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Actually, you're probably right. The moods of many staff members here seem quite volatile at times. It makes for great fun, though. I just have a hard time working my way into conversations when these things happen. Oh well, maybe I oughta try a little harder myself...
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MoreCowbell. This freaking awesome site allows you upload an MP3, and add a certain amount of cowbell to the song, and some Christopher Walken too, if you want. I personally prefer to go 100% cowbell, 0% Walken, but that's only because I don't need random clips from the SNL sketch ruining my song.
Plus, you can hear other cowbell injected songs people have uploaded too, by clicking the recent cowbells link at the top of the page. You can even embed these songs the same way you embed YouTube videos!
Here's one of my favorite cowbells:
| <embed width='400' height='170' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='cowbellID=CTKg76&cowbellTitle=Never gonna give you up - Rik Astley' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash' quality='high' bgcolor='#ffffff' src='http://www.morecowbell.dj/swf/player.swf' /> | | | Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj | |
What's amazing about this is that the cowbell is absolutely spot on with the beat and rhythm of the song, and it's not just designed to be a creative way to RickRoll JUL.
Anyways, have fun with this, JUL.
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Gee, promising thread title, if you ask me. Anyways...
Trojan.Fakeavalert, it is. My dad thinks he may have agreed to install this "XP Antivirus 2008", which Norton identifies as the aforementioned trojan. It's a sneaky bastard, too. Symantec's web site has a detailed instructions to remove the trojan, but many of the names are different to what installed onto this PC. It's obfuscating itself by using random letters and numbers in it's name. It also added itself to Norton's exception log for scanning and whatnot. It even disabled the Taskmanager so that I couldn't identify it by the running processes!
I've gone around changing and deleting registry entries that needed changing, though I'm sure I didn't get them all. I've also removed the blasted program from the scan exception list, and am performing ANOTHER scan of the system. Maybe this time it'll detect it and remove it. If all else fails, I'll re-enable the Taskmanager (I didn't do it yet, as I'm not sure if enabling it will give the stupid program access to it), and remove it from memory, then systematically delete everything it installed (which it installed last Friday/Saturday). It's funny, though, as it actually has a file for un-installing , but trying to use it just causes MSVC2005 to open up a new exception log thing, since it's not a valid un-installer.
But anyways, does anybody else have any suggestions for this particular problem? I think I've found all the necessary components for complete removal, but there may always be something I missed...
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Yes, it seems sufficiently nasty...
But I will not give up yet. It seems that this particular piece of crapware has definitely evolved over time, since it's naming scheme has changed enough to make it unrecognizable... Thing is, I see it for what it really is. If I can stop the thing from starting up upon windows startup, I may be able to actually clean the thing out.
What's more annoying than the malware, though, is Norton constanly bringing up a notification in the corner about blocking the trojan and saying the computer is secure. I may have to temporarily disable Norton before trying to continue my efforts.
Oh well, wish me luck. It's time to see if that last scan finished...
EDIT: False alarm, people. I apparently got the retarded version of it, as it had no precautions other than disabling Taskmanager to stop me from removing it from memory. Since most people wouldn't know how to re-enable it, it's actually pretty smart in that regard. Heck, it even disabled the actual Windows Security Center and changed the Desktop Background. After removing it from memory, I deleted the two folders in question that formed the trojan (garbled letters and numbers: one in Program Files and one in Application Data within the Documents and Settings folder), and restarted the computer. It didn't load automatically, the Add/Remove programs window couldn't find anything about it to remove, so I took it out of that interface, and started up the Security Center Service (Administrative Tools is quite useful, yes?). I even changed the background back to normal. Everything should be normal from here on out. If it happens again, I think I might even be able to walk my dad or mom through the steps necessary to remove it!
Anyways, thanks for the concern, everybody. It turned out okay.
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The only reason it took me longer is because I was sure it was Adware, and wanted to scan the computer using Ad-Aware 2008 before doing anything else. I then wound up scanning it with Norton Antivirus (twice) before just saying "screw it" and removing it the easy way. It was a really lame attempt to stop me from accessing Task Manager, since it took me no effort to re-enable it (I was already in RegEdit, and finding the key to disable/enable Task Manager was pretty much cake). I'm kind of surprised it didn't have a way to re-load the program should it be removed from memory, but then again, it probably didn't think anybody would be able to do that, what with Task Manager disabled.
Altogether, a very lame virus. I give it a 2/10.
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I noticed in the thread I made about that virus that affected my parent's computer, the very same Fake Antivirus was being advertised by Google. Kind of sending the wrong message, dontcha think?
