What the hell is going on in this forum thread I found?

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/phd4lb/what\_the\_hell\_is\_going\_on\_in\_this\_forum\_thread\_i/

Before the internet was neatly organized with SEO and pretty UI's, you would have to trudge through vast swamps of forum posts, an endless supply of custom geocities, and visually offensive html to find the answers to your desperate questions. And it was honestly the freaking best. The vague sense of danger, the raw thrill of uncharted exploration, and the shaky cameraderie you'd find with other weirdos on that "messy" internet... just doesn't exist nowadays.

Or, at least... That's what I thought. Until I actually found a place like that. And by accident, too. And while I'm glad that the "messy" internet still exists somewhere today, what I found there brought me misery instead of satisfaction.

I was googling an issue I was having with my iPod (yes, I still actively use an iPod in 2021), and I stumbled onto a barely-active forum for mp3 player enthusiasts called "ipodders.net". While I don't think I found the answer to my issue, what I did find was infinitely more bizarre.

The following is my best attempt to copy/paste an entire thread that had the subject: "Weird ipod virus? How to fix??" The thread itself was last updated 2 years ago, and ends kinda abruptly... If anybody has any info on what happened to the user behind Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man, please let me know. I'm curious. Anyway, here is the thread:

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

has anyone ever experienced this virus or something like this? My iPod classic has a bunch of junk files on it that keep coming back after I delete them. The junk files are usually just some random playable audio tracks with random ASCII and some of my personal information in the titles (probably grabs info from my machine when it syncs? Idk)

I'm not gonna play any of them (cuz I'm not THAT dumb lol)

Anyway, I've tried multiple times to delete them off of my iPod via itunes. And while I see they are deleted for a bit, they keep coming back after I disconnect from syncing. I even tried formatting the ipod once. It seemed fine for a second but they started popping up again, just within different subfolders than before.

Anyone experience this before? Or know how to fix it? Any suggestions welcome.

Mar 15, 2018 21:58

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**zunethusiast:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man sell the ipod and get a zune instead. It's probably some apple bloatware or spyware or some junk like that.

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 15, 2018 22:30

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**Mattfromdownunder:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man did you format the ipod?

Mar 15, 2018 23:42

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**Karrrl\_:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man Install old drivers via: support.apple.com/downloads/ipod

Mar 16, 2018 00:18

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**jeff1984:**

@ Karrrl\_ that link is broken, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man use this one instead: tubgirl.com

Mar 16, 2018 12:16

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man What "junk files"? Can you post a screenshot or a picture or something? What model do you have? You need to be more descriptive with your issue if you want responses that aren't trolls.

Mar 16, 2018 15:04

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ Mattfromdownunder yeah formatting it is one of the first things I tried, and while it erases them more junk files come back after a little bit

@ Karrrl\_ thanks, I'll give this a try

@ jeff1984 nice dude :), haven't even thought about tubgirl since 2008

@ CDweller just some files with titles that seem to be mashups of metadata and ascii, nothing interesting. I can't post screenshots rn unfortunately. How do I find out what model I have? I didn't buy it new so I have no idea what it is lol

Mar 16, 2018 18:04

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man :mischief:

Mar 16, 2018 18:06

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**jeff1984:**

also nice screen name @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

Mar 16, 2018 18:07

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ jeff1984 thanks man, I've listened to Tom Waits’ whole discography at least a dozen times all the way through lol

Blue Valentine is the greatest album of all time, fite me

Mar 16, 2018 19:30

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man nice, and agreed :rocks:

Mar 16, 2018 19:32

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man check the back of the ipod and find the serial number and post the last three digits of the serial number

also post the version of itunes you are running as well

@ jeff1984 OH GOD WHY DID I CLICK ON THAT LINK

Mar 16, 2018 20:32

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**jeff1984:**

@ CDweller :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

Mar 16, 2018 20:37

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**BreadSinner1:**

>> I didn't buy it new so I have no idea what it is lol

Did you steal it from someone? @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

Mar 16, 2018 21:00

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ zunethusiast I didn't even see this, sorry for not responding... Actually, yeah I'm still not gonna respond :)

@ CDweller here is the model number: A1238, and the last 3 digits of the serial number are YMU

and here is the vers of itunes I'm running: 12.6.3

and once again, I'd rather not post pics of it here for reasons... And also I don't know how to screenshot on an ipod classic

Mar 16, 2018 21:53

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**BreadSinner1:**

>> I'd rather not post pics of it here for reasons...

