Fun with Technology

So, this morning when I checked my computer, the overnight scan had detected a virus and was waiting for me to delete it.  Fine, deleted, gone.  Then it suggested doing a boot scan -- restarting the system to scan before Windows loaded.  Fine, always a good idea, I figured that it would take 10-15 minutes.

Silly me.  It's over four hours later and still scanning.  (I think it's also scanning my back-up drive, which is what's made it seem SO long.)  And since this is all before Windows has loaded, I can't use the computer, while simply scanning in the background.

Then, feeling like a fool, so focused on my desktop system running through its scan, I realized that I actually have a notebook computer, sitting off there elsewhere at home. 

So, I've started that up, and here we are...