Category Archives: General

Windows Defender apparent false alarm (Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack)

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

I got an alarming popup from Windows Defender tonight: it had detected Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file.  That’s pretty worrisome and unexpected!  I looked at the file but it seemed uninteresting.  The only non-comment entries were: 127.0.0.1       localhost ::1             localhost

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Blog #2: The Quickening

Posted on October 7, 2007 by

Ok, not-so-quick considering the time since I wrote the last one. What all does one write on a blog that’s purposely sanitized so it won’t offend past, present or future employers? Something intended to be neutral and unassuming? Frankly not … Continue reading →

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Why is a mouse when it spins?

Posted on April 5, 2007 by

Hmm… I got my domain here about 8 years ago and as far as web things go I’ve not done a thing with it. I wonder if there’s some sort of award for having the oldest “Under Construction” page?

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