Vipre no wireless?

working on a client's computer that sbamtray.exe when loaded at startup prevented wireless networks from being seen. msconfig clear check by it ...

tdsskiller Is your website browsing hijacked/redirected?

short answer: tdsskiller You've tried Malwarebytes, and your antivirus and it says you're clean, but it's obvious you're not, as every time you try to use windows update or try to go to a Microsoft site, you get redirected to another search engine.

http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363

AVG Not running this week? Try upgrading

The weirdest thing. I installed a noisy firewall and suddenly I notice my antivirus wasn't running. Coincidence? Yes, actually, it was. AVG silently (in my case) stopped working, but opening the interface told me why: it's time to upgrade to version 9. I did and now I'm happy again. Perhaps this might help someone else.

Diebold and the voting (NON) fiasco

I don't exactly know why people need to be told this, but all the comments blaming Diebold for the election problems miss very important points.

1. The problem of dropped votes is because the memory cards got switched too fast.

   
   Imagine using a funnel to fill a canister, and you switched your source material before it was finished. The data transfer rates of memory cards are only so fast, and people are in such a hurry that they don't wait for the data to transfer fully.
   Or, if you're wanting a real-world application: You didn't transfer all of your pictures from your memory card before swapping to another.
   

2. "Antivirus on a voting machine? Are you serious?"

   
   No, silly. Antivirus isn't necessarily on the voting machine. It's on the server that handles (receives and tabulates) the data. Misconfigured or not optimally configured, it could delay or delete data coming from memory cards as it scans the data transfer in real time. This *IS* the function of antivirus software and it does have the potential to cause issues with data transfer *at the server.*
   

3. Diebold is in cohoots with the Republicans

   
   Of course they are. And the democrats who are in charge of the House and Senate have done nothing to stop Diebold from continuing to place touchscreen machines.
   

4. ATMs don't have these problems.

   
   And Diebold is involved with ATMs. ATMs are not necessarily used for gathering data from several thousand people in one day by volunteers. It doesn't mean that ATMs don't gather data and transfer it, but I bet it's likely that the ATMs handle transactions with the servers in real time, rather than hand inputed memory card swapping at the end of a long day.
   

Disclaimer: I shouldn't need one. I am a computer guy. I have no real or imagined association with any of the parties involved, except that I vote touchscreen and I use ATMs with Diebold logos. If you don't want to vote touchscreen, get an absentee ballet. If you disagree with my observations, that's fine. I'm not telling you to believe me. This *is* my blog.