xml would be a perfect example of a database to display method like how i mentioned. it would take a while to set it up though. i suppose the author wrote themself into a corner anyway by just writing it all out raw in word.
if you want it searchable, and in sections, why not have some sort of database that divides it up into its respective sections and make the display a perl program? the output would of course be html which is universal.
christ, right after i wander over to symantec's website to see what this thing really is. the few friends of mine that i've talked to about this, they told me it was some kind of security breaching attack against a system, and that msblast.exe is the program that a hacker can use to remotely control a pc, perhaps to host an ftp server or some other hoopla. then i received some distressful emails from the ITS department at my university, saying many of the computers have been infected but are now isolated in an attempt to control the spreading of this thing. then yesterday, i was at work and in the course of only three hours i had two people come up to me asking about antivirus software (i work in retail) - they were infected. i wasn't sure what to make of this new threat at that point, so i told them that norton may or may not be able to help. then when i got home and checked out what symantec had to say, all the documentation was already done on this new strain of worm. so it is, after all, a destructive worm that reproduces itself, no hacking involved. i read the whole thing, and then i read microsoft's security bulliten (which is more vague, the only important thing it has to say is that you need to patch your os and tells you where to get the patch).
so it's simple. just patch your os, update virus defenitions. and run fixblast.exe courtesy of symantec. designed to remove any threat.
i have already helped one person by personally removing the virus from her system by using that simple sweeping program, which simply scans your computer for the registry keys and msblast.exe and removes it if found. it was pathetically easy. and symantec's documentation backs me up on this; it is very easy to remove using their tool, not as easy but still not challenging to do it manually either (instructions are that are also available).
today i received another email from ITS, a new strain is out, and all the computers on the network are preparing for a massive DOS attack against windowsupdate.microsoft.com (not sure if that address is correct, tell me if i'm wrong). how they know this or why someone would want to do something so completely insane with this worm is beyond me. the point being, it can easily be fixed, and thanks to dedicated teams like symantec, virus threats can be kept to a minimum in combination with prevention awareness.
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wouldn't it be easier to just go outside?
xml would be a perfect example of a database to display method like how i mentioned. it would take a while to set it up though. i suppose the author wrote themself into a corner anyway by just writing it all out raw in word.
if you want it searchable, and in sections, why not have some sort of database that divides it up into its respective sections and make the display a perl program? the output would of course be html which is universal.
charleton heston: It's a maaaaadd houuse!!!!!!
I sure hope if I take night courses to get my masters, I will be immune... But who's to say what will really happen in 2 to 5 years?
christ, right after i wander over to symantec's website to see what this thing really is. the few friends of mine that i've talked to about this, they told me it was some kind of security breaching attack against a system, and that msblast.exe is the program that a hacker can use to remotely control a pc, perhaps to host an ftp server or some other hoopla. then i received some distressful emails from the ITS department at my university, saying many of the computers have been infected but are now isolated in an attempt to control the spreading of this thing. then yesterday, i was at work and in the course of only three hours i had two people come up to me asking about antivirus software (i work in retail) - they were infected. i wasn't sure what to make of this new threat at that point, so i told them that norton may or may not be able to help. then when i got home and checked out what symantec had to say, all the documentation was already done on this new strain of worm. so it is, after all, a destructive worm that reproduces itself, no hacking involved. i read the whole thing, and then i read microsoft's security bulliten (which is more vague, the only important thing it has to say is that you need to patch your os and tells you where to get the patch). so it's simple. just patch your os, update virus defenitions. and run fixblast.exe courtesy of symantec. designed to remove any threat. i have already helped one person by personally removing the virus from her system by using that simple sweeping program, which simply scans your computer for the registry keys and msblast.exe and removes it if found. it was pathetically easy. and symantec's documentation backs me up on this; it is very easy to remove using their tool, not as easy but still not challenging to do it manually either (instructions are that are also available). today i received another email from ITS, a new strain is out, and all the computers on the network are preparing for a massive DOS attack against windowsupdate.microsoft.com (not sure if that address is correct, tell me if i'm wrong). how they know this or why someone would want to do something so completely insane with this worm is beyond me. the point being, it can easily be fixed, and thanks to dedicated teams like symantec, virus threats can be kept to a minimum in combination with prevention awareness.