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Entries in Project Manager Tools (25)

Adware Deathmatch – The Final Chapter

I’m looking at the screen on my spouse’s laptop, at the blank IE window that just popped up. The malicious Adware code is vainly trying to load components that I have erased off the Drive. It is badly damaged, with most if its code stripped away. It is trapped, with access to its adware site restricted. But it is still running.

Malicious, Infectious Code; every last piece of you is going into the bit bucket.

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Posted on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 07:33PM by Registered CommenterLarry Cone in , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Adware Deathmatch III

So I’m locked in a death-struggle with evil Adware which is rendering my Spouse’s laptop virtually unusable. Time to do some research:

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Posted on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 07:32PM by Registered CommenterLarry Cone in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Adware Deathmatch II

Yesterday I found myself engaged in a fight to the death with Spyware and Adware infecting The Reverend’s machine. It threw me right out of my PM tasks, and pushed me into a prolonged struggle with software infecting my machines. It almost got the better of me.

My Trend Micro virus checker/firewall didn’t touch this stuff – I needed better tools.

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Posted on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 07:30PM by Registered CommenterLarry Cone in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Adware Deathmatch I

This Blog is entitled “A Day in the Life of a Project Manager”, but like many of you, what I do during the day sometimes has nothing to do with Project Management.

I’m reading e-mail yesterday morning, when The Reverend <<my Spouse>> lets out a yelp from the next room. Five browser windows just leaped up onto her Laptop screen, touting everything from Low Airfares to On-line Casinos. Over the next half hour, more junk comes up, and the machine repeatedly freezes. There is an Adware infection loose in the house.

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Posted on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 07:29PM by Registered CommenterLarry Cone in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

If You Measure It, They Will Come (back)

In my Project Manager's toolbox, I always carry the indispensable measuring tape. It's like the old saw (pun intended): "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it". And, there are lot's of things to measure.

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Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 06:20PM by Registered CommenterLarry Cone in , , | CommentsPost a Comment