Gee you know it’s pretty serious business when a worm shows as the headline on the Drudge Report, eh?
For the record, after reading through the SlashDot synopsis and following the various links it appears to be a worm using an old MS SQL vulnerability that Microsoft released a patch for back in June and some sites, obviously, didn’t get the patch applied. Tsk, tsk…
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It’s Memorial Day. Given that, it was only natural to spend some of the day at Appomattox Court House and then the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA. This picture was from the second stop of the day, and if you’re in the area of Bedford, I highly recommend it! More pictures when I get back…
Thanks to Andy for pointing to the list of Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 issues. I haven’t installed it on anything yet, so this’ll be a nice resource to have. BTW, I’m not neglecting my job, we don’t actually have anything running 2000 in the whole office. It’s either XP or NT here. I do,…
Craig sent me an email over the weekend suggesting a PC newsletter that he had come across. Right off, I recognized the name and remembered subscribing to it years ago, but I didn’t know they were still around. Apparently though, the Internet Tourbus is still going strong. Tags: Tourbus EmailNewsletters Follow these topics: Uncategorized
A reader asked me about a Sony laptop where every time he starts it up, it comes up and says it needs to be activated. Then it comes up and says “Windows is already activated” and contiues on in this circular logic pattern. It’s been happening since installing the MS Anti-spyware and updating WMP, but…
Couple of interesting things I saw over at Chris’ Blog this morning that I think need to be shared. First, the good folks at Lockergnome have started up FileofTheDay.com. That might be something to keep handy when you’re in the mood for some good freeware or shareware. Secondly, the Barenaked Ladies have a blog. If…