That might have worked if I was fast enough and didn't panic. I was more concerned about saving my computer than taking some screen shot of the page I was on. Lesson learned.
The first two weeks of my freshman year in college, I walked around the dorm and introduced myself to all the girls as a computer tech. I was willing to help them set up their internet and school email. This is a few years before cable and dsl modems became the norm. Most kids weren't used to Ethernet cables and whatnot. By the end of the month, at least half of the girls (which amounts to about 600 coeds) in the dorm knew me. For the rest of the year, whenever I was hungry, there was always a girl there to feed me. When you're in college, knowing you'll never go to bed hungry is crucial. Ah, the good life.
Try downloading the Trinity Rescue Kit, burning to cd and booting from the disk. It's a linux based program which will run your choice of (3?) anti-virus programs, scanning your computer without ever booting into Windows. Instructions for use can be found in the documentation section of their site. A handy tool which I've used countless times to rescue the computers of friends.
Is this where us Mac and Linux users sit around looking self-satisfied and smug? I don't know . . . apswartz seemed to be graciously refraining . . . :angelic007
I haven't had any coffee yet, so this may come across a bit rougher than I intend, but........ I'm tired of the whole I'm better then you cause I use Mac or Linux or whatever.
Shave and a Coffee, two-bits! I'm sure you will feel better! Oh, I never said I was better for using Mac/Linux, but maybe I am better off for using the one or the other.
No, not self-satisfied. Just glad that certain problems don't seem to affect us. We just suffer from different ones I would never ever say I'm better because I use Linux. Never ever. If one's happy with windows, so be it. If one's happy with Linux, suits me. If one likes mac, it's his decicion. I don't judge people by the OS they use and neither do I point at them when they have problems. After all, all this "I use Linux/Mac so I'm better and cleverer than you" - stuff only leads to Microsoft-users believing that Linux/Mac users all are arrogant, elitist and that's quite the opposite of what we are and the way we want to be seen.
Flickr.com is free for up to 200 photos. I pay for the pro service because it is great. Of course Google offers Picasso and maybe you can still use Photobucket. For example, try another browser (e.g. Opera, Firefox, etc.) and disable stuff like Java, javascript. My understanding of the Photobucket virus is that it depends on VBS.
I use Photobucket extensively and have had no problems to date, but I also always use Firefox as my browser anytime I access it. I seem to remember having blocked popups a few times, but that is quite common for Firefox. Maybe it headed them off at the pass.
I'm pretty sure I have more than 200 pics on Photobucket. I'll take another look at Firefox after I get that PC up and running. I use Internet Explorer now. Thanks!
Flickr upload info... How many photos can I upload for free? When you have a free Flickr account, you can upload 100MB worth of photos each calendar month. This is a bandwidth limit, and not an amount of space that you have on Flickr servers. Your bandwidth allowance is reset to zero at midnight in Pacific Time Zone (Flickr headquarters time) on the first of each calendar month. You can't recover any of your monthly allowance by deleting photos. If you have a free account, you'll see your limit on the upload page. If you find yourself hitting your limit, try a Pro Account. Or, you can shoot your photos at a lower resolution or resize them to be more "web-friendly" (like 300KB instead of 5MB). Can I pay to keep more of my photos on Flickr? Absolutely! Upgrade to a Pro Account for just US$24.95 a year (or R$45.90 if you’re in Brazil). Here's what you'll get with a Pro Account: Unlimited photo uploads (20MB per photo) Unlimited video uploads (90 seconds max) Unlimited storage Unlimited bandwidth Unlimited photosets Archiving of high-resolution original images The ability to replace a photo Post any of your photos or videos in up to 60 group pools Ad-free browsing and sharing View count and referrer statistics Compare that to what you get with a Free Account: 100 MB monthly upload limit (10MB per photo) 3 sets Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools Only smaller (resized) images accessible (though the originals are saved in case you upgrade later)
Thaks Michael! I was just looking at SmugMug and they want $40 for basic. $24.95 a year sounds better.