Probably because you stole it, I bet you took it from someone on this website too

Mar 16, 2018 21:56

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ BreadSinner1 lol I didn't steal it, I got it from a repo recently (I'm a repo man) and if it makes you happy I can post pics, just not of the junk files

Mar 17, 2018 01:19

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**CDweller:**

@ BreadSinner1 you gotta stop coming at people with that energy, man @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man why can't you post the junk files? Just curious

Mar 17, 2018 01:28

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CDweller the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles like like my passwords, DOB, and family member names, and I don't want y'all to have that info. No offense lol

Mar 17, 2018 02:02

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**Karrrl\_:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

Wait, what?

Mar 17, 2018 10:08

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**jeff1984:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

Wat

Mar 17, 2018 12:10

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**zunethusiast:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

Wait what do you mean

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 17, 2018 12:24

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**BrodyBunch:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

Wait how did you see this and not report it to the police?? Maybe the person who had it before you was like a stalker or knew you and kept files on you or whatever???

Mar 17, 2018 14:05

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**jeff1984:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

Lol this dude about to get murdered and he's like, "fix my iPod lol"

Mar 17, 2018 14:13

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**CDweller:**

>> the junk file titles are displaying some of my personal info in the titles

What do you mean? I honestly don't know what you are saying

Mar 17, 2018 15:00

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

holy shit, lots of replies at once, give me a second to respond

Mar 17, 2018 15:15

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

I was gonna @ each one of you, but it would be easier to answer them all at once here. I have no idea how viruses work... My guess is that it got it from some personal info on the metadata on the ipod or itunes or my computer or maybe it's keylogging or something. I never owned an ipod before so I wanted to make it personalized. So I formatted it as soon as I got it and added my info to it. I know it's weird but I'm like that :)

you guys are the ones that need to chill XD

Mar 17, 2018 15:20

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CDweller the file names are like $$$$$MyiTunesPasswordThatIWontPostHere$$$$ and €¥€RandomSongName¥¢€¥¢¥RandomArtistName, shit like that. They're just junk

Mar 17, 2018 15:22

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**Karrrl\_:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man never heard of a virus like that

Mar 17, 2018 16:32

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**BreadSinner1:**

>> (I'm a repo man)

Oh so you are a corporation sponsored thief? I knew you fuckin stole it, you probably work for a zionist funded bank too you shill

Mar 17, 2018 19:32

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ BreadSinner1 lol

Mar 17, 2018 19:34

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**CDweller:**

@ BreadSinner1 WTF MAN, I'M LIKE THIS CLOSE TO BANNING YOU

Mar 17, 2018 19:34

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**jeff1984:**

@ BreadSinner1 haters gonna hate

Mar 17, 2018 19:38

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**Karrrl\_:**

@ BreadSinner1 yikes

Mar 17, 2018 19:41

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**zunethusiast:**

@ BreadSinner1 it's so cool that we allow alt right nutjobs to freely post their antisemitic conspiracy theories with no penalties /s @ CDweller

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 17, 2018 19:45

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**CDweller:**

@ zunethusiast he hasn't broken the board rules yet, but I have a feeling he's about to not too soon... Maybe I SHOULD just pre emptively ban him

Mar 17, 2018 19:47

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**BreadSinner1:**

[MESSAGE WAS REMOVED BY MODERATOR]

Mar 17, 2018 20:20

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**jeff1984:**

@ BreadSinner1 bruh…

Mar 17, 2018 20:20

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ BreadSinner1 fuck you man

Mar 17, 2018 20:22

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**zunethusiast:**

@ BreadSinner1 fucking wow, that took no time at all

@ CDweller ban this racist asshole

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 17, 2018 20:23

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**CDweller:**

@ BreadSinner1 WOW YOU ARE GETTING TEMP BANNED, AND I AM DELETING THAT POST. Come back when you can talk with some respect.

