Troubled Waters

Hello Beautiful

As some of you may know, our desktop was the recipient of the coveted Trojan Virus Award this last weekend. We had the Satiloler virus. For those of you who don't know much about what a trojan virus does:

A class of computer threats that appears to perform a desirable function but in fact performs undisclosed malicious functions that allow unauthorized access to the host machine, giving them the ability to save their files on the user's computer or even watch the user's screen and control the computer.

In our case, the virus deposited itself in our system files and created a false windows front. That way whatever applications or internet sites we visited it would be able to steal any information.


I noticed it because I have a specific look that I like to keep my computer on all the time. When something is changed, like a font or a graphic - I notice. In this case, the start button looked different...a bit antiquated. The same was with the taskbar on Firefox - it just didn't look right.

I searched the registry and found that a great deal of the files had been corrupted. Thanks viruscan.
The Symantec Antivirus didn't detect it because once the virus was downloaded (and we don't know who did it, me or Tiffany) it disabled our firewall and virus protection.

Anywho, after a great deal of struggling to get rid of the virus I decided to just get rid of everything and nuke the hard drive.

After I did that, we had no way of re-loading Windows because our software was in Provo (something I had thought about bringing down with us the last time we were there, but forgot). I called my mom and asked her to send down Windows and anything else that I had. It got here a few days later and I was able to re-establish our great ole computer.

What did I do that whole time you ask? Movies. Lots of them.
Watching Netflix streaming through my X-box 360 is awesome.


I of course went to see Watchmen on the big screen. I have not read the graphic novel so I wasn't sure what to expect. Everyone wanted to know how I followed the story without knowing anything prior. I was able to follow the story quite well, I don't see what all the fuss was about with people on Rotten Tomatoes not being able to figure it out.

It was an okay movie. I enjoyed it. There was a lot of fun moments and a lot of really bad makeup. I really liked the slow-mo action that Zack Snyder is so good at. I don't care if people hate it, I like it.

Currently Listening to...

This is my alltime favorite radio station that no longer exists on regular radio. Luckily for you, you can stream it online by clicking on the logo.

I am currently listening to it now.

Cheers to good music!!



One last thing...

I really really really hate not having a job. It's such a drag.
Every day I waste time on the computer or watching movies, but I'm not being productive in the least. I always feel much better about myself and others when I'm working.
There's something in me that needs to keep busy to be happy.

So I'll put it out there into the void:

JOB -------> COME TO ME NOW!

(Side note: What do you all think of this nickname for those that follow my blog?
Blogets, Bluddies, Bloriends, Fregs, Blog-Buds)