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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 14 2009,2:21 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I would recommend that everyone update their virus pattern files... :D

http://www.computerworld.com/action....=NLT_PM


Unless of course you like that sort of thing!  :eek

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Quote (GlassMan @ Jan. 14 2009,2:21 pm)
I would recommend that everyone update their virus pattern files... :D

http://www.computerworld.com/action....=NLT_PM


Unless of course you like that sort of thing!  :eek

Can you explain that in English please?

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Both Of My Computers Update Automatically.........

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Both Of My Computers Update Automatically.........

So.....

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I would recommend that everyone update their virus pattern files... :D

http://www.computerworld.com/action....=NLT_PM


Unless of course you like that sort of thing!  :eek

Can you explain that in English please?

English?.....don't dial the Microsoft support line if you want to hear English!

Basically there's a big bad bug out there that they've got a fix for but you have to update your Microsoft Windows OS and have a good up to date antivirus program to keep from getting the bug.

Some peeps didn't update and their computers got the bug, which in turn run like crap now and the bug can potentially take control of their computers.

I've had to clean 3 machines in the past two weeks, but not for this one.... :break

It's a fact of Life:

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So my internet has been running pretty slow the past couple of days.  I don't have a virus on any of my computers though.

Come to find out the my niece's laptop IS infected though and she is connected to the same network.  Well this explains the slow internet. Her laptop is using most of the bandwidth! :break She told me that her anti virus expired some time ago. :break Her Dad told her to not use it until I can look at it. Earlier this evening I told her that I would look at it when I got home.  She said she would shut it down and not use it.  So when I came home a few hours later, it was fired up and the fan was spinning at 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 RPM's. :break Not only that, but she was connected to the internet. :eek  :beat

So I go to install AVG and notice that her other anti virus expired in 2007! :eek  :beat

The story takes a break here because she wanted to go to bed. :sleep

In the meantime, I went to the router settings and blocked her computer from the network.





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No problems here, I keep all mine updated and AVG takes care of all the bugs!.. :good
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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Jan. 14 2009,9:49 pm)
In the meantime, I went to the router settings and blocked her computer from the network.

Gee, that's how I get my girls to clean their rooms!  :laugh

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In the meantime, I went to the router settings and blocked her computer from the network.

Gee, that's how I get my girls to clean their rooms!  :laugh

DAMN GM, you are cruel.  I can understand no TV, but no Internet? ;) :D :D

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In the meantime, I went to the router settings and blocked her computer from the network.

Gee, that's how I get my girls to clean their rooms!  :laugh

DAMN GM, you are cruel.  I can understand no TV, but no Internet? ;) :D :D

Truth be known, they aren't totally internet deprived...they still have their iPhones....I think they are glued together.

They will literally IM a friend who is in the same room. I've witnessed it first hand.  :comp  :rolleyes

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They will literally IM a friend who is in the same room. I've witnessed it first hand.  :comp  :rolleyes

That Happens Here As Well.... :stupid  :stupid

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They will literally IM a friend who is in the same room. I've witnessed it first hand.  :comp  :rolleyes

Pathetic ain't it!.. :rolleyes  :laugh
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Quote (GlassMan @ Jan. 15 2009,7:34 am)
Truth be known, they aren't totally internet deprived...they still have their iPhones....I think they are glued together.

They will literally IM a friend who is in the same room. I've witnessed it first hand.  :comp  :rolleyes

That is funny.  :laugh
But, I am one to talk, I can be caught poking around on my iPhone at the weirdest times.  Of course, I have learned to actually speak to people in the same room without IM'ing. :D

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The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....I make the girls update it when they go out so that I don't have to call them and ask where they are....

..it will also give you the best directions to their location in case they call and need a ride home.

Kind of like an ankle bracelet! :good

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The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....I make the girls update it when they go out so that I don't have to call them and ask where they are....

..it will also give you the best directions to their location in case they call and need a ride home.

Kind of like an ankle bracelet! :good

Will it tell me which store my wifes in, or just which mall. :fight

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The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....I make the girls update it when they go out so that I don't have to call them and ask where they are....

..it will also give you the best directions to their location in case they call and need a ride home.

Kind of like an ankle bracelet! :good

Will it tell me which store my wifes in, or just which mall. :fight

The phone appears as a marker on a map, much like Google maps. Gives you the street coordinates.


Well, they say the Worm is up to 9 Million computers so far!!!  :break

http://www.computerworld.com/action....nlid=38

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The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....I make the girls update it when they go out so that I don't have to call them and ask where they are....

..it will also give you the best directions to their location in case they call and need a ride home.

Kind of like an ankle bracelet! :good

Will it tell me which store my wifes in, or just which mall. :fight

The phone appears as a marker on a map, much like Google maps. Gives you the street coordinates.


Well, they say the Worm is up to 9 Million computers so far!!!  :break

http://www.computerworld.com/action....nlid=38

:(

Not gonna help much. Lots of stores on every corner, and she hits them all. Ah hell, even if I knew what store she was in, she'd be a few down the road. Only thing that slows her down, is the speed of the CC machine. :banghead

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Why are you concerned what store she is in? Your home with full controll of the TV/remote.  :D   :good
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Why are you concerned what store she is in? Your home with full controll of the TV/remote.  :D   :good

Need to be able to call them and tell them she's out of money. Just told her this AM that Circuit City is history. Can't even wait to see what she buys there. I am confident though that she will do her best to save the whole chain. :banghead

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I would recommend that everyone update their virus pattern files... :D

http://www.computerworld.com/action....=NLT_PM


Unless of course you like that sort of thing!  :eek

Nah....No need to update anything  :beat  :beat   Every time somebody gets a virus that is potential $$ for me :D  :D  :rotflmao  :comp



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  Every time somebody gets a virus that is potential $$ for me :D  :D  :rotflmao  :comp

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The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....

I Heard That They Have A Component Out For Vehicles Now.... It's Like Onstar, But You Can Track It From Your P.C....

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Quote (GlassMan @ Jan. 16 2009,8:48 am)
The one really cool app I downloaded to our iPhones is Loopt.
It uses to GPS feature of the phone to show you where people in your list are.....

I Heard That They Have A Component Out For Vehicles Now.... It's Like Onstar, But You Can Track It From Your P.C....

They have had that technology for years.  There is a product called Network Car that I was using 3 years ago on a company vehicle.  You could login to a website and see where I was in Realtime and where I've been and what time, for the past year or more.  Of course I found a way to disable it :D
That was one of the reasons I quit that job....No thanks to the Micro Manager Big Brother types.



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UPDATE ON THIS VIRUS:

As of today, this virus, downandup, has infected over 9 million PC's.  It is complex in how it is written, but fairly easy to keep from getting it.  It is designed to spread primarily through thumb drives and similar devices when the AutoRun/AutoPlay initializes.
Easy way to keep from getting it is to turn OFF your AutoRun/Autoplay on you PC.  It is simple to do.  I'd recommend TweakUI to use to turn it off (Download for free at Microsoft.com).  If you already have the virus, email or call  me for a program to get rid of it.  You can find me at the website listed below



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