I've always liked SndCastie's name also. It's been her identity in the communities for as long as I can remember...In fact...I think she used that name back on the old alt.binaries.3d.bryce newsgroups if I recall correctly.

 

I once had a classmate named "Holly Davidson"...It was intentional....Her parents were members of a local motorcycle gang...lol

 

Anyway...

 

Thanks for the head-zup on the Trojan Bobby.

 

I had a strange thing happen last night...I got home around 4:AM...I came in my office to check if a client had send some web content I'd been waiting for.

 

All of my machines were turned on...but my monitors were shut off...I turned on the monitors my main dual monitor machine first and sat down...Right about that time...I heard one of my other machines rebooting (It's dedicated for media burning and playing...and not much else)...Anyway...I thought maybe the CPU musta overheated and shut itself down in the interest of self preservation. But usually...when that happens...it "Shuts Down" completely...this was different...it "Rebooted" (Restarted).

 

I gave it a strange look and continued to check my E-Mail on my main machine...After the media machine finished re-booting...I turned the monitor on...and there was a bubble in the system try that said. "Windows downloaded an update that required an automatic reboot of your machine".

 

 Now...I've been around the block a few times, and I have Windows update set to download updates, but let me decide when and which updates to install.

 

This update took it upon itself to not only download and install the update...but reboot my machine...all without my interaction at all.

 

Like I said...I've been around the block and have been using XP/XP Pro since it came out...and never once have I seen it "Take Over" like that.

 

Also as mentioned...it was 4:00 AM, so I didn't have the time or energy to investigate it at the time. (I had to get some sleep because I have to squeeze in 5 appointments and feed my brothers dog and let her out every 4 hours...lol)

 

Why have I been so busy lately?...well..."Tis the Season" as they say.

 

It's like clockwork...The pattern I've seen over the years, is that during Spring Break...Thanksgiving Break..and Christmas Break...I can count on a barrage of bored college kids writing and deploying Virii, Trojans..etc.

 

Not singling out college kids...but it is a predictable pattern.

 

One of the first things they are taught is how to write a virus...Why?...because a virus is really nothing more than "Bad Code"...and they have to learn the difference between good and bad code.

 

Sigh..anyway..this scenario that happened to me last night could be totally unrelated...But you can bet...when I get a free moment...I'm going to investigate this rather bold "Update" deployed by Microsoft. (If that really is your name....lol)

 

Thanks again Bobby.

 

Gotta go to make my 11:30 appointment

 

See ya

 

Tom 

 

“The fact that no one understands you…Doesn’t make you an artist.”