"Desot.exe" Infection

I received a very informative and expensive lesson on infections that attack computers. My home computer suffered an infection known as "Desot.exe." It is a virus that masquerades as a "Windows antivirus software" that informs you your computer is infected and needs to be cleaned. It then refers you to a site in which the attempt is made to get you to purchase their "product", which is simply a scam to get your credit card information.

It is football season and so I am downloading every football fantasy kit, living on ESPN, CBS Sports, Yahoo getting ready for all things football but this virus lives on these sites via the pop up windows and the downloads. I never paid attention to them before as I have always had my Norton Internet Security software to prevent any attacks; however my software had run out. I had purchased the new and improved, updated Norton but it was in the box, on the computer. It needed to be in the computer, installed, running, but instead it was in a box on the computer. I was too busy to install it.

"Desot" took over. Desot is an upgrade of the System 32 virus that applies spyware and malware to ruin the productivity of your computer. Desot intermingles with your Windows operating system and makes itself at home. The best technicians by remote access and by hands on application could not get rid of this virus. My computer needed to be wiped out completely in order to be made clean again.

My devotion is over but I tell you there is a virus, an infection, a disease if you will called SIN. We are all infected with the disease called Sin. We get this infection simply by being born. I don’t know if scientists will ever find a gene in our genetic make up that is the "Sin" gene; but just like your hair color and eye color are inherited... you also inherit Sin.

The bad news is that you can do absolutely nothing to help yourself. You can’t take penicillin or Zithromax to get rid of this infection. You can’t try to live a holy life on your own. You can’t go to a surgeon and have him cut out the infection. Is there a cure for this fatal infection? Or are we doomed to die? I’m here to tell, there is a cure! There is a remedy!

Romans 5:17 says, "For if, by the trespass of the one man , death reigned through that one man , how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." Yes, there is a disease called Sin. Yes, it is fatal Yes, if this infection is left unchecked...untreated... it is a terminal illness, but there is hope! And that hope is found in Jesus Christ! God can cleanse us from Sin. He can change us from within! He can heal us from the infection! He restores us into a great relationship with Him. We are forgiven!

By the way, take Jesus out of the Box. My virus cleaner was on the computer in the box. Many of us have Jesus still wrapped in the box, on our desk, on the nightstand, on our table but He has never been applied in our heart. Jesus works better when He is let out of the box. It's not enough to wear a cross around our neck if we don't allow the power of the cross to permeate our lives.

Owens