the story. so, when i typed in all my information and as i saw that i wasn't able to purchase the program, i thought the virus was preventing me from completing my transaction. the next day, i took my computer to a friend (a computer genius, by the way) and he said, "you have a virus. you see this so-called antivirus program that keeps popping up on your computer? it looks so real but this is the actual virus." i turned to him and said, "..wait, what?? THIS is the virus?? omigosh.."

surprisingly, i didn't panic. nor did i freak out. i was more embarrassed by my naivety, and worried, of course. i'm not sure what's going on right now but all i know is that the bank restricted me and the bad guy from using my card and i need to get a new card with a new credit card number. i'm nervous about the social security ordeal but i'm hoping it won't come to identity theft.. i'll be freaking out by then, for sure.

anyways, i'm so sick of these viruses. why are there such smart yet evil people out there creating this? if they are that smart to make viruses, then they can definitely use their smart minds for something GOOD, no? :( and how come i am so prone to have viruses on my computer? i'm so scared to use the internet. even now, i'm using someone else's computer.. :*(