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man I am so sorry I didn't mute him sooner

Mar 17, 2018 20:30

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**zunethusiast:**

@ CDweller took you long enough

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 17, 2018 20:43

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CDweller it's cool, I'm used to that shit unfortunately. Thank you for deleting it. Hopefully he'll find more kindred spirits on his own alt-right-neo-nationalistic-semi-retro-mp3-player-forum lol

BUT MY IPOD IS STILL BUSTED

I'm tired now tho, so I'll be back on tomorrow with updates.

Mar 17, 2018 23:16

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**CDweller:**

Night, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

Mar 17, 2018 23:18

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**Karrrl\_:**

Cya @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man let us know if you are still experiencing the glitch

Mar 17, 2018 23:20

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**Jeff1984:**

if we don't hear back from @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man in 3 days I'm betting his iPod killed him in his sleep

Mar 17, 2018 23:33

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ jeff1984 NOOOOOOOO THATS NOT FUNNY

Mar 18, 2018 00:20

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**jeff1984:**

@ BrodyBunch prolly got possessed like a stephen king book and strangled him with his skullcandy earbud wires :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hang:

Mar 18, 2018 12:20

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ jeff1984 NOOOOOOOO STOP!!!!! PRAYING FOR @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man RIGHT NOW THAT EVIL SPIRITS KEEP AWAY

Mar 18, 2018 15:20

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**Bippin-On-Some-Blizzard:**

wait what did Bread say that got him banned? @ CDweller

Mar 18, 2018 19:18

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**CDweller:**

if anyone repeats it, I am temp banning them too.

Mar 18, 2018 19:20

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**jeff1984:**

@ Bippin-On-Some-Blizzard I'll dm it to you

Mar 18, 2018 19:21

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

I'm back. Sorry for the wait. I couldn't remember my password for this account. But update: there are more junk files on it now. A bunch more. I tried everything that was mentioned above. Now it's even worse.

Mar 20, 2018 18:40

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man what do the new files look like? Still the same?

Mar 20, 2018 19:00

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**jeff1984:**

@ BrodyBunch nah, they are like xxxHAIL\_SATANxxx and $$$GiveMeYourSoul42069$$$

Mar 20, 2018 19:06

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ jeff1984 lol

Mar 20, 2018 19:49

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ jeff1984 I THOUGHT YOU WERE @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man FOR A SECOND AND I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK

Mar 20, 2018 20:07

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**CDweller:**

@ jeff1984 lol

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man but seriously, are the junk files the same as before?

Mar 20, 2018 20:14

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CD nah, they are new stuff now.

There was a funny one that was like: ChristmasCardFromAHookerInMinneapolis

Lol

Mar 20, 2018 20:30

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man are you sure that wasn't just a normal song file? Did you listen to it?

Mar 20, 2018 20:33

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ jeff1984 lol no, I'm not gonna risk playing whatever THAT is. I don't even know what that could be.

Mar 20, 2018 20:40

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man idk it's probably like the song Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis lol

Mar 20, 2018 20:42

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ jeff1984 lol is that a real song? Who's it by?

Mar 20, 2018 20:50

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

...

It's a real song...

By Tom Waits

Mar 20, 2018 20:51

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**Karrrl\_:**

>> lol is that a real song? Who's it by?

Uhhhhh

Mar 20, 2018 20:55

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**zunethusiast:**

>> lol is that a real song? Who's it by?

Lol even I know that one, fake fan alert! Jk jk

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 20, 2018 21:10

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**CDweller:**

>> lol is that a real song? Who's it by?

Isn't that from Blue Valentine, too?

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man Your favorite album?

Mar 20, 2018 21:13

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**BrodyBunch:**

>> lol is that a real song? Who's it by?

Are you feeling okay, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man?!?

Mar 20, 2018 21:22

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

okay Jesus everybody relax, so I forgot a fucking song lol everybody chill lol

Also @ jeff1984 I listened to the song, just to see what it was like

It was weird

Mar 20, 2018 22:28

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man the Tom Waits song or the junk files?

