I got to spend most of the day yesterday and a good bit of today restoring programs (Including Windows Vista twice), files, and settings after Bit Defender, an anti-virus program, hosed my computer. A faulty update is to blame. It hit a lot of computers and did a lot of damage. See BOTD. I don't use Bit Defender but my anti-virus program, PC Security Shield, uses the Bit Defender engine. Apparently, Bit Defender is the engine of choice for many AV programs. Gee, thanks. It's going to be a long and tedious road back but I don't think I lost anything major, except for my weekend and a little more hair.
I offer one from the CrabAppleLane Backyard this cool Sunday. I'm starting to get concerned about the CrabAppleLane Hummingbird flock. They're later than ever this year. I'm worried they might have missed their bus.
CrabAppleLane Hummingbird Feeder - March 21, 2010
- When A Blind Man Cries - Machine Head 25th Anniversary Edition [Disc 2] - Deep Purple
- The Goin' On-(w Vince Gill) - From The Reach - Sonny Landreth
- Shoot To Thrill - AC/DC Live - AC/DC
- Uberesso - From The Reach - Sonny Landreth
- Space Truckin' - Machine Head (Roger Glover Remixes) [Disc 2] - Deep Purple
Quote of the Day
Today (morning PST) we had an update for 64-bit systems (available on our servers between 8 AM and 11 30 AM PST) that caused multiple Windows and BitDefender files to be quarantined.
Raluca, Bit Defender
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "Just how many people were recently affected by the trojan.fakealert.5 software issue with BitDefender 2010? Right now this is the 11th most popular search term on Google, so many people have obviously been affected by this."
That's a pretty major screwup at Bit Defender. What a drag, though it sounds like you were able to recover well. I wonder how many people searching for a solution stumbled onto one of those malware sites. I could see that happening to just about anybody.
Odd that the hummingbirds are late. We had some small lakes/ponds just partially open last week and I saw two pairs of ducks and 1 pair of geese on the commute Thursday morning.
I'm sure quite a few people managed better than I did with this fiasco but I'd suspect quite a few more are screwed supremely.
Our winter has been colder than normal here and quite a bit longer than usual. I suppose they're enjoying the sunshine and sangritas down south a little longer.
Maybe Katie will let you look at her flock from time to time.
Her flock of 3 is OK but ... :-)