Infuriatingly Crippled

My laptop has some kind of virus.

Because of this, I am having many murderous thoughts.

I'm not exactly a novice at computer security, but I am far from an expert, and know only what years of computer experience, common sense, and information the males of my generation seem to automatically know from birth.

I have run approximately 7 virus, malware, adware, spyware, trojan, et cetera scanners and cleaners and have found two things, one which could be removed, the other which couldn't because my Norton Scanner is only a scanner and can't remove anything (how useful!). When I set other scanners on the same file they come up empty handed (my beloved Avast has been incapacitated by the virus, and won't do a system scan...)

I can't tell you how infuriated I am with this, and know that as soon as this is all over I will have developed a deep paranoia for my computer's security (most likely a good thing).

I have talked with the people at GeekSquad (I would link their website but that would cost about an hour worth of loading [yes, literally]) and the estimated cost of bringing my laptop into Best Buy (link later) and getting it fixed is $199.

For anyone that can comfortably say "no problem" to that, you're spoiled pieces of ---- (no, really).

My mother has suggested talking to her Tech people at work to get them to try to and fix it, though, at the pace my mother works to get things done for me, that will never happen.

Eventually I will have to nag my mother to do it until she gets pissed off at me and, a month later, asks one of her Tech guys so they can say "sure" and, two months later, end up not being able to fix anything.

My cousin is over and our dog is licking his hands, and you can tell I am irritated because I want to shoot both of them for making that disgustingly annoying sound even after I asked him to stop her.

"I'm trying, she won't stop."

Bull.

Perhaps the worst part of this, however, is the fact that there is no way any friend of mine an sympathize.

"it's just a virus, it's just a computer, it's no big deal."

Yes, it is a big ----ing deal, this isn't my computer, this is my security, something I own, and there is something wrong with it, caused by another person, and so far there is nothing I can do to help. If you can't relate to that then we obviously are two very different people.

It infuriates me how helpless I am while this is happening, it infuriates me that no one gives a ----, because, really, no one can give a ----, it's my computer, nobody else can feel responsible, not like I can, at least, and it infuriates me that this was all probably caused by some kid in his ----ing basement messing with a computer program, deciding to release a virus into the internet for no apparent reason.

Though I would love to just sit here and cuss and scream, I am closing the jar and leaving this post as is. And though it killed me to censor everything I could find, I'm not sure if my Aunt still reads this.

If you are reading this, I only really can cuss online. It's just easier... though usually there isn't any anger behind it.

If anyone has any suggestions as to what to do, please keep it to yourself unless you think you understand fully how to remove these things. I don't need anyone else telling me to "delete the virus" (sorry, you know who you are, that just does absolutely nothing to help me. I'll blame it on your inexperience. No offense.)

Contemplating doing a System Recovery, but I need to know more about it to be confident doing it...

Wish me luck...