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Jeoshua

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Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« on: April 20, 2011, 08:28:55 pm »

That bitch ain't got NOTHIN on me!

My friend just "accidentally" was infected with the spyware program "Windows 7 Antivirus".  He proceeded to try to run it and became concerned when it asked him to register.  So I calmly informed him it was a virus, and I could fix it for him.  He didn't think it would work, and tried installing an antivirus program he had bought but never installed.  It failed to do the trick.

He thought his computer was dying.  So I bet him I could fix the computer up before the virus scan even finished.

10 minuites and literally 3 regedit searches later (shitty coding), he now owes me money.

Seriously, Scare-ware ain't got nothin on me.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 08:31:02 pm »

Hint: Happy thread.

I mean, what are we supposed to discuss here?  How you're manly about fixing computers or something?

Also, I was unaware that the Windows 7 Antivirus scam was female.  I should look into setting her up with Norton.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 08:31:52 pm »

Hint: Happy thread.

I mean, what are we supposed to discuss here?  How you're manly about fixing computers or something?

Also, I was unaware that the Windows 7 Antivirus scam was female.  I should look into setting her up with Norton.
Don't.

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 08:46:21 pm »

Hint: Happy thread.

I mean, what are we supposed to discuss here?  How you're manly about fixing computers or something?

Also, I was unaware that the Windows 7 Antivirus scam was female.  I should look into setting her up with Norton.

I was unaware Norton was male.

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 08:47:37 pm »

I was unaware Norton was male.

Doesn't matter, as long as Norton likes girls, does it?

Femslash is good too.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 08:48:22 pm »

I was unaware Norton was male.

Doesn't matter, as long as Norton likes girls, does it?

Femslash is good too.

You put forward a persuading argument, and I would like to subscribe to your publication.

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 08:58:40 pm »

I was unaware Norton was male.

Doesn't matter, as long as Norton likes girls, does it?

Femslash is good too.
Vector: what will she write about next?

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 09:31:21 pm »

Hint: Happy thread.

I mean, what are we supposed to discuss here?  How you're manly about fixing computers or something?

Also, I was unaware that the Windows 7 Antivirus scam was female.  I should look into setting her up with Norton.

I was unaware Norton was male.

Back in the Windows 3.1 days, the icon for Norton utilities was a male doctor.

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 09:48:55 pm »

Norton can be a guy's name, can't it? Sounds like one, anyway.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 10:10:37 pm »

Yeah, Norton is a real name real people have. Only guys.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 11:44:55 am »

an antivirus program he had bought but never installed.
I may have found a little tip you could give your friend...
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 04:40:16 pm »

I never understood how windows registry works.  Seems rather silly.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 04:47:27 pm »

I was unaware Norton was male.

Doesn't matter, as long as Norton likes girls, does it?

Femslash is good too.
Oh Vector, you and your personifying computer programs and then writing fanfiction about said programs.
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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2011, 12:50:05 am »

I never understood how windows registry works.  Seems rather silly.
It's a giant file with tons of useful values stuffed in it in such a way that a program can quickly retrieve them, but still be challenging for the computer illiterate masses to accidentally delete.
Basically it's a collection of even-less-user-friendly config.ini files (for the most part). No idea what the parallel would be in Linux-based or Mac OS'

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Re: Windows 7 Antivirus: Punked!
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2011, 01:05:52 am »

I was unaware Norton was male.

Doesn't matter, as long as Norton likes girls, does it?

Femslash is good too.
Oh Vector, you and your personifying computer programs and then writing fanfiction about said programs.
I approve.
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