Recent spyware surge

Last week Rick and I made a fast trip to Denver and back in a single day (about 7 hours on the road).

During that time we talked about the various computer problems we have seen lately. He noted that spyware seemed to be on the decrease. It is only Wednesday and I have reason to believe that Rick set a jinx upon computer users everywhere.

On Monday night my sister called with a computer problem. I drove to her house and her computer was loaded with spyware and viruses. Earlier that day, I received a call from another client with a computer that wouldn't even boot up because it has so many viruses (over 1600 infections).

Yesterday I saw two more computers that I had to bring home because they were so messed up that I couldn't get them cleaned up in safe or any other mode.

Last night I was runng three computers all at the same time. Each of them was so infected that it took each of them at least 3 hours to complete the full virus scan and another 3+ hours to run a full Ewido scan. I started working on them around 7pm after getting home from work and the scans weren't finished when I went to be around 1 a.m.

I still haven't finished working on one of the systems and another client called me today with a system that won't even boot up.

Actually, I don't think any of it has to do with Rick jinxing things. I think it is no coincidence that almost all of the clients I have seen lately have bored teenagers at home that are trying to cure their boredom by downloading music, playing computer games and other dangerous computer practices that tend to attract viruses. 

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