Mar 20, 2018 22:30

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CD the junk file, sorry

I don't think the actual song is supposed to be a random woman murmuring lol

right? @ jeff1984

Mar 20, 2018 23:18

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**zunethusiast:**

>> I don't think the actual song is supposed to be a random woman murmuring lol

What the duck

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 20, 2018 23:25

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**jeff1984:**

>> I don't think the actual song is supposed to be a random woman murmuring lol

Uhhh no it is not

Did the woman sound in the song sound hot? Lol

And @ zunethusiast lol at the autocorrect

Mar 20, 2018 23:30

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**CDweller:**

>> I don't think the actual song is supposed to be a random woman murmuring lol

Wait... The junk files actually playable? That's weird... I figured they would just be clumps of static at best

Mar 20, 2018 23:45

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ zunethusiast lol

@ jeff1984 I guess? But she sounds more like my mom tbh, you know, one of those voices? @ CDweller yeah they are playable. Does that help? I just wanna listen to my tunes, man. Nothing else is wrong, save for these junk files. I think it might be logging my keystrokes too, cuz I see one here with BreadSinner1 in the filename lol

How much would y'all give me to listen to the BreadSinner1 one? Lol

Mar 21, 2018 03:12

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**jeff1984:**

>> I guess? But she sounds more like my mom tbh, you know, one of those voices?

Ahhh so she DOES sound hot ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

And I'd give you about tree fiddy to listen to Bread's song lol

Mar 21, 2018 03:15

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man I wouldn't listen to those songs. I can't see anything good happening from that. At best, it could cause more junk files to appear. At worst... IDK

Mar 21, 2018 10:17

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ CD AT WORST IT COUPD BE A DEMON!! Get some sage and burn it, put a line of sea salt on your doorstep, do you have a Bible or a crucifix on hand???

Mar 21, 2018 11:30

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**jeff1984:**

@ BrodyBunch lol

Mar 21, 2018 12:29

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**jeff1984:**

@ BrodyBunch wait are you serious?

Mar 21, 2018 12:31

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**Karrr\_l:**

@ BrodyBunch surprised you didn't mention holy water, or anything about grabbing a young priest and an old priest lol

This ain't a movie, so I doubt any of that is necessary

Mar 21, 2018 15:11

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

lol @ jeff1984

LOL @ BrodyBunch if you aren't serious.

If you are, I wouldn't worry about it. I got enough rock and roll on this here thing that if it WAS Satan, he'd probably just play the Stones on repeat or something lol :devil:

Mar 21, 2018 17:38

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

I am going to stop posting on here for a bit, because I'm pretty sure this virus is keylogging what I'm saying and storing it in the junk files. I have unplugged it, and turned it off, but here are some words/phrases I JUST saw in the junk file names:

Rolling Stones

Sympathy for The Devil

Stacy's Mom

Bohemian Rhapsody (I had JUST typed that into a separate window before I shut off the ipod)

See y'all later. I'll try some troubleshooting on my own

Mar 21, 2018 18:00

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**CDweller:**

ttyl, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man, keep us updated. If you find the fix, let us know.

Mar 21, 2018 18:05

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**Karrrl\_:**

I'm more here out of fascination than anything else at this point

Mar 21, 2018 19:22

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**jeff1984:**

20 bucks says Tom is punking us

Mar 21, 2018 22:59

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**zunethusiast:**

@ jeff1984 bro that lingo is older than I am lololol

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 21, 2018 23:16

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**BrodyBunch:**

praying for @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man 's soul

Mar 22, 2018 01:13

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

UPDATE: sorry I haven't responded in a bit. I could not remember my password for the life of me. Had to reset my password in order to log in. On a random note, apparently my mom called me today, and we talked for a good 15 minutes before I realized who she was. I did not recognize her voice at all. I thought someone else was calling from my mom's phone. I must be losing my mind... Also it's apparently my birthday today, according to her....

Anyway, I've kept this damn ipod off for the whole day, and when I turned it back on to check it, there were even MORE junk files than before D:< I also don't recognize a lot of the songs that are on my iPod, or at least I don't remember adding them on here. Can a virus add songs to your library? Lol

Mar 27, 2018 22:02

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**jaketheripper:**

just reading this thread now, what a wild ride. I hope this isn't some elaborate prank.

Btw, @ jeff1984, what did Bread say that got him banned??

Mar 27, 2018 22:40

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**jeff1984:**

I just dmed it to you

Also, happy birthday, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

Mar 27, 2018 22:45

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

could you dm it to me too?

