Argh! Viruses and me

So I know I am supposed to know this stuff, and be prepared. And I sort of am - I backup important data and keep things in secure configurations. Sort of. But this one I picked up has ruined a lot of data and applications I keep on my usb drive - not permanently crippling, just annoying as anything and time consuming to counter. So, I may be doing that instead of writing the post I meant to put up.

Like I said, argh.