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I am sure everyone things I'm extremely paranoid. I am definitely guilty as charged and can say nothing to the contrary. I am definitely trying to give up my paranoia for good and I'm hoping with this thread and some help/advice I can do so. Please bear with me and help me if you can. If I can get this and any other questions I have resolved I won't be making threads like this anymore (and please mods, don't ban me to make sure of that).
I was fearful several days ago that iAntivirus couldn't be trusted and that it may have installed something bad on my computer. I was also a bit worried about my computer making "the Funk" noise at a time when it usually wouldn't. I decided that I was going to reformat and completely drop the antivirus software. No more iAntivirus, no more ClamXav, etc. Something strange happened though.
When I reformatted I ran software update and the updates downloaded and I was told I needed to restart. So I did and it was on the screen showing the progress bar and then it turned to the blue screen with the spinning gear when it was done. However, it was taking what in my opinion was a VERY long time on this blue screen with the turning gear. It never took this long before to go from the blue turning gear screen to restart the computer. Any idea why it would take so much longer than it seemed to before?
After it took what seemed like an eternity I pressed the reset/power button, which I probably shouldn't have. After the computer restarted it seemed like it was slow. I then became worried that because I shut the computer off on the blue turning gear screen that the software updates didn't get installed correctly. If they weren't installed correctly that would mean the security updates weren't installed. I was stupid enough to browse the internet after this and I'm worried that my computer and router could have been at risk if these updates weren't properly installed. How much of a risk would I be at if the updates weren't installed correctly and I was browsing the internet? Is there any way to tell for sure if updates were installed correctly?
Being at the blue turning gear screen for so long really worried me. So did the thought that things didn't get installed correctly and that I had messed things up by turning the computer off on the blue turning gear screen. So I once again reformatted and once again I was on the blue turning gear screen for what seemed like a very long time. During this time I unplugged my router because I didn't want to be on the internet while my computer seemed frozen in time. My computer was on the bed during this time and the router was on the floor. I may have bumped the bed while going to unplug the router. If I did that or if the computer got jostled a bit would that have caused something to not install correctly? It was on the blue turning gear screen while I unplugged the router and may have bumped the bed or jostled the computer.
The computer eventually did restart. I noticed this after I ate dinner and came back upstairs. I downloaded Firefox, but noticed something strange. According to Firefox the size of the download was listed as 17.6 MB. When it was downloading in Safari it was listed as 18.6 MB. When I right clicked the install file once it was downloaded it was listed as 19.6 MB. Why in the world would I be seeing 3 different file sizes?
If anyone here is using Firefox besides me could you click the bookmark menu and take a picture of it and post it here? It looks different then I remember it looking last time. Maybe there was an update or maybe I just forgot what it looked like, but I want to make sure things are on the up and up.
I have more questions but provided I don't get banned I'd like to ask those questions after these get answered. And yes I know I'm paranoid and have been told so before, but if I can get an explanation I would greatly appreciate it. One reason I may be so paranoid is I don't understand these things enough. It's one thing to say it's fine or not fine, but if I know why something is fine or not fine maybe I wouldn't be so darn paranoid. Thanks for your time and your patience. I really really appreciate.
I was fearful several days ago that iAntivirus couldn't be trusted and that it may have installed something bad on my computer. I was also a bit worried about my computer making "the Funk" noise at a time when it usually wouldn't. I decided that I was going to reformat and completely drop the antivirus software. No more iAntivirus, no more ClamXav, etc. Something strange happened though.
When I reformatted I ran software update and the updates downloaded and I was told I needed to restart. So I did and it was on the screen showing the progress bar and then it turned to the blue screen with the spinning gear when it was done. However, it was taking what in my opinion was a VERY long time on this blue screen with the turning gear. It never took this long before to go from the blue turning gear screen to restart the computer. Any idea why it would take so much longer than it seemed to before?
After it took what seemed like an eternity I pressed the reset/power button, which I probably shouldn't have. After the computer restarted it seemed like it was slow. I then became worried that because I shut the computer off on the blue turning gear screen that the software updates didn't get installed correctly. If they weren't installed correctly that would mean the security updates weren't installed. I was stupid enough to browse the internet after this and I'm worried that my computer and router could have been at risk if these updates weren't properly installed. How much of a risk would I be at if the updates weren't installed correctly and I was browsing the internet? Is there any way to tell for sure if updates were installed correctly?
Being at the blue turning gear screen for so long really worried me. So did the thought that things didn't get installed correctly and that I had messed things up by turning the computer off on the blue turning gear screen. So I once again reformatted and once again I was on the blue turning gear screen for what seemed like a very long time. During this time I unplugged my router because I didn't want to be on the internet while my computer seemed frozen in time. My computer was on the bed during this time and the router was on the floor. I may have bumped the bed while going to unplug the router. If I did that or if the computer got jostled a bit would that have caused something to not install correctly? It was on the blue turning gear screen while I unplugged the router and may have bumped the bed or jostled the computer.
The computer eventually did restart. I noticed this after I ate dinner and came back upstairs. I downloaded Firefox, but noticed something strange. According to Firefox the size of the download was listed as 17.6 MB. When it was downloading in Safari it was listed as 18.6 MB. When I right clicked the install file once it was downloaded it was listed as 19.6 MB. Why in the world would I be seeing 3 different file sizes?
If anyone here is using Firefox besides me could you click the bookmark menu and take a picture of it and post it here? It looks different then I remember it looking last time. Maybe there was an update or maybe I just forgot what it looked like, but I want to make sure things are on the up and up.
I have more questions but provided I don't get banned I'd like to ask those questions after these get answered. And yes I know I'm paranoid and have been told so before, but if I can get an explanation I would greatly appreciate it. One reason I may be so paranoid is I don't understand these things enough. It's one thing to say it's fine or not fine, but if I know why something is fine or not fine maybe I wouldn't be so darn paranoid. Thanks for your time and your patience. I really really appreciate.