Computer virus infestations

A few weeks ago, my PC was infested by two different computer viruses about one week apart. I am not sure if both were present at the same time. One virus blocked all outgoing network traffic to prevent the downloading of virus scanners (I got around that by sending a scanner to it), the other one corrupted every windows executable file on my all of drives. The only thing that wasn't affected was the game Guild Wars, because the auto-update system overwrote its own executable with a new version. That virus was W32/Tenga.A

Spam filters

A recent problem that has been showing up on my costume renting website is some automated spam on the enquiry form. This is happening to a lot of my clients as well. The result is a generic spam filter that checks for specific things to at least block the main bulk of the automated junk.

Geyser nearly burst

Yesterday when I got home from work, I had the fun that the geyser nearly blew apart, it was already leaking at various seams due to hot water and air pressure. Parts of it were shaking. I just love these unforseen expenses.

Charity event in Kraaifontein

This Saturday, I will be assisting at a charity event sponsored by the N1 City hospital. The event will take place on Saturday. I am scheduled to be there at 14:00 in my Spider-Man costume to help hand out party packs to children.

Electrical issues weekend

This last weekend was problems in regards to electricity and electrical devices:

On Saturday night when I returned from a friend's place, the electricity was off. I suspected that the pre-paid electricity has not been paid and went to bed.
On Sunday, when I got up sometimes between 10AM and 11AM, I heard there was somebody in the yard who did some electrical work, so I knew it wasn't the lack of pre-paid electricity, but it could have been the geyser going faulty again.

When I checked how many pre-paid units there were, I discovered a new pre-paid meter in place of the usual one. That explained some electrical problems from the past.

In the afternoon, I got networking issues. In the evening, my Switch (Switching Hub) seems to have died. Today I am testing it at work to see if it is faulty, or if it is a faulty network card or cable.