Back in Business

My husband has so much patience.  He can wait and wait for things to be precisely as they should be.  He is highly methodical, very detail-oriented and he never backs down from a challenge.

So when the Trojan Horse virus punks came along and seized the full contents of our computer about six weeks ago (more on that here and here), they were messing with the wrong guy.

P was on a mission and, let me tell you, his resolve paid off.   The stand-off has ended.  Fordeville wins.  The home computer is up and running.

In my infinite impatience, I was already thinking about which replacement computer we should buy.   We were done for, I figured.  Not P.  He was researching the virus nonsense during the work day when he had time, and then kept bringing home new CDs, memory sticks, etc., to download various remedies onto our imprisoned computer.  Foiled, foiled and foiled again — until one night, I heard this coming from our upstairs office at some ungodly hour:

“Yessssssssssssssssssss.  Got it.” 

This was followed by the joyous sound of Windows booting up — something we had not heard in weeks.

We had won!  But not.  By the next day, the Trojan Punks had resumed control.  This was like a carefully played chess match.  Not only were we dealing with strategy, but also some psychology and trickery. 

My husband *loves* this shit.  Not me — I was over it.  I continued combing through the holiday circulars for our new computer.

This went back and forth for weeks.  Trojan Punks up, then P resumed control.  Then foiled again the next day — on and 0n.

Until this weekend, when there was a series of major breakthroughs.  (Don’t ask me what they were — I was out looking for the new laptop.)

Last night, P was finally ready to cautiously claim victory.  Everything seems to be working — at least for now — but who knows what kind of damage/access occurred on the back end.  We’ll see, I guess.  Let’s just say that we’re not doing any banking on that computer in the near future.  

And if any of my blog posts were particuarly weak in the last month, perhaps I’ll blame it on the Trojan Punks.  You didn’t like that entry?  Well, they posted in my name.  Why yes, I’m sure their goal in methodically taking over our machine was to wield their power through my blog.  They just needed a platform.

Anyway, hats off to P:  Engineer by day.  Anti-Trojan warrior and general online badass by night.  ?And truly the patience of a saint.