| Yahoo emails ... blank? |
[May. 27th, 2009|10:21 am] |
Usually when Yahoo screws up, I'm not able to get into my email account at all.
This is a tease. I open my emails ... and they're blank. Trotting off to clear my cache to see if that solves the problem. |
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| Do gift horses come with spyware and virusii? |
[Jan. 16th, 2009|09:05 pm] |
I am deeply suspicious.
It's not that I'm not happy my spyware and virus protection software haven't picked up a single virus or spy-fly in two weeks. Oh, yes, that is good news. Who wants virusii and spies?
It just doesn't make sense that as of December 31, all of my programs suddenly declare a daily clean bill of health. Not so much as a tracking cookie. For as long as I can remember, I've picked up a daily clutter of adware.
Also, don't different virus protection packages detect different viruses and spyware? They shouldn't match.
Then, the date they all started declaring my system clean is suspicious. They all say the same thing as of December 31st.
Add to that my system is running at the speed of cold sludge.
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Yeah. Maybe I should celebrate my good fortune. Or maybe I should take a closer look. |
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| Major virus attack to prevent file-sharing |
[Nov. 22nd, 2008|03:26 pm] |
Augh!
I was able to download the SGA episode last night. Now I'm trying to download the Merlin episode from a private server. Nothing's happening.
I went to a Megaupload link to download from there. Got the countdown. Then, when I went to click the button to download, I got the message to save the file... and then nothing happened.
Alarmed, I went to Mediafire to see if I could upload files. I pressed the "big green button" to upload files. Nothing happened. It didn't move me to the next menu.
Then I went to YouSendIt, logged in, and tried to upload a file there. It wouldn't let me even browse to the file to upload.
Remember the virus attack on Thursday that hit people downloading SPN's latest episode from mininova.org? That we weren't able to even access the mininova.org site afterward (and we still can't)?
It's bigger than that. This is a major virus attack aimed to prevent people from sharing files.
1) Stay clear of mininova.org. That's where it started.
2) Spydoctor and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware both say my computer's clean. Obviously that's not true.
3) If anyone has any ideas how to deal with this problem, any at all no matter how far-fetched, please let me know.
4) Any ideas how I can get the Merlin ep? My friends? I was able to download the SGA episode last night, but it was labeled a .doc file. Maybe that gets around this. Is there a way I can watch online? Email it (can one email a 350 meg file)?
This isn't fair. These are free TV shows I'm downloading. |
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| Oh, what a lovely infestation I have. |
[Nov. 20th, 2008|10:55 pm] |
Oh, wonderful. I tried downloading the latest SPN episode from mininova.org and got a virus infected file instead.
Threat name: Trojan.Downloader.NUS
Threat level: somwhere between Kristallnacht and nuclear holocaust
Bonus? Looks like it blocks me from going to the mininova.org web page. I can't warn anyone. Except you, of course.
Currently cleaning it out with Spywaredoctor. Next I run AVG. |
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| How do you connect a computer to a TV to play avi files? |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|04:16 pm] |
Hello, techies!
We're buying a new TV. (The old one died a few weeks ago.)
In an ideal world, we'd have a way to hook the TV up to the computer so we can play our downloaded avi files on the TV.
Is that possible? What do we need to get to make that work? We can get a TV with a USB port (although it would cost a bit more).
What else would we need? |
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| A very useful toy: Zap colors. |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|08:40 am] |
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Talking to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) amothea, I learned I have a toy that everyone needs, but not everyone has.
Sick of purple on dark blue text? Found a site or LJ layout that thinks pale grey writing on lilac is a great idea? Linked to a story and found big annoying graphic in someone's layout? Sick and tired of Area52's grey, grey, grey?
Zap colors! (And a lot of other annoyances). Just click, and you have a clean white background with black text. Ah.
It's scary (and quite telling) how often I use this. |
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puzzled
gloomy
annoyed