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Being a gadget freak and digital data hoarder, the worst nightmare for me is a virus attack.

The last time I lived my nightmare was way back in 2007. The, then current anti-virus I was using (Symantec Norton Anti-Virus) was shown the door immediately and McAfee was brought in. This was inspite the fact that I still had subscription time left on Norton.

I am not particularly satisfied by McAfee either. The affect it has on the performance of the computer is amazing. And another person I know, recently suffered a horrible time with a Virus attack,  which the McAfee was not able to stop, coupled by the Hardware problems and the weird restrictions she had set about, it was not easy for her.

For me, McAfee is hanging on a very thin thread.

The Web of the World Wide is littered around with the latest screw up by McAfee.

The release of the McAfee 5958 Dat file affected the Windows XP SP3 addition. The slight difference in the behaviour of my laptop prompted me to do an on-demand virus scan immediately, which instead of solving the problem, had done more damage.

Post the sleepless night and mental preparation on the next step (Re-install the OS), I stumbled on the TGDaily article. Thanks to my time wasting habit I was able to save my data and solve the problem. Thank You TGDaily!!

It took me a good time to actually solve the problem. From the in numerous solutions around the net, I found none were as straight forward, and on a personal belief, not many would have been able to solve the issue easily. But thankfully, the issue is solved.

Alas, fixing this problem has forced me to think back on having a contingency plan for the Virus Attack. Although I have segregated most of my data, I need to find a really secure place to store stuff for the real important data of mine.

As they say, you are only as Strong as your Weakest link !!

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We take the stairs to go down. Yes, the stairs, we do that once in a while. Everyone is going down, again in a single file. Keeping to their right…their on the next person.  This happens until we stop. For some reason the chain of  people is not moving. Everybody is waiting patiently. But hey, I can go down using the ample space on the left of me….but I don’t, no one does. We are all waiting patiently, for the space on the left of me, is for people to climb up…and not go down.

The file starts moving again…and alas…I am at the floor I wanted to be on !!!

The order is really Maddening !!

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The feeling cannot be described. It seems, as if some part remained behind. Time and again you remember that something is missing, yet you realize that