Pirate Bay Pitfalls

[Alfonzo]

Let me just explain that I know I brought it upon myself..


Was on Pirate Bay yesterday. Just looking, not down or uploading. Suddenly, IE starts to close and up pops a message from the toolbar telling me my Windows Firewall is off. Weird, I think..from there on in it didn't get pretty. All apps fail and freeze, as does windows. The friggin thing beeps continously at me and can only be stopped by holding the power key in. I was running Avast, and have now had a full malware scan, etc. which found a few things but nothing heinous.

I've had to carry out a clean install. Right pain. Had a 110Gb of work / software on the machine.

And to top it off, although the laptop came with XP Pro installed on it, Dell only supplied a Vista re-install disc. I didn't want Vista, so tried calling Dell to discuss. I won't even start on Dell, what a shower!

Computers. Dont' you just love em.