One moment's inattention. [View all]

So, tonight I'm multitasking. Playing Elder Scrolls Online, watching the news, periodically checking my e-mail, letting the dogs out and in and out and in, yadda, yadda.

I' checking my e-mail and there is a message from Google Photos saying my pictures have been published. Huh? I don't remember posting any pictures that would go through Google Photos. So, I click the blue button that says "View Details".

After I get done kicking myself several times for not checking the sender address or looking at the address that the "View Details" was sending me to, I sit back down and pray that I got stupid for the most incompetent hacker ever. Because the screen I was sent to was one of those that inform me that I have been infected by a virus and to call an 888 number immediately so a 'skilled technician' can walk me through how to disinfect my computer. I discover that I can't close the tab, nor can I switch to another tab. I can, however, just close Chrome, thunk.

Then run a full virus scan, reboot computer and don't get any warnings from MicroSoft or Macafee. My knees begin to regain functionality. And I just hope that my incredible positive energy lasts through next Tuesday and presages a Blue Tidal Wave!