I clicked on the pic the first time rather than the song title link to hear the mp3. What happened was 8 programs were downloaded on my computer. I could not stop the download. The song title link seemed to be OK. It was a goggle MP download.
I'm not sure how that could happen. The only way an image can contain a virus, or malware is if it's an execution file. This was a simple embedded .jpg file. I suppose it is possible to embed a malicious link in a photo, but I assure you I didn't do that, because I'm not sure how to do that. Further the image of Paul was not a link, rather a .jpg file that becomes part of the thread, and the only option users have is to right click and download if they so desire. Accidentally left clicking on that image would do nothing because there was no execution to perform.
I'm sorry for your inconvenience, and I hope you are up and running 100% real soon, but I doubt very much your computer went crazy by accidentally left clicking on a .jpg file from a trusted fellow SZ member.
Good Luck, I feel bad for you, and again we are sorry this has happened.