{"id":774,"date":"2009-05-04T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2009-05-04T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T14:40:09","slug":"virus-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=774","title":{"rendered":"Virus Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, not the H1N1 piggy flu… although there’s a rational discussion on that subject over at ACT<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0This virus, or viruses, is of the variety that infects machines. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Specifically, Delta’s laptop. \u00c2\u00a0I’m not sure what happened; she was running McAfee, but some little nasty slipped by and disabled the antivirus software. \u00c2\u00a0I loaded a copy of AVG Free<\/a> and ran several scans, eliminating nearly 200 threats, but the problems quickly returned (even though I’d disabled System Restore). \u00c2\u00a0Following advice from techie boards, I ran a few scans with ComboFix<\/a> in safe mode.<\/p>\n

We’re now on about day five of fighting for a cure; if it were the real flu, the patient would be getting over it by now. \u00c2\u00a0 My next attempt is to run a full scan with Trend Micro<\/a>, as I’ve had good luck with that in the past.<\/p>\n

How many hours is a 6 year old laptop worth? \u00c2\u00a0Well, the only reason it’s survived this long is that there’s one program on it that I need about 5 times per year, for which I no longer have the install CD. \u00c2\u00a0But, when I need it, I REALLY need it. \u00c2\u00a0So, considering that a new copy of PageMaker would set me back about the cost of a new (kid-edition) laptop, I’m willing to try a little longer.<\/p>\n

Once this is fixed, HWTFM’s old laptop is scheduled for open-heart surgery on the kitchen table. \u00c2\u00a0He’s already got a new one, so this one can be redirected to Gamma (who now despises being locked to a desktop). \u00c2\u00a0Just a few months out of warranty, it suffered a spill when the cat knocked over a glass of water.<\/p>\n

With woes like these, swine flu looks like just another bug in the wild. \u00c2\u00a0HWTFM is on a plane for the west coast as I write, and Beta is at a music festival in Memphis<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0I told them to wash their hands, and sent them on their way.<\/p>\n

So now the house is mostly empty, and I can tend to the wounded electronics in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, not the H1N1 piggy flu… although there’s a rational discussion on that subject over at ACT. \u00c2\u00a0This virus, or viruses, is of the variety that infects machines. \u00c2\u00a0 Specifically, Delta’s laptop. \u00c2\u00a0I’m not sure what happened; she was running … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}