Brittney Spears killed my computer.

It was a very relaxing weekend for the most part, which was enjoyable after a sleep-less week. As you can see it's close to 2am so the bitter cycle is starting again. Watched some footie, worked out, saw friends, played some poker, soccer and a lot of TV catching up in-between.

Then something happened today illustrating the depth of Murphy's Law. My virus software has been out of date for 2 months. Every day I get the message saying my computer is at risk! Heaven forbid! Today I decided to act. Instead of getting the same software, after speaking to Gopo I decided to switch. In order to do that I needed to uninstall the old software, which I did. In the 5 minutes before I installed the new software, I get an MSN message, telling me to click a link - the text of which made sense in regards to a discussion I had with the sender the previous evening about a certain pop-star. So I click the link.

The link was a virus, a Trojan. A Trojan, as the name cleverly suggests, hides in your computer until the time someone wants to take it over. So, let's recap quickly. I haven't been sent one of these viruses in the last 4 years or so. I haven't been without virus software in about 8 years. In the space of the only 5 unprotected minutes over 8 years, I get sent a virus. That being said, I wouldn't usually click a suspicious link. However, strangely enough, the text of the link perfectly fit the last discussion I had with the sender. All these things happen at once and I'm left shaking my head. Brittney Spears, I hope you're happy you slag!

have a good week!