Mar 27, 2018 23:06

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man uhhhh sure but why

Mar 27, 2018 23:10

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

cuz I don't remember what he said

Mar 28, 2018 00:29

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**jeff1984:**

...k, just dmed you @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

Mar 28, 2018 00:39

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**Karrrl\_:**

>> cuz I don't remember

You've been saying that a lot lately, have you been getting enough sleep?

Mar 28, 2018 02:04

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**zunethusiast:**

>> cuz I don't remember what he said

How old are you, @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man? I can recommend some supplements that help with memory loss. Stay away from processed sugar from here on out

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 28, 2018 02:36

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**BrodyBunch:**

\*googling to see if there are any evil spirits that steal memories\*

Mar 28, 2018 03:15

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**jeff1984:**

\*looking up if there are any memory stealing demons to mess with @ BrodyBunch\*

Mar 28, 2018 03:15

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**jeff1984:**

whoa jinx hahaha @ BrodyBunch

Mar 28, 2018 03:16

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**BrodyBunch:**

STOPPPPP @ jeff1984

Mar 28, 2018 03:30

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**jaketheripper:**

I don't know how to quote reply properly, but yeah I noticed a trend of @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man forgetting things here and there. He (or she idk) mentions it once or twice. Hearing them talk reminds me of my aunt. She had what we think was early onset alzheimers. REALLY early. Like in her late 40's. Really rough to see her go... But in the early stages there were things like when I called her she didn't recognize my voice, she would ask questions I already answered, and she would forget her favorite movies. Even though she had all these digital files of these movies on her shitty lenovo thinkpad (she liked old tech too I guess jajaja). And family films too. I figured my dad must have uploaded them when he would visit. I remember I kept finding more and more videos on her laptop the more I dug in, with weird junky file names too. We lost the thinkpad sometime after she passed, which is a shame, because there was a LOT of family stuff on there by that time. It even had videos that me and my dad had never seen before. But she recognized them when we would play back the files for her, like she was there for every single one. We stopped doing that after a while cuz she would get so sad about forgetting. I hated how much she clinged to that dumb thinkpad… The worse her sickness got, the more she clung to her laptop. She was the kind of tia that would tell us hijos many stories about her familia, but she became someone who would stare at the file browser on her computer for hours.

Miss you, tia........

Sorry about the text dump/sob story. Haven't talked about it much. I guess it was all waiting to come out.

Mar 28, 2018 13:30

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**jeff1984:**

@ jaketheripper cool story bro

Mar 28, 2018 13:30

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**jaketheripper:**

@ jeff1984 lol

Mar 28, 2018 13:40

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**jeff1984:**

@ jaketheripper no but seriously, that sucks man. Sorry your family went through that.

Mar 28, 2018 13:40

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**CDweller:**

holy shit @ jaketheripper that's so sad :(

but try to stay on topic in this thread. We have a general board for things like that. But thank you for sharing anyway!

Mar 28, 2018 14:00

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**zunethusiast:**

@ CD tactful as ever I see

@ jaketheripper sorry about your loss. I have heard that fatty omega 3 acids can help slow alzheimer's progression, tho

*ZUNES ARE BETTER THAN IPODS*

*change my mind*

Mar 28, 2018 14:29

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**Bippin-On-Some-Blizzard:**

@ jaketheripper were there junk files like what @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man described by any chance?

Mar 28, 2018 18:49

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ jaketheripper sorry about your loss :( I pray she's in a better place now

Mar 28, 2018 23:11

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**Karrrl\_:**

my condolences, @ jaketheripper. Alzheimer's is such a terrible thing.

Has anybody heard from @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man? He hasnt been on in a few days.

Mar 29, 2018 11:23

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man attempting to summon thee…

Mar 29, 2018 12:30

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**CDweller:**

@ Karrrl\_ he's probably just taking a break. You can click the bell in the upper right (under "thread options") and set it up so that you get a notification when this thread updates. And you can set it so that it only updates when the OP posts, so that you don't get notifs when jeff spams \*glares at @ jeff1984\*

Mar 29, 2018 13:00

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man @ Karrrl\_ @ BrodyBunch @ CDweller @ Bippin-On-Some-Blizzard @ zunethusiast

tits

Mar 30, 2018 01:10

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**jeff1984:**

dang it didn't work lol

Mar 30, 2018 04:18

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**jeff1984:**

day 1 of waiting for @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man to update

Mar 31, 2018 12:50

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**jeff1984:**

day 2 of waiting for @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man to update

Apr 1, 2018 12:42

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**jeff1984:**

day 3 of waiting for @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man to update. Starting to think his iPod DID strangle him in his sleep.

