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So the "impossible" happened today.

I got a virus on the computer and it pretty much froze it solid.

There was a number to call that appeared to be an Apple message and so I called it. Somehow the guy got me out of the virus or showed me how to do it on the machine (I do not remember how) and then as he was a going to make a sales pitch, I think, I just told him thanks and goodbye.

I immediately went to Norton who I have had before and bought their anti-virus program. Installed it.

It found a lot of bugs.

When I got the machine, the conventional wisdom was that the new Apple software was hit proof.

I guess that is no longer the case.

Norton found a lot of viri when it installed and has since caught two on their way into the machine.

At least that is what it says.

My idea is that the people who put the virus on were the people whose number I called. I don't know.

I had Norton before and was happy with it. It is not cheap but it is thorough. What is more it tells me, right up there in green, that each site is safe. I haven't found one that is not.

I suspect that I got it from one of those erotic male photo and video sites I sometimes peruse. I know the ones I already have, which are plenty, are safe. I think I will stay with them for now.

I will be careful henceforth.

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