Malware in the world?

I had a recurrence of malware on the weblog this week, likely some backdoors I’ve hopefully shut for good. I ended up paying for a service, then changing passwords and settings all across the board. As of today, it seems to be fine.

Of course, just before the end of today at work, that computer was hit by malware, crashing the system and wiping out my profile — no desktop, no programs, no documents. I left one of our IT guys working on a little before 5, and he seemed optimistic about restoring most, if not all, of my files. There was nothing irreplaceable on my desktop or in my documents, I don’t think, as most everything I work on is on one of several shared drives. But, still, it would be nice not to lose those files that were there entirely.

It’s been kind of a long week.

Random 10 3-23-12

Last week. This week:

  1. “Rain Is Falling” by Electric Light Orchestra, guessed by Clayton
    The sun was up and the sky was very blue
  2. “Black Girls” by Violent Femmes, guessed by Kim
    You know I love the Lord of hosts
  3. “Arthur Curry 2007” by Ookla the Mok, guessed by Occupant
    And all the second-rate superheroes get TV shows
  4. “500 Miles” by Peter, Paul & Mary (or others), guessed by Occupant
    You can hear the whistle blow
  5. “Thing Called Love” by Johnny Cash
    He weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds
  6. “Coconut Grove” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, guessed by Kim
    Tonight we’ll find a dune that’s ours
  7. “See You in My Nightmares” by Kanye West
    I got the night, I’m running from the sun
  8. “I Was Made to Love Her” by Stevie Wonder, guessed by Occupant
    My mama boohooed it
  9. “In the City” by the Eagles, guessed by Clayton
    Nothing grows, and life ain’t very pretty
  10. “The Galway Girl” by Steve Earle
    We were halfway there when the rain came down

If you don’t know how to play, don’t worry, you’ll catch on. Good luck!