Monday 26 April 2010
Friday 23 April 2010
Virus protection
I've already told some of you about this, but I'm gonna go ahead and repeat myself.
6 am PT on April 21st (this Wednesday) McAfee released an update for their virus protection program, directed primarily at their business clients.
Soon thereafter computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3 started crashing or constantly rebooting. The reason - McAfee had gotten the idea that svchost.exe was a virus. (svchost.exe is a vital process in XP, accounting for much of the processor/memory usage)
According to BBC Intel was basically shut down. CNN reports that ALL of Intel's computers in the US run McAfee.
In Sweden Telia lost about 15.000 computers, and ABB have been affected. Systembolaget had to close 27 stores and many communes were affected. According to a technician at the University of Michigan some 800.000 computers worldwide were rendered useless. If that is true McAfee must truly have a whole lot of customers, since they stated that "We believe that this incident has impacted less than one half of one percent of our enterprise accounts globally".
Today I received this mail:
Klicka här för att se en webbversion av mailet
EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA
DATORKAOS I HELA SVERIGE!
"Halva Telia utslaget. 27 systembolag stängda. Stora problem på ABB, Svenskt Näringsliv och i flera kommuner. Allt resultatet av en dundertabbe när McAfee skickade ut en felaktig uppdatering av sitt virusskydd. Rapporterna om utslagna datorer rasade in efter att uppdateringen skickats ut under onsdagen. Enligt tekniker på University of Michigan drabbades 800 000 datorer globalt." (artikel ur IDG.se, idag den 22 april).
UNDVIK DATASTRUL!
Gör inte en McAfee - Välj F-secure genom Bahnhof för tryggheten!
Nu kan du testa helt gratis i tre månader utan förpliktelser.
Klicka här för att ladda ner F-secure från Bahnhof.
That's what I call excellent marketing!
6 am PT on April 21st (this Wednesday) McAfee released an update for their virus protection program, directed primarily at their business clients.
Soon thereafter computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3 started crashing or constantly rebooting. The reason - McAfee had gotten the idea that svchost.exe was a virus. (svchost.exe is a vital process in XP, accounting for much of the processor/memory usage)
According to BBC Intel was basically shut down. CNN reports that ALL of Intel's computers in the US run McAfee.
In Sweden Telia lost about 15.000 computers, and ABB have been affected. Systembolaget had to close 27 stores and many communes were affected. According to a technician at the University of Michigan some 800.000 computers worldwide were rendered useless. If that is true McAfee must truly have a whole lot of customers, since they stated that "We believe that this incident has impacted less than one half of one percent of our enterprise accounts globally".
Today I received this mail:
Klicka här för att se en webbversion av mailet
EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA
DATORKAOS I HELA SVERIGE!
"Halva Telia utslaget. 27 systembolag stängda. Stora problem på ABB, Svenskt Näringsliv och i flera kommuner. Allt resultatet av en dundertabbe när McAfee skickade ut en felaktig uppdatering av sitt virusskydd. Rapporterna om utslagna datorer rasade in efter att uppdateringen skickats ut under onsdagen. Enligt tekniker på University of Michigan drabbades 800 000 datorer globalt." (artikel ur IDG.se, idag den 22 april).
UNDVIK DATASTRUL!
Gör inte en McAfee - Välj F-secure genom Bahnhof för tryggheten!
Nu kan du testa helt gratis i tre månader utan förpliktelser.
Klicka här för att ladda ner F-secure från Bahnhof.
That's what I call excellent marketing!
Sunday 4 April 2010
Var ska vi sova i natt?
Ok, here's the thing. Somehow I have ended up with the most horrible dance version (with electronic voice) of this song. That version I linked you is however (if possible) even worse. Luckily there is another one.
I find it quite good, despite the dialect. However, it turns out it exists in Danish as well. (Try to ignore the dancing girls.) There is way more than one version in Danish too. Now, I started wondering which version came first. The lyrics are the same in Danish and Swedish, but whoever wrote it I do not know. As is often the case with Swedish Wikipedia it let me down.
