Evil wares
I had plans for last night. Not especially ambitious ones, but I knew how I wanted to spend the evening. Unfortunately, it turns out that Starr’s computer picked up a couple of viruses from somewhere, causing WoW to crash on launch as well as blocking most malware removal sites and large swaths of microsoft.com. I spent about three hours fighting them, getting one virus off the machine and restoring her WoW function, but the “Backdoor” trojan is resisting all attempts to remove it. Grrr.
Slept pretty good last night, but traffic was heck this morning. We had a little light rain, which apparently caused everyone to panic, so I got in a little late. I have no desire to be grumpy all day, though, so I’m looking for some music to cheer me up a bit.
Along those lines, I enjoyed MarsCon’s Friday night performance by The Cassettes, so I picked up their latest album – on cassette, of course – which included a card for free digital download. No DRM, either. It’s pretty good stuff, and any band that includes a home-made theremin is worth some attention.
I just needed to look up a high voltage traveling arc for another reference. For some reason, this in itself has cheered me up a bit.
Tags: music, science, technology
I’m currently using and recommending Malwarebytes for cleaning tough problems; it’s pulled several things off I couldn’t with other programs. CCleaner is also helpful with many of the current crop of nastiness. Make sure you turn off System Restore so it doesn’t serve as a reservoir of old infection.
AdAware, CCleaner, and SDFix seem to have resolved the problem between them. Starr’s WoW is back to normal, the Backdoor.TDSS is gone, and we’re no longer getting web page redirects.
Thanks for the advice!