Everyone whose computer has been...
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Everyone whose computer has been infected with a virus knows the headache viruses
cause. Computers fail to start, freeze up in mid-sentence, files are missing or corrupt, and
in the worst-case scenario, the computer crashes.
Often, one can download a patch or a fix from the internet that will scan through the computer's drive searching for suspicious files, isolate, and destroy them. But sometimes, like Jeremiah's potter, one has only one recourse left -- start over. In computer terms, that means reformatting the hard drive. Although, not that difficult, it is time consuming, what with backing up data files, reinstalling all those programs, partitioning, and so on. But at the end, one is left with basically a fresh computer, just like the day it was brought home from the store.
Often, one can download a patch or a fix from the internet that will scan through the computer's drive searching for suspicious files, isolate, and destroy them. But sometimes, like Jeremiah's potter, one has only one recourse left -- start over. In computer terms, that means reformatting the hard drive. Although, not that difficult, it is time consuming, what with backing up data files, reinstalling all those programs, partitioning, and so on. But at the end, one is left with basically a fresh computer, just like the day it was brought home from the store.
