the short: f*** viruses.

the long: So I noticed my computer was shutting down every 30 mins or so... exactly 30 mins... so hooray I got a virus... and it was one of those that deletes your restore points... luckily I had one left... unluckily for me though it was a backup point from the last time I got a virus bad enough I had to wipe the comp....

bad news is all my programs got deleted... good news is my files didn't. so still got all my works but my sai got nicked and so did my custom brushes so working on getting those set back up (I made a copy of the settings on another computer so I didn't totally lose them)