Earth Day Mini-Monte Report

It will be Earth Day in about an hour, but really I just want to say that things have not improved since the reduction in my hours at work took effect four weeks ago. In fact, on the whole, things are significantly worse - but more on that later. Right now I'm struggling to extricate a worm from my computer. Doing any sort of search using the worm's name somehow triggers the bastard to "attack," so I'm having trouble getting information on how to remove it. My ISP printed out some instructions for me, but they didn't work. In the meantime, I'm afraid to even open my email program for fear it will open a flood gate of misery for both myself and everyone listed in my address book.