Showing posts with label irritating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irritating. Show all posts

Friday, November 16, 2012

Facebook spam apps. OMG!

This color change spam app I stupidly picked up on facebook, is making my tech life miserable! I knew when it asked me to fill out a survey and then wouldn't let me out until I did a survey (which was not a survey!)

Here's a list of the damage it's reeked so far:
Spammed to everyone and their brothers.
Put a link in Google chrome.
Couldn't find the app in facebook to disable it!
Posted fake "Color changer" Party events
I tried to change the events (because it would not allow me to delete them) yet it posted another event.
I posted several warnings to my facebook friends, yet some still clicked the event.
Then Facebook shuts down my account, after getting through some security measures they tell me my account is compromised and will need to be partially disabled for a few days.
I can look at facebook, but I'm unable to post anything anywhere, Not even a like.
Ran a basic scan after that, removing 5 infected files.
The next night, had it run a thorough check after re-boot and deleted a few files that infected my windows log files.
I log on Blogger and look at my stats from the last 2 days and everything looked fine.
Then I looked at some facebook posts and articles.
I tried posting an article on my Blogger and I find it posted to a fictional account!
Check my blogger and can't even see my blogs, they're replaced by fake blog names with no stats!
It looked like all my blogs and stats were totally gone, and the ones in it's place had no delete option!
Find a list of all my blogs, and it's full of these fake blogs. Mine are still there but buried.
Do a search for help and find a few people are having same issue starting a few days ago.
Luckily those posts had links for deleting the offending blogs, and directed me to change my password info.
I am posting it here, hoping this will show on my other accounts to forewarn others.




Do not click any color changer anything, for Facebook or Chrome. If you do, get rid of it immediately! Warn your buddies,  and run full virus scan. Then change your password in Facebook, Google, and blogger.
How aggravating!


Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Get the door!

I want to write a lighter post today, since my head hurts and I don't really feel like talking about anything too heavy. Maybe I'll even take a little nap after this :-)

I wonder what it is that causes the reactions I have to simple things like, the phone ringing, or a knock on the door. Personally, I prefer an email or instant message to a call any-day. That is, unless it's for something long and involved or my husband is calling. Please don't make me type hundreds of lines back and forth for something that we can discuss much easier and with less confusion by talking in person or over the phone. That being said, even if you need a real discussion, I somehow prefer a quick text to let me know. You know, "Hey little miss priss (that's something my mom use to call me :-[ when she was angry), I need to talk to you, so I'll drop by in about 5 minutes!" or maybe, "I need your help with something, I'll call you so we can talk.". Just that little warning eases my mind. I guess it prepares me.

See how ecstatic I am to talk on the phone!


I was laying on my bed yesterday reading through some pamphlets when I heard the door bell ring. Almost anytime I hear the door or my phone my heart-rate seems to go up a little. I'm sure it doesn't help when the dog starts barking like crazy. No big deal, I tell myself, just look through the window and check who it is. So I pull my curtain apart just enough to see two missionaries at my door. Another thing that gets my heart racing. I know they mean well, but I don't want to talk to them. Most likely they are Jehovah's Witnesses, but the white shirt on the man indicates that they could be Mormon. Either way, I don't want to talk to them. I can tell them I already go to church, that I am Lutheran or, I attend at the United Church of Christ where I am quite happy. However, that isn't usually enough. In-fact it sometimes invites them to ask more questions. I want them to leave, but I often answer anyway. This would be ok, but it invites them to come back, bringing this whole uncomfortable situation again and again. This is very similar to getting calls or visits from sales people. If I do answer them it is uncomfortable. I don't want to talk to them, yet I seem to insist on being "nice," listen to their spiel and let them down gently. Great, now they push, and offer some "benefit" like lower the price, different offer, guaranteed satisfaction, or cancel within so many days. No, I don't want what you are offering, and frankly I don't want you to come or call at all! That's what I'd like to tell them, but instead I just hang up or send them on their way. I really hate the feeling that I get when I have to respond to these people. I truly do not want to respond to them at all.

Okay, that's not missionaries, it's just us and Craig's brother Zack :)


I chose to stay in my room that day, not answer the door, and let the dog bark. I feel like I'm hiding out in my room, so they won't know I'm there, or will at least just go away. Why do I do that? Why do I feel that way? A little anxiety, I know, but why does this cause anxiety? I know I'm not the only one, others have the same or similar reaction. It's almost like I see them as intruders, intruding into my private life, but they mean no real harm. I even did a little search on this after the well meaning missionaries finally left my doorstep. I found a video of a women asking similar questions about her reactions to missionary visitors. Her reactions and feelings were more severe than mine, but along the same lines. I understood where she was coming from, even if I felt her reaction was a bit heavy. The replies, to her very honest post, were quite harsh for the most part. Especially replies from our very loving caring evangelicals, who want nothing more than to save the souls of every sinner they claim not to judge.


There, I found a missionary in my pics. Wonders never cease! 


So, what do you all think? Why do I react this way? Why does anyone react this way? And please do not put in any comments about it being the devil, or some demon inside me. That's the kind of thing people were posting to the lady in the video I described in the previous paragraph. I just find these kind of comments to be every bit as "demonic" or "possessed" as the reactions those comments are referring to. That probably didn't make a lot of sense, but I never claimed that everything I say makes total sense. 

Monday, June 25, 2012


Ahhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!! My head hurts! Gotta get it out! There is so much stuff that goes on in my head. I need an outlet to get some of it out in the air. What's in my head? Who cares? I just need to vent, discuss, spew, whatever. My other blog is on my education journey, which limits topics I choose to talk about. This blog should, hopefully, provide an outlet for just about any topic. This can also give me some freedom to try out, and experiment with a variety of options for different types of blog posts. It shall be my learning and growing blog tool. I want to try out some video and audio. I will see how it goes. For now, however, I must head to bed.  Good night -_- sleep tight zzzzzzzz don't let the bedbugs bite!