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I have not had the time to spend on this forum lately, because my sister, IN THE TEN MINUTES SHE WAS ON MY COMPUTER, downloaded 28 viruses and 500 spywares onto my computer! I have for the last two weeks been trying like crazy trying to figure a way from redownloading the whole harddrive. Eventually i gave out and just had to. But the whole thing about it is my sister didn't even appologize not one sylibal came out of her mouth. I am sorry I have just had to get this off my chest or I was going to explode, because my parents did not do one thing to punish, yesterday night i finally fixed my computer had everything important redownloaded and i go down to eat dinner she comes in and puts a password onto my computer. Well again my parents don't do anything and it took me all day to get around it!

Has anyone else had a problem like this?

(Yes, terrestas you can complain about your brother here)

awwwww, isn't she so cute and innocent

I would be mad or angry if my sister did that me and if you was to buy ur own computer u would never share knowing someone would do something to it and if you had to share it then just nevermind of buying ur own computer

I would kill her. I usually attack my brother when he is in a 2 metre radius of mine, no body touches my computer my paws only

but that made me laugh, my brothers computer has a virus that wont die

Fenrir wrote:she comes in and puts a password onto my computer.

Well then, take a page from her book. Password protect your computer, so she can't use it again.

If it was me I'd strangle the little wench. I don't like people messing with my things, but if they touch my computer they'll end up in the hospital.

Password protecting it is a good idea. If it's a laptop keep it where she can't find it. If not, then lock the door to the room it's in. And make sure she knows you won't put up with that. If your parents won't do anything then you're the one who has to.

Man that just sux :~( I mean seriously, a computer costs a bunch of cash, the software on it costs as well, and the stuff you want that takes YEARS to find-bookmarks, special pics, goodies, emails, not to mention financial info, auctions you are watching, items you are tracking via mail etc are all very valuable

If it is you computer, password protect it definitely! Back up ALL files on DVD. Keep backups of THOSE too-update regularly. Or better yet do the raid array HD thing... two HD's of 120+gig ea is only 150-200$ total If the idiot sis gets in there again, you will have a full back up ^_^

If you talk to your parents calmly, rationally, explaining the seriousness of the violation, maybe they will understand what she truly did. Remember to explain it fully, calmly and what the dangers of viruses and spyware are. Also the password that your sister put on the computer after all your hard work to reupdate all the info!

Thats why I don't allow anyone on my computer.

Fenrir i knwo how you feel, My sister is a complete b****!! man i hate here. don't get me started.....too late i started.

The reasons why i hate my sister!!

she is narrow minded, she puts down makes fun of every thing that she thinks is stupid. Like because i like werewolves and linkin park she calls me retarded for liking them.

she is inconciderate, the b**** has her head so far up her a** she dosen't realise other people's needs. like when we go to bed and my sister doesn't turn off the light when she goes to the bathroom and the light gets in my room and distrub my sleep. and she doesn't turn on the one light she turns them ALL ON!! the hall light the kitchen light the light in the stair well. and she leaves them on when she goes to bed. so she leaves it to me to turn off all the lights in the house so i can go back to sleep. and i can't close my door all the way because i have let the my damn cats in and out of my room at night. and i tried telling her to turn them off when shes done but some reason it can't enter her retarded skull!!

if you like to read more or vent about bratty sisters or what ever look for my DIVA b**** rant.

Fenrir wrote:(Yes, terrestas you can complain about your brother here)

Wow, I was that bad with the ranting, was I?

For those of you just tuning in, my older brother's computer crapped out completely a long time ago (and that really should have been my first warning), so when the two of us went back to college, I agreed to let him use mine for writing assignments and e-mail. For this, these were the rules.

1) No downloading without consulting me first.
2) . . . Nope, that was it. Just no downloading without asking first.

A few months later, my computer started flashing the Bluescreen of Death at me. I'd installed a Zoo Tycoon 2 patch about a week ago so I thought that might've been the problem, but when I checked the Mozilla download history to find it, I found a bunch of JPG files in the download list that I didn't recognize, quite a few of which were from girlskissing.com.