Apr 2, 2018 13:07

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

hey everyone. Sorry I didn't update. Sorry I didn't respond to DM. I've been so tired lately. I've been eating well. I'm young. Too young for alzheimer's. I've been so clouded lately that I forgot this forum existed. lol. I've been listening to my iPod a lot lately. I like hearing my songs. They remind me a lot of my life. I like going back there. I'm so tired now. Too much listening to old music.

Apr 7, 2018 15:16

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**Karrrl\_:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man good to have you back. any update on the virus?

Apr 7, 2018 15:20

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

virus?

Apr 7, 2018 17:08

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**Karrrl\_:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man the junk files. Did you get the junk files removed completely? Or are there more, less, the same?

Apr 7, 2018 17:17

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man are you doing okay? You know you don't have to update here if you don't want to, or if you don't feel up to it. We'll survive \*^\_^

Apr 7, 2018 17:20

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

more

Apr 7, 2018 20:03

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man was that in reply to @ Karrrl\_? Can you type the @ symbol in front of their name when you respond to someone for clarity

Apr 7, 2018 20:08

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

sorry

Apr 7, 2018 20:48

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ CDweller sorry

Apr 7, 2018 20:49

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man :2thumbs: :D

Apr 7, 2018 20:50

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**Karrrl\_:**

it's okay @ CD I could figure it out based on context that he was responding to me

Apr 7, 2018 20:53

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**jeff1984:**

bro @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man are you okay? You sound really out of it

Apr 7, 2018 20:58

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

I don't feel good

Apr 7, 2018 22:20

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

@ jeff1984

Apr 7, 2018 22:22

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**BrodyBunch:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man GET RID OF YOUR IPOD, GET IT OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, SMASH IT, BURN IT, WHATEVER YOU DO GET RID OF IT

Apr 7, 2018 22:37

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**jeff1984:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man bro you should take some time off from your computer. Go outside, go visit family or some IRL friends.

Apr 7, 2018 22:40

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**Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man:**

ok. Brb.

Apr 7, 2018 23:45

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man was that in response to @ BrodyBunch or @ jeff1984?

Apr 7, 2018 23:47

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**CDweller:**

@ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man ?

Apr 8, 2018 04:10

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**BrodyBunch:**

has anyone heard from @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man???

Apr 9, 2018 17:00

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**jeff1984:**

I dmed him a few times. No response yet :\

Apr 9, 2018 17:04

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**CDweller:**

@ BrodyBunch no I have not. He hasn't logged on in a while, either…

Apr 9, 2018 17:04

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**jeff1984:**

SUMMONING @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man

... Are you alive? :poke:

Apr 14, 2018 21:30

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**CDweller:**

I'd usually close out threads due to inactivity. But since the original issue was not resolved, I'll leave this open. Also so @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man can update us.

May 20, 2018 14:04

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**CDweller:**

I'm starting a new job soon (YAY!!! :1stplace:), so I won't be able to moderate these forums as much. If you are going to post here, make sure it's related to @ Tom\_Waits\_For\_No\_Man 's original issue. If not, post in the General Chat board. In case I miss something, you can report a post if you think it doesn't belong here. I'll respond to those when I can. It also might get auto-locked due to inactivity, so this might not even matter ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯

June 15, 2018 12:42

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**stevieb\_2015:**

was this resolved? I am experiencing the same issue with junk files on my iPod. I formatted it multiple times, and more show up!

February 16, 2019 21:14

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**stevieb\_2015:**

had trouble remembering which board/thread I posted this on, but can anybody help???

February 17, 2019 22:35

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[THIS THREAD HAS BEEN LOCKED DUE TO INACTIVITY]

February 17, 2020 22:35

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And that's where the thread ends. I can't decide if I'm lucky or unlucky to have stumbled upon something like this... I mean, I don't even remember how I came across this. I don't even own an iPod!

At least... I don't think I do...