Here's a joke on aging that I got from Martha yesterday, hilarious:
We were in a restaurant on the weekend talking to the waitress. She mentioned they had a large tree in their backyard which was destroyed by the recent ice storm. Fortunately there was no other damage to houses, etc. They got quotes to have it removed. I couldn't believe they wanted between $2900 to $3500 to do the job. Her neighbour had 2 such trees, obviously very large trees.
A few weeks ago, I had clicked on this screen urging me to update my java software as it was out of date. Being an organized type that way, I succumbed to malware called 'conduit'. I was getting annoying pop-up ads everywhere. Husband M helped me to clear it from my computer system but something was left in the computer registry. Everytime I would start up my computer I would get a Run DLL error message saying 'background container wasn't found'. Then magically, a few days ago, the message disappeared. We figured we must've run CCleaner (our PC optimization and cleaning software) again and it found it this time. It's great when problems fix themselves! Now I carefully avoid these suspicious pop-up messages. They look quite real and will copy the actual company's logo perfectly.
We were in a restaurant on the weekend talking to the waitress. She mentioned they had a large tree in their backyard which was destroyed by the recent ice storm. Fortunately there was no other damage to houses, etc. They got quotes to have it removed. I couldn't believe they wanted between $2900 to $3500 to do the job. Her neighbour had 2 such trees, obviously very large trees.
A few weeks ago, I had clicked on this screen urging me to update my java software as it was out of date. Being an organized type that way, I succumbed to malware called 'conduit'. I was getting annoying pop-up ads everywhere. Husband M helped me to clear it from my computer system but something was left in the computer registry. Everytime I would start up my computer I would get a Run DLL error message saying 'background container wasn't found'. Then magically, a few days ago, the message disappeared. We figured we must've run CCleaner (our PC optimization and cleaning software) again and it found it this time. It's great when problems fix themselves! Now I carefully avoid these suspicious pop-up messages. They look quite real and will copy the actual company's logo perfectly.
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Yes, we have to be very careful. Here in Europe there have been identity thefts in big style, we have had warnings to check our computers, which i did. Valerie
That joke is hilarious and made me feel good. I had quite a few trees removed from my yard, but they cost around $300-400 per tree. As for malware, I clicked on something and ever since then I have had problems with the screen freezing. I would then have to press control alt delete to log off and log on again. And this is happening despite having Norton.
I made the mistake of clicking on a pop-up message once and it almost ruined my computer! Lesson learned :)
I've done that, too, with my computer, and it was so frustrating. I think a lot of people fall victim to these things at one point.
funny picture, reminds me a little of the Simpsons episode where some of the characters were volunteer fire-fighters and on the road they were stalled by many ducks walking on the road. One of the characters was like "You ducks are really starting to get on my nerves...but you're so cute".
That's funny about the hedgehog/pine cone thingy. It must be a big pine cone!
Glad your computer was not harm. I used CCleaner almost every week. Oh and about the tree..My front yard tree got a quote for about $3000 to remove too. It's really amazing how much thing costs nowadays!
Funny about the pine cone. I'm glad your computer is okay, it's sad that we have to be so careful all of time, but so it is. Thanks for the reminder.
Last week I downloaded a well-recommended free graphic editing program. However, the program came with other programs I didn't want, so I uninstalled all of them. Thankfully, there were no viruses.
I loved that joke Christine, had a good chuckle! I think I will share it.
It is terrible how we have to be so careful these day with so many malwares around. :-(
Trees can be a huge expense. We have a fruited mulberry in our front yard that Terry is still able to prune each year. The two trees in the backyard, though, really need an arborist to come out and, like your friend, would cost about $2000 which I cannot afford at this time.
I get those pop up messages periodically and never know if it's for real. The upkeep for big trees are so expensive here in Hawaii that people really don't want to have them anymore.
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