January 18, 2001

Marthame trying to repair our laptop (BTW: it’s cold!).

Viruses aren't good. Elizabeth's been in bed with one, and Marthame managed to give one to our computer. While not particularly destructive, this little bugger (called "The Matrix") is a sneaky one and very difficult to get rid of. One of its more ingenious methods is to prevent you from going to websites that contain words like "virus" or "norton" or "mcafee" to cure your computer. Another one is to connect to its own website and download new viruses onto your computer. Twelve hours later, the computer is healthy, and it seems we only passed it along to one other person whose software was up-to-date enough to catch it. A reminder: DO NOT OPEN UNKNOWN ATTACHMENTS! No matter who tells you to!