Heh, but still, this thread advertises something called Fate Stay Night, whatever that is...
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I care, but if nothing is happening, what else can I do?
Your two options are to keep it an open game, which may make it never end, or simply forcibly end it and reveal who everyone was. At least then we would know who was who and could call it a wrap...
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I'm still building my CD collection, though I will admit that all of my music is ripped into my computers (for convenience only, mind you). I still listen to CDs from my 51 disc changer, though. I'm about 3 discs away from having the thing filled up, too. I also listen almost exclusively to CDs in my car, though that's only because I don't know of the radio station that will play some of Meat Loaf's more obscure titles.
But yeah, I highly doubt I'll ever move on to portable digital media. MP3 Players and iPods are way too expensive for me...
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Originally posted by Shadowstar
Originally posted by MaxKnight
I still listen to CDs from my 51 disc changer, though.
...51?! Where did you manage to get that?
I've had it for years, now. Got it as a Christmas present a long time ago, and have only recently had enough CDs to fill it. It's made by Sony, that's all I can tell you about it. I don't know if they still make things like this, anymore. It's huge, with stereo speakers and everything.
I have no idea where you can find anything like this anymore.
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For the record, it IS possible to achieve a conservative score. My brother just took this test, and came out in the lower-right quadrant. Here's his score:
Your scored 4 on Moral Order and -1.5 on Moral Rules.
The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):
1. System: Conservatism
2. Ideology: Capital Republicanism
3. Party: Republican Party
4. Presidents: George H. Bush
5. 04' Election: George W. Bush
6. 08' Election: John McCain
Of the 494,372 respondents (6,294 on Facebook):
1. 1% are close to you.
2. 5% are more conservative.
3. 36% are more liberal.
4. 53% are more socialist.
5. 3% are more authoritarian.
My score was kinda the opposite, but I forgot to save that and don't feel like taking it again. I will admit, the answer's don't lend themselves well to conservatives like me. I had a hard time finding answers that fit, which is probably why I ended up seeming liberal.
This test could certainly use more questions and a wider variety of answers to actually correctly gauge the test taker.
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What, Hiryuu got hit by this one? Like I said, it's easier to clean than most people on the internet claim.
And it seems he fixed it anyways, so everything's fine.
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I thought  was Eggplant Wizard, which is Ice Climbers, right...?
And    are giving me trouble as well...
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Alright, I got the evil eggplant and the seal-crown, but I'm still missing the other two...
I feel like I should know one or both, but I'm drawing a blank (I don't think I owned either of those games...)
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I think I found something here, a little late, though...
I can't afford that, anyways...
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Trying to catch the fly, eh?
I just ate 3/4 of a Meatsa Monday Pizza from Litlle Caesars. Four meats is goood stuff, lemme tell ya...
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I can attest for how difficult these tests are, having two certs of my own, and failing one exam, causing me to have to retake it and pass it the second time.
And I'm not even done, yet. I'm about to go take the 72-350 test on Saturday. Passing that will earn me a third cert, and MCSA status.
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1. A decent night's sleep
- I haven't truly rested in about a year and a half
2. A passing score on the 350 exam
- this morning made twice now I've scored 636 on the Microsoft 70-350 exam, and I need at least 700
3. Confirmation that I am indeed getting this new job
- as of last Friday, they were still trying to get approval to hire for the position
4. A faster internet connection
- not for browsing or playing games, but to reduce the time it takes to upload updates of my LPs
5. Financial Security
- this should probably be higher up, but I'd like to be able to say that not only can I pay my bills on time, but that I can pay them next month, too
Actually, number three could be fulfilled by the end of the week. But it's still among the top five things I want, so...
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Working the overnight shift at UPS makes it next to impossible to have close to normal sleep schedules. I want to sleep from 7AM to 3PM, but I sometimes get caught up in doing other things and don't go to bed until 8 or 9.
Then there's the weekends. If I'm not sleeping through the day, it's only for a couple of hours at night. Then it's awake for three hours, asleep for three hours. It's a crime, I tells ya...
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That guy's face reminds me of a young Dan Aykroyd.
Or perhaps that guy who plays Timothy McGee on NCIS...
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It feels weird to post here again. I lurk almost constantly, but finding a good topic to post in can be hard to do.
What's worse is I'm not going to hardly have time to post through the week, what with a new job starting in 5.5 hours (and I'm keeping my old job working nights at UPS). Ah, well. I suppose I could do the old "catch up at the end of the week" thing.
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