And here's the part I didn't tell anyone: when my father and I finally got it to stay on long enough to install CCleaner, it found 22,700 spyware programs. I know he downloaded a lot more than just some spyware and some trashy lesbo pics, because he completely overloaded the hardrive. The only positive thing I can say about his actions are that the monitor fizzled out shortly thereafter, so I would have needed to get a new computer anyway.

And yeah, my brother didn't apologize either. He just asked if he could check his e-mail as soon as I'd finished setting up the new one (take a guess how I responded). I can't say he's a little brat and doesn't know any better though. He's 23.

My mother always asks me "if your brother makes a lot of money in Vegas, why don't we move there?" and I've never said it, but I'm always thinking "is he going to be there?" What he did to my computer is pretty much just a chip off the iceberg of what he did to me last year (though I believe I've ranted about what he did to my college fund too, so I'll refrain from that), but personally, I don't wish him ill will. Just as long as he and I never set foot in the same time zone ever again, I wish him well.

Anyway, I'm with Set on this one. If you find someone has been misusing your computer, the very first thing you should do is password-protect your own account, delete the offender's account if she has one, and disable the guest account. And of course, don't leave it unattended; if you have to leave the room, either turn it off, or put a password on your screensaver. She might not be the type to plan on screwing up your computer to get back at you for keeping her off of it, but better safe than sorry.

the only person I let on this computer would have to be my mom, I NEVER let my dad on because he knows nothing about computers so when he does go on it he is asking me questions every minute about things that cannot possibly be done.

What's weird is it is MY computer which I paid MY money for, she has HER computer for HER needs but she uses mine more. Guess what she says is her problem "It runs too slow" I wonder why..... Ok i password protected it and have finally got all my stuff back plus I got Norton antivirus which I made her pay for or else she doesn't get any rides from me. I caught her in my room turning my computer on she started ranting about how iam invading her privacy........ well she didn't expect the password so iam safe for the moment......unless she discovers safe mode

reminds me of my sister

Invading her privacy? But she was in your room, wasn't she?

Searif wrote:the only person I let on this computer would have to be my mom, I NEVER let my dad on because he knows nothing about computers so when he does go on it he is asking me questions every minute about things that cannot possibly be done.

I can relate. My mother either knows absolutely nothing about computers or she hates computers and wants to pretend she knows nothing, because it took my brother and I years to teach her even the basics of the basics of Windows. If I had a nickle for every time she asked me "one click or two?" I could have funded Freeborn. And after three years, she still doesn't understand the concept of junkmail -- she asks me to check, I tell her "nothing but junkmail" and she'll always immediately respond: "Wait, lemme' see." The e-mail could have "PENIS ENLARGEMENT" in the title and she'd still click it and read it. I don't know if she's dumb or just intentionally trying to waste my time.

She also really tested my patience earlier this week. She kept nagging me to see what was wrong with a printer she wanted to hook up to her laptop. The first question I asked was "is it plugged in?"To which she responded: "Well. . . It's plugged into the computer, yes." But it wasn't plugged into an outlet. So, I explained that to her, and not even a minute later she came back telling me it wasn't working and that I didn't help her and I need to take another look at it.

The problem this time? It wasn't turned on.

And if that wasn't enough, she called me back a third time to ask how to install the software. And I know for a fact that she hadn't even tried, because as soon as she'd inserted the CD, InstallShield Wizard would have taken care of everything automatically for her.

But hey, just as long as she doesn't accuse video games of teaching kids to be stupid ever again, she's fine with me. Seriously, I'm convinced it's because kids are so accustomed to installing games and downloading patches that they know how to handle computers better than their parents do.

It just goes to show:

Some people are just speed bumps on the Great Information Super Highway and should not be allowed to reproduce, much less get on the net or use technology lol.



Glad you got your puter protected man. Good Luck!

Oh yea...make sure you are ADMIN on your puter and that anyone else trying to get on will NOT be a super user.

Can you buy a 25$ lock for your room door?