Emergency Plea to Steve Jobs
Steve, I need my iMac G5 immediately.
During the weekend a completely new virus/trojan/worm took over my PC. When I load Mozilla, normally it goes to the NY Times web page, so I can check headlines. But now the new virus transports me to a blank orange web page that has an address of "anaalor.html" . I looked it up in Google and got a single hit, some web site in Germany and I can't understand a word on it.
Also, since about Friday, my DSL modem is constantly pulsing, even when I'm doing nothing at the time -- and get this -- even after I log off of my IP!!! The only way I could get it to stop was to disable the modem. I don't have a clue as to what this virus is actually doing, but it could have stolen my identify by now, who knows.
In some ways, loss of Internet access may have a bright side. I haven't surfed much recently, having fallen into an obsessive-compusive routine of checking Apple Store for account status, then checking my email inbox in case for some reason my notice was sent there before the Apple Store status was updated, and even when there is no email, I check my credit card balance anyway, mostly with no hope but what the heck, I have time on my hands and nervous energy to burn.
Steve, it's hell out here in PC world. We've been wrestling with worms and battling trojans in record numbers this summer. And now the hackers have dreamed up new ways to defeat Microsoft's latest flimsy defenses. I actually find it amazing that Dull, HP, et al. are still getting any orders at all, but such is the way of sheep. They are content to eat grass from the same pasture where they poop.
Now I can only check my order status from work, where I am paid to work, you see, as opposed to nurturing my obsession with the intricacies of Shanghai's customs procedures or Subic Bay's cargo processing capabilities.
A further problem -- and this should interest you Steve -- I cannot order anymore Apple products at this time. Not safely anyway.
So, please, please, please find out why my iMac isn't on its way. If I get it before 9/30/04, I promise to buy something else.
Respectfully,
gatorron
