Saturday, the Ides of March, 2014

March 15, Ides of March, 2014.

I’ve got nothing better to do other than a breakfast meeting and appointment at Apple Store Genius Bar. My colleague and I took in a 27-inch iMac for diagnostic and repair. During the diagnostic the Genius who helped us swapped my colleague’s iPhone 5 which had a bad camera; out of warranty. It is nice to know that there are still Apple Store Genius who actually go out of their way to help customers. Well, most of the ones I dealt with in the past 6 months were pain to deal with.

By the way it is almost a Full Moon in the night sky.

Almost Full Moon

Biznis-Kitty

I have not seen The Lego Movie yet, but someone has been busy acquiring the Minifigures. No, it’s not me. I certainly am having fun taking some photos.

Biznis Kitty

Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens.

  • ISO: 800
  • Focal Length: 50mm
  • Aperture: f/7.1
  • Shutter Speed: 1/13

Malware, Malware and more Malware.

For the past week I have been removing a lot of Malware from a lot of computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Some are harder to remove than the others. In general I’d like to avoid the Scorched-Earth scenario whenever possible, as it is the last resort.

Malware Script

There are a lot of ways to remove Malware, there is not a single solution.

Whenever removing Malware from Windows computers I tend to boot to Safe mode with a Command prompt and remove any Malware reference from “Run” key in the registry and Start from Programs Menu.

Some tools/programs that I use:

I then use Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool and Safety Scanner to for the second run of Malware removal.

There are a lot of other tools/programs that I use to remove the Malware whenever necessary.

 

Slug on the Wall

“All in all it’s just another slug on the wall.”

IMG_0683

Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II SLR Lens.

  • ISO: 3200
  • Focal Length: 55mm
  • Aperture: f/18
  • Shutter Speed: 1/25

Blue Fish

I do not know what kind of fish this is, maybe you do.

IMG_0230

Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens.

  • ISO: 1600
  • Focal Length: 50mm
  • Aperture: f/8
  • Shutter Speed: 1/80