BLOG ON HOLD!

Hey Guys, though I’ve never let my Schooling/College/University interfere with my Education!!….but this time…..the University is getting the better of me!!

So, will not be writing till atleast the 24th of Decemeber…will be back with both Xmas….and Web 3.0!!!

My Date with Brontok Virus!

I never knew the damage Viruses could cause, until I moved to my University Campus – with no internet on my PC!

And it didnt come as a surprise that viruses spread better through floppies and pen drives than via the web, especially if your pen drive returns from the girl’s hostel (girls and internet…well thats a different issue!).

Anyways, I got this Brontok Virus…and knowing the team thats made it well, I knew what it would do the first time I saw it infecting my PC. Its a third generation virus that tries to expose you(r) every folder and throw it on your (or anybody who uses your PC’s) face.

Being a part of several anti-porn networks, the consequenes of this virus attack weren’t difficult for me to understand. It disables access to msconfig (restarting windows each time you do Start>>Run>>msconfig) and also disables the Folder Options (even from the Control Panel) and makes all the obligatory Hidden Folders visible (seeing so many folders is a pain I tell you!). The Folder Address bar also vanished.

However, getting rid of this virus/worm/trojan (you’ll know why I think its all of these) is no different from all the other mal-stuffs.

This is the standard protocol that I have been following to get rid of all ‘evil’ on the www.

First, we need a good antivirus. I had McAfee but since my PC was no longer connectd to the net, and there is no way of getting the DAT files, so i removed it from my System. Time for the good old (and free) AVG.

AVG is not only free, it also supports (though not reommended) downloading Updates from any computer and then Updating it as and when we want…on whichever system we want. So, I got AVG and the Updates, installed (and updated) my System and ran it to detect and remove  Brontok.

However, my protocol wasn’t over…and so wasn’t the harm caused by this virus.

Next I downloaded two applications.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Spybot Search and destroy

Just in case your trust level on this written material (and the writer) is a little low, here’s where Microsoft itself recommends the use of these products.

After intalling both lavasoft and spybot, i ran them once and removed each and everything they detected.

Closed everything, refreshed (not rebooted) the System and Voila!!

Heart Over Mind Over Matter!!

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

There are things you’d love to hear that you would never hear from the person whom you would like to hear it from, but don’t be so deaf as to not hear it from the one who says it from his/her heart.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance in a relationship and find out you still care for that person.

Never say goodbye if you still want to try -
Never give up if you still feel like you can go on -
Never say you don’t love a person anymore if you can’t let go -

Love comes
- To those who still hope, although they have been disappointed
- To those who still believe although they have been betrayed
- To those who still need to love although they have been hurt before
- And to those who have the courage and faith to build trust again.

Haiku Error Messages!

Imagine if instead of cryptic, geeky text strings, your computer produced error messages in Haiku… they would read like these:

A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

The website you seek
cannot be located,
but endless others exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, Repent, and Reboot.
Order shall return.

Aborted effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask far too much.

First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen
dies so beautifully.

With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
“My Novel” not found.

The Tao that is seen
is not the true Tao, until
you bring fresh toner.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is