RAJE Psion Cable
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: God's Mistake - Tears for Fears
Resoldered and reinforced one end of the Psion cable. They keep pulling it by the cord!

Spent half an hour fixing it.

Backup
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Conflict - Tears for Fears
Topic: work
Daily Backup (2 sets) just finished.

Viruses
Mood:  hungry
Topic: work
Sept. 18:

Sender: carolina.munoz@corporate.ge.com
IP Address: 210.5.124.36
MessageID: F375E1DD428
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message

Sept. 20:

Sender: ccyalung@picazolaw.com
IP Address: 210.5.117.124
MessageID: 6186E1DD428
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)

Boss Babes' request
Mood:  rushed
Topic: work
Whew! My hands are aching from editing the scanned document. I had to type several paragraphs in, because the OCR didn't quite get the text correctly.

It's now 5:20pm, about 3 1/2 hours after starting the scans. :-(

I forgot to burn the Saturday backups because of this rush job. :-(

I'll just burn the Main Office copy and bring it home.

Boss Babes' request
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: work
Liza told me that Boss Babes wanted to have a document scanned and OCR-processed so he can e-mail it to other people.

I started at around 1:20pm. First I installed the ScanJet on his PC, then the software/drivers.

Finished scanning <40 pages at 2:45pm.

Now starting to check the OCR's work. :-)

Nimfa's Computer
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Sideshow - The Spinners
Topic: work
Replaced the LAN card today and cleaned the casing. While waiting for a station to become free for my use, I printed Board meeting reports and gave them to Liza.

After printing, I delivered Nimfa's PC to her station and configured its Network card, TCP/IP settings, etc.

Housecall found KLEZ in 3 or 4 folders and I deleted all the files.

Started SP2 install at around 12noon. Finished at 12:40pm, after a few aborted tries at Windows Update Custom install. :-(

Had lunch until 1:15pm-ish.

Viruses
Mood:  chatty
Topic: work
Four (4) viruses filtered out by MailScanner today.
From: "MailScanner"

IP Address: 202.78.104.87
MessageID: ACEFC1DD428
Report: ClamAV: Secret.scr contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (Secret.scr)

Sender: mik3rockz@aol.com
IP Address: 202.78.104.87
MessageID: E848A1DD428
Report: ClamAV: Doll.scr contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (Doll.scr)

Sender: imptdailyfyi@dqz.frdcls.com
IP Address: 210.5.127.158
MessageID: B764C1DD428
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message

Sender: lynnxve@qwest.net
IP Address: 210.5.127.158
MessageID: 74F481DD428
Report: ClamAV: www.myx4free_r.pif contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Shortcuts to MS-Dos programs are very dangerous in email (www.myx4free_r.pif)

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Meter Lab Computer trouble
Mood:  not sure
Topic: work
Jorge called me at around 8:30am while I was reading my email. He told me the meter lab computer won't boot.

I found the computer powered on but not "working." So I did these:

1. I powered off the UPS, and then switched it and the computer back on.

The computer went to the CMOS setup screen, so I rebooted it, but it wouldn't boot. Back to number 1.

I tried changing "Plug & Play O/S" from Yes to No, but it still wouldn't boot after restarting.

So I opened up the case and found that a small amount of dust had accumulated on one of the RAM chips. I cleaned it up with some natural air and a paint brush, and VOILA! The computer booted!

I restarted it once, for good measure, and #1 didn't re-occur anymore.

Work done.

Nimfa's computer
Mood:  energetic
Topic: work
At around 1:30pm, Nimfa complained that her PC restarts by itself while she's doing work on it.

I told her it might just be Windows XP's screen saver activating. I told her that WinXP sometimes seems not to be aware that the user is using the computer when s/he's working in a DOS app. But lo and behold, her PC started shutting down while we were still discussing the symptoms!

So I proceeded to her booth and starting observing her computer. I found out that her LAN card is connecting only at 10mbps, whichever of the available 2 UTP-5 cables is used.

I tried using TrendMicro's Housecall, a free online virus scanning engine. The download was about to finish when the PC restarted again!

It was already 3pm by then, and I couldn't do research on the net using her computer, so I went back to my station to do research on her problem, but I couldn't find anything!

I'm going to try changing her LAN card to see if it's the culprit. I'll be cleaning her PC, too, insofar as I'll be opening it up anyway.

Viruses
Topic: work
Five (5) viruses filtered out by MailScanner today:

IP Address: 202.78.104.224
MessageID: C3E091DD428
Report: ClamAV: Cat.exe contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Executable DOS/Windows programs are dangerous in email (Cat.exe)

IP Address: 202.78.104.224
MessageID: B20F71DD428
Report: ClamAV: Garry.exe contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Executable DOS/Windows programs are dangerous in email (Garry.exe)

IP Address: 202.78.104.224
MessageID: 6350E1DD428
Report: ClamAV: foto1.exe contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Executable DOS/Windows programs are dangerous in email (foto1.exe)

Sender: _life.saverstoyou@qve.btonthentt.com
IP Address: 210.5.115.53
MessageID: DDE451DD428
Report: ClamAV: detail3.doc .pif contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Shortcuts to MS-Dos programs are very dangerous in email (detail3.doc .pif)

Sender: cacxqtbwvarngw@tvnet.lv
IP Address: 210.5.115.53
MessageID: 9F8A51DD428
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message