I am badly badly addicted to my computer and the Internet. I cannot go a couple hours not logging on, checking my mail, going to all my favorited places to check if anything has changed. It's sad, really and I hate it, every single minute. I want to be free of this entrapment but I cannot escape, I've tried and tried but no avail. I don't want electronics. It's too ingrained in my head now. I don't think I'll ever be able to give them up. Bleh.
I don't even have an anti virus anymore, got rid of it because it kept freezing. Haven't had one since.
Yeah, those virus scares are just scams! Well, there's nothing really that wrong here, unless you really don't want to feel this way anymore. And in that case I would suggest either a hammer or a 10th story window!
and here we have someone who has never viewed internet porn or tried to download anything! since i first got the internet, i've never had a computer for more than a year before it was basically a piece of shit, mostly due to viruses (or is it viri?) every time. i got this computer early this year (january or february) and it already takes about 5-10 seconds to do any task that it could do instantly when i first got it
this is getting massivly off topic, but what anti-virus/adware are you running? you can get free anti-virus by google searching for "AVG" 100% freeware also get a good adware program like AdAware most of what people find that slows down their computers is the spyware/adware if you want more advice on where to find these PM me.
i just use McAfee since that's what came with the computer, but that stopped working right a few months ago. i know there are better free things out there but i just couldn't remember what they were since it's been a couple years since i had my last computer. i'll try looking some up in the next couple days (at least AdAware since i remember that being good for my last computer now that you mention it)
^thanks. and back on topic: i try to check my emails and facebook/myspace and my cybernations account once a day, but if i miss a day i hardly notice. i'm usually just sitting around here on this site anyway so i end up checking those other things a couple times daily. it doesn't bother me, as it gives me something to do when i'm at home bored
i have a mild internet addiction. times like tonight when i can't sleep and my mind won't settle then i'm glued to the computer. other times i feel i can't be bothered. if i come on i check all my boards/emails/myspace, etc but i have found more and more recently that if i get too involved with people or talking then i get stressed out when i'm away from the computer so i'm trying to take it easy and not post/get involved as much. which, well, is one of the reasons i popped in here. as it's not my 'usual' forum hang out.
