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5 Aug 2008 8:29 PM

I'm an ordinary bloke, I have simple pleasures , one of them being the time I spend stumbling around in cyberspace. So imagine my surprise when I sat down one fine and sunny morning armed with that first, all-important, heart-starting cup of coffee with the sole intent of reading my emails and catching up on a few sports results only to find that my beloved laptop wasn't speaking to me.

What did I do?, was it something I said?...Why?? after all this time...we used to be so close.. Then I realised, a virus had invaded my little corner of this ever expanding cyber-universe, a virus so malicious it had evaded all of the sand bags and barricades I had erected, to effectively shut down my entire system.

I was left with no alternative...the word reboot figured very heavily in my stars and I was forced to go searching through piles of music cds to find the 'System Regeneration' cd which I had seen many times but never thought I'd need. Having found this holy grail I nervously inserted it into the drive (as per the instructions) and waited for the inevitable.

It was as if a fire had swept through the house. Photos, letters, emails all gone...I know, I know...I should have backed up more often, but I'm about as organised with my computer as I am with my garden shed. I know where everything is...it just takes me a little while to find things.

Then I had to go hunting around for all of those scraps of paper with various registration numbers and obscure passwords on them for software that I had installed.
Anyway..(and nobody is more surprised than me) the laptop is now up and running again (which is a blinding flash of the obvious because I wouldn't be typing this if it wasn't!!) and now I find myself reflecting after the dust has settled on the whole exercise.

OK...I will now be backing my files up a little more systematically and I will be beefing up my security software BUT, and here's the thing...why should I have to??...who are these maniacs that spend hour upon hour feverishly typing line after line of computer code with the express intention of destroying my holiday pics and my wife's recipe for Mexican Chicken. They obviously have a ton of expertise as far as computer programming is concerned but I tell you what...they need a serious kick up the pants in terms of "getting a life". They are cyber-muggers, PC-driven vandals who should stick to spraying things on the side of railway trucks rather than invading my privacy for no other reason than proving that they can do it!!

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