MALWARE MAYHEM 2

Hi everyone :D  I'm a little early for once with my weekly entry!  Anyway, this one revisits a little annoying bug from a previous dream (Malware Mayhem).  Thankfully this one wasn't as mind bending and was only for part of the dream, but it was still annoying, lol.  Enjoy!

*Old Dream - April 7, 2018

 

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I don't know how it got infected again, but when the virus took effect I was on a Word-like program typing something and then the words got jumbled together and none of the commands worked.  The screen got pixelated and blocky with blues, greens and black until finally settling on red.  That's how I knew it was the same virus as before.... 

My sister was with me at the time when the virus took over and instead of helping, she hindered my attempts to fix it.  When I was using the keyboard to put the computer into safe mode she kept typing stuff too and when I asked what she's doing, she said she really needed to pay her bills.  And I was like, "What the heck!?  My computer's infected, you shouldn't be doing anything personal at this time!".  But she still kept trying to type over what I was inputting so I couldn't restart my computer :|

Away from the headache of a virus now, in another part of my dream, I had to investigate an old, run-down building.  There were tall greyish, armoured monsters guarding the doors to each room, and they all had spears.  They looked kind of like the monsters in the game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice".

I could have snuck by some but figured it'd be better to fight and clear them out instead.  But before doing that I had to find a weapon.  Lucky enough I found a spear!  But when I started fighting, it turned into a fishing pole :|  

The monsters laughed and mocked me for choosing such a flimsy weapon so I ended up using other things around the room like buckets and concrete blocks instead.  It got the fight done, but took a while (must have been the pent up rage from seeing the virus again, yes?  Lol).  

I explored other rooms too but I don't remember too much before waking up.  

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I don't know about you guys, but dreaming about computer viruses are the worst :(  I'm already very tech-adverse, I don't need more reasons to be afraid of breaking or wreaking my devices somehow :|  And thank you all for reading!

DISSOCIATION

Hi everyone :D  I wasn't sure whether to post this dream or not since it was pretty weird and confusing.  But I figured since it got me thinking and feeling deep thoughts, maybe others might feel the same way about emotional situations in their lives

 

*Old Dream - August 27, 2017

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I found out an old friend had passed away.  The strange thing was that the friend (or a copy) of said friend was still alive...?  Supposedly it was his "brother" who passed away.  I put "brother" in brackets because he didn't have a brother in real life (at least not when I knew him).

Even more strange was that I felt someone else's presence in the body; his sister's :O  However, whenever my friend spoke, it was the "brother's" side.  Talk about confusing :|

It was a very mentally taxing and saddening experience and I got really mopey since the news was so sudden and unexpected.  Not only that, no one had told me directly; I only overheard a passing comment from someone else.  It felt so unreal that was how I found out :(

I spent most of the dream talking to my friend ("brother" side) and how the situation made me feel.  He also did the same.  

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Thanks for reading!  Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of this dream, or what it was trying to convey to me.  I just know I felt very emotional back then, and I wish now that I remembered who it was about...

MALWARE MAYHEM

Hi everyone, have you ever had one of those dreams where it was hard to distinguish between real life and dreaming?  Well, this one was quite the rollercoaster while I was dreaming that both my computer and iPod got infected with malware, and it was so annoying  :|

 

*Old Dream - April 25, 2017

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When trying to use my computer, I noticed all the desktop icons changed and the background wallpaper changed to a reddish brown gradient.  It sort of had the feeling of "inevitable doom"/"being in Hell" :|  

As for my iPod, I dreamt it was the next morning and grabbed the device from under my bed like I do in real life, but when I turned on the screen all my icons were gone and there were some new ones in their place.  

The iPod background also changed to a reddish brown, kind of like the computer screen, but there were My Little Pony ponies in the background too (that was unexpected!).  I remember seeing at least three ponies; a blue one (standing), a purple one (standing), and a white one (in a sleeping position with its head resting on the front legs).

I freaked out and told my husband about it.  He found it amusing, but knew it was a big problem.  I also told him about the computer and it seemed like he knew what needed to be done. 

Then I "woke up" again, and thought, "phew!", just a dream.  I grabbed for my iPod as usual, but it was the same pony image as before :(  .... This time, I was prepared and said to myself "it's just a dream, this is not real".

Then I "woke up" yet again, and of course I grabbed for my iPod to confirm it was just a bad dream, but to my sad discovery, the pony background was still there!  Same image and icons; I even tried connecting to the internet, but I couldn't type in any website as the letters didn't register properly (because of the malware).  

I couldn't believe my eyes :O  Was this for real?!  I was starting to believe it really happened, and I told my husband again and showed him how it's all ponies when I try to do anything on my iPod.  

I also showed him the computer which was still infected.  He kept asking me about the sites I went to and I told him I didn't visit any weird sites and that I had no idea how it could have happened.  He was skeptical, but had no choice but to believe me since I'm a really paranoid person and wouldn't visit strange sites except maybe by accident.

Then, once again, I "woke up".  This time I made sure to check for "realness".  Like touching the bed, and walls, and anything I could get my hands on.  Everything felt good to me and my thoughts seemed normal.  I was relieved to be finally "awake", so I grabbed for my iPod and to my horror, there were ponies everywhere! :O  

Then I saw my husband, and asked him if I had told him anything about my iPod recently and he said "no, what about it?".  So with that, I really believed it was indeed real life and accepted the fact that I would have to factory reset my iPod and computer (as I figured it'd still be infected too) :(

Then I woke up, for real, for real.  I almost didn't want to check my iPod in case it really was infected :|

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I did not enjoy all those false awakenings at all since I was repeatedly faced with infected devices (one of my worst nightmares).  I've had to factory reset my computer at least three times in the past, and it never gets any easier to deal with :| 

Thank you all for reading and may all your devices stay safe from malicious intentions!