A clue, however, could be found on YouTube. Turns out the original is actually Italian (!) This is the absolute original version of the song. The group, as it turns out, is the most famous pop group in the Latin world. So much so, that they even recorded this song in Spanish too. What little Spanish I do know tells me that the lyrics have a SLIGHTLY different meaning in the Scandinavian versions ;P
Oh, btw, on Så ska det låta they made Måns Zelmerlöw sing it...
I find it quite good, despite the dialect. However, it turns out it exists in Danish as well. (Try to ignore the dancing girls.) There is way more than one version in Danish too. Now, I started wondering which version came first. The lyrics are the same in Danish and Swedish, but whoever wrote it I do not know. As is often the case with Swedish Wikipedia it let me down.
A clue, however, could be found on YouTube. Turns out the original is actually Italian (!) This is the absolute original version of the song. The group, as it turns out, is the most famous pop group in the Latin world. So much so, that they even recorded this song in Spanish too. What little Spanish I do know tells me that the lyrics have a SLIGHTLY different meaning in the Scandinavian versions ;P
Oh, btw, on Så ska det låta they made Måns Zelmerlöw sing it...
Saturday 3 April 2010
Invitation
I'm taking a chance here and will presume that within 5 days all whom are concerned will have read this.
Next Friday or Saturday (9th or 10th) you are invited over to me and the Iceye for Barbecue and SingStar. I intend to get very drunk, and anyone interested is free to join me in that endeavor. (Nallenon, if I buy Baileys, will you bring whiskey for some really awesome coffee drinks?)
Ps. The grilling will be done in oven, so weather is irrelevant. Ds.
Next Friday or Saturday (9th or 10th) you are invited over to me and the Iceye for Barbecue and SingStar. I intend to get very drunk, and anyone interested is free to join me in that endeavor. (Nallenon, if I buy Baileys, will you bring whiskey for some really awesome coffee drinks?)
Ps. The grilling will be done in oven, so weather is irrelevant. Ds.
Friday 2 April 2010
Birthdays
Today I celebrated my birthday. It is not actually my birthday, but since people are free it fitted well. After I turned 18 it's become very anticlimactic. I got up early, because once again I could not sleep, and finished the cake. Then I sat around waiting for people to show up, which they did around 2 pm.
Ever since I got home I have been in a weird sleeping pattern, sleeping way too long one day and consequently going to bed very late... Only to wake up ridiculously early the next day, like 6:30 early! And not being able to fall asleep again! So I get up, walking around half-tired all day and going to bed before midnight, waking up at 7-8 am, only to fall asleep again and wake up around 13-15!
Anyway, birthdays; they are boring. Right now it feels like the only point of having people over is so that I could show them my home... which I obviously can't, since it's in Uppsala. It would be so nice to have some people come over so that I could serve them coffee in my awesome cups, and bake a cake and put it in my cake-box thingy (real Tupperware :P). Yeah, that would be nice. Maybe I'll do that with you guys, not that you drink coffee, but still.
There was something more I wanted to say, but I've lost it. I'll probably remember it soon and write another post. See ya!
Ps. please DON'T get any birthday presents for me (not that I assume you plan to), 'cause I really can't afford getting any for you :(
Ever since I got home I have been in a weird sleeping pattern, sleeping way too long one day and consequently going to bed very late... Only to wake up ridiculously early the next day, like 6:30 early! And not being able to fall asleep again! So I get up, walking around half-tired all day and going to bed before midnight, waking up at 7-8 am, only to fall asleep again and wake up around 13-15!
Anyway, birthdays; they are boring. Right now it feels like the only point of having people over is so that I could show them my home... which I obviously can't, since it's in Uppsala. It would be so nice to have some people come over so that I could serve them coffee in my awesome cups, and bake a cake and put it in my cake-box thingy (real Tupperware :P). Yeah, that would be nice. Maybe I'll do that with you guys, not that you drink coffee, but still.
There was something more I wanted to say, but I've lost it. I'll probably remember it soon and write another post. See ya!
Ps. please DON'T get any birthday presents for me (not that I assume you plan to), 'cause I really can't afford getting any for you :(
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