 Editorial
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9-10-02
The Bug Got Me and Other Stuff
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BIG GIANT WARNING
Some of you may already know this but, I'm going to
go over it for everybody. Pay attention because this
could be real important.
My computer got the KLEZ Virus through an email that
was sent to me through the email address books of several
Springers. In fact, I got so many at one time that I
am not sure which one was the culprit. Nevertheless,
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VIRUS PROTECTION PROGRAM ON YOUR
COMPUTER, GET ONE NOW and keep it updated!
This virus is extremely malicious! I can't emphasize
that enough. Not only did I lose the entire contents
of two hard drives but it rewrote the firmware for my
CD Burner rendering it useless. I ended up having to
buy another one after the hard drive was reconfigured.
This cost a few hundred dollars all total.
This virus slows down your computer by using up your
system resources which gives it time to jump ahead of
you when you are trying to disable it or get rid of
it. The first thing it did when it detected that I was
trying to clean it off of the drive was to disable my
CD drive to keep me from using my McAffee Anti-Virus
software on it. Then I tried to change my BIOS (Basic
In - Out System) to force it to boot to a CD so I could
reformat my hard drive...It disabled my keyboard and
mouse to keep me from navigating the BIOS directory.
Clever little sucker, huh? Then I tried to go to Windows
help so I could see what other options were available
to me and it gave me a blank screen when I clicked on
the help menu. Anyway, I had to take it to a professional
with some hardware and software that is used just for
this sort of thing.
OTHER STUFF
I see many of you are burning up the message boards
and having loads of fun at it. GREAT! Keep it up. Thanks
to a certain young lady's fast work and emailing me
before my big computer crash...I am soon to be, once
again, the proud owner of a two-headed troll doll after
a 25 year search. How about them potatoes?
Sept. 9th was the one year anniversary of the Springer
Connection first going online , which is really a milestone.
The first effort was okay for a novice but, compared
to what Dan has done since he took over the webmaster
duties it was pitiful. Pitiful or not, I'm glad I did
it. I'm glad Dan jumped in and I'm glad it is working
and people are joining. Thank you one and all for taking
what could have been a silly idea and making it into
something worthwhile.
- JA
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