So as it turned out the virus was gone, there were no malware programs on my drive, just an error left behind by it that was causing my computer to freeze up. I rolled the computer back, which improved thing somewhat, but I was still getting random freeze ups where the only remedy was to pull all power sources and reboot.
So I took drastic action, saved all my important stuff (pictures, reviews, manuscripts) and rolled the Beautiful Beast back to factory settings. I’ve not had a single problem since.
But the bad news is I lost all my saved mail, my saved links, and my favorite programs. I’m recovering them, one slow download at a time. So please bear with me. And if I owe you an email, please, please resend it.
