My Computer Still Thinks It's On Vacation

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My Computer Still Thinks It's On Vacation May 8, 2014 9:31:03 GMT -5

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So I went for a short vacation with the hubs for 3 days. I refrained from writing during that time to give us the time to be together just the two of us. But I used my computer over the open internet connection in the place we rented. And….now I've got something affecting my Firefox!! And I have a Mac, which I know isn't impervious to problems. But my computer just isn't acting normal.

Every time I use Firefox, it slows down, times out, and then I find that several windows opened. I'm going to try uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox. I've wiped the history. I've done some cleaning of my computer. It's possible that my 4-year-old Macbook is just quietly giving up the ghost, but it could not pick a worse time to do so as I'm traveling a lot in the next month.

*sigh* Here's hoping Lappy comes back to life soon! In the meantime, back to using Safari for me…or loading Chrome.

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My Computer Still Thinks It's On Vacation May 8, 2014 10:49:25 GMT -5

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Post by Becca Mills on May 8, 2014 10:49:25 GMT -5

I don't know from Macs, but if you were a PC-user, I'd ask if you were running good antivirus and malware software that automatically updates itself daily. (?)

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My Computer Still Thinks It's On Vacation May 9, 2014 8:02:18 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 8:02:18 GMT -5

I did a clean on my computer. I'm still distrustful of Firefox, so I'm sticking with Safari even though it annoys me. I think if I used Chrome, it might really bog down my older Macbook.

If not anything else, this might serve as a reminder to people to protect your computers, especially the ones you travel with!

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My Computer Still Thinks It's On Vacation May 9, 2014 11:10:18 GMT -5

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May 9, 2014 8:02:18 GMT -5 @fallswriter said:

I did a clean on my computer. I'm still distrustful of Firefox, so I'm sticking with Safari even though it annoys me. I think if I used Chrome, it might really bog down my older Macbook.

If not anything else, this might serve as a reminder to people to protect your computers, especially the ones you travel with!

You may be right that Chrome would be too much for an older Mac. Does Mac not have any antivirus software available to it?