I hate spyware
I'm a good websurfer...I don't go to sites that I have no business
reading, I don't pirate music or software, I'm not one for reading the
latest gossip. I do enjoy reading a select few blogs and the
occasional computer related article on slashdot or some other such
site. I wish all the employees at my company were like me...but
they're not. Two of them were severly infected, no infested, with
spyware on their machines. I mean to the point where they
couldn't hover over internet explorer without an ad for a relationship
or eBay or Home Depot popping up. I spent the better part of
three hours trying to fight the one computer back into line, but it was
to the point that as fast as I could disable these programs, they'd
rename themself to something else and fire off again. Once I hit
the three hour mark of troubleshooting, I decided that it was more cost
effective to simply format and re-install the machines. I'm
finishing up on the second one now, but I have to admit that it's a
royal PAIN IN THE ASS to have to deal with that crap. When we get
to the point of profitability, I'm going to make the suggestion that we
start unifying our systems. i.e. everyone will have an identical
machine...then I can build one..and clone it to the rest of them.
But more importantly I can take that one image and save it away and the
next time someone's machine goes ape shit, I can just re-image and walk
away...that would be nice...*sigh*
We're off to SC tonight for another camping excursion, this time we're taking our toys with us. I'm looking forward to getting the jet skis out on the water again, since the last time we went out we got drenched. I don't think I mentioned that here, Joni and I went out Wednesday night and got to the furthest point on the lake from where we launched and noticed a lot of thunder and lightning getting closer to us. So we started back to the launch and wouldn't you know we ended up smack dab in the middle of rough water and pelting rain. At least Joni had her sun glasses so she could see; I had to close one eye and cover the with my hand so as not to go blind from the pouring rain. Almost as soon as we made it back to the ramps, the rain had passed and the sun was coming out. We just left though as we didn't want to tempt fate. So anyway, we're leaving tonight after work and should be back Sunday evening some time. Keep your fingers crossed for better weather then the last camping trip.
We're off to SC tonight for another camping excursion, this time we're taking our toys with us. I'm looking forward to getting the jet skis out on the water again, since the last time we went out we got drenched. I don't think I mentioned that here, Joni and I went out Wednesday night and got to the furthest point on the lake from where we launched and noticed a lot of thunder and lightning getting closer to us. So we started back to the launch and wouldn't you know we ended up smack dab in the middle of rough water and pelting rain. At least Joni had her sun glasses so she could see; I had to close one eye and cover the with my hand so as not to go blind from the pouring rain. Almost as soon as we made it back to the ramps, the rain had passed and the sun was coming out. We just left though as we didn't want to tempt fate. So anyway, we're leaving tonight after work and should be back Sunday evening some time. Keep your fingers crossed for better weather then the last camping trip.
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