So, the moral of the story is, I need to save my photoshop files more often >.>

Got a nasty virus entitled 'Sytem Fix' last night (funnily enough, right after mentioning to my dad on the phone that I needed to back my files up), which had me convinced that I had bricked my computer. Thankfully, some quick internet research let me know that it hadn't actually wiped half my hard drive, which was a definite relief. On the flip side, I'd done about an hour's linework on the latest picture since I'd saved... and the virus did shut down everything I was using, along with hiding the majority of the files on my computer and deleting all my shortcuts. Un-fun.

The virus didn't take that long to fix, thankfully (despite the fact that a full computer scan with Malwarebytes takes about three hours and this all happened at about 11PM), but I'm still pissed. And there's still a rootkit somewhere on the computer that I'm starting to think must be TDL4, because it's impossible to find. I'm getting tired of opening tabs on google and realizing that instead of a photoshop brush set, I've actually become the daily winner of an apple iPad for the Suffolk area (and for what it's worth, if those iPads were legitimate, I think I could have paid my way through college with the amount I've won in the last few months).

In any case, I'm going to grumble, save more often, and keep throwing myself at various anti-malware programs until I get this thing. If your computer pops up ten thousand alerts and all your shit disappears, don't panic.


In other news, Black Friday is coming up: wondering if I'll survive it. Or, on the flipside, if the first customer who shoves me will. Heading in for work at 4:45AM rarely improves my temperament.
Should be fun >.>