From the ground up

It looks like I'll without my computer for a bit longer. After not receiving a phone call, I went down to Best Buy in person to find out what was going on. The short story is that apparently the virus is so bad that they have to reinstall Windows XP. So, I shelled out yet more money to get all of my files backed up, and will be visiting the store again tomorrow afternoon with my original XP installation disc.

I could really use a windfall right about now. Also, at this juncture I support the death penalty for creators of malware.