Showing posts with label conficker Worm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conficker Worm. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2009

Conficker Worm and other things

Bear Wresting!
This photo is one for the album on my old web page, called bears. I will frame them all for on the web page album, I think. I have a few more for the Painted Vases album also. I want to frame those and load larger photos in the album.

Tomorrow at 8:00 Wally will be here to install the carpet and the lino in the ensuite. So, I will be unplugged tomorrow. I have taken photos of the things plugged into the tower and the bars. I hope I can get it all plugged in again. I am so dumb about this stuff... this is a good exercise for me. Maybe I won't be so afraid I am going to break something, if I just go ahead and do stuff. I moved my scanner and printer. I accidentally unplugged the keyboard and then plugged it back into the wrong hole. Welllll took me a while to figure out why my settings would not load. Really!! It is going to take making all the mistakes, I guess, to learn.

I spent quite a bit of my time today reading about this Conficker Worm that seems to have been introduced some time in November and is being re-invented to make it harder for Microsoft to defend against. Microsoft and a few of the other internet important companies have banded together to combat this malicious thing. Microsoft has offered a $250,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the creator(s). There seems to be a threat of the worm attacking from its botnet on April 1st. Since I have to be unplugged tomorrow, I might just stay unplugged for the 3 more days. I am sure the garden could use my attention.

The daffodils are showing color, the helebores, anemones, cyclamens, arabis, are all starting too. The snowdrops and crocus are about finished. I have not had time to get the photos of these plants ready for posting. Well, maybe, Sunday, I can just work with my photos and not be on the internet. This might work so I can get caught up with a few of the things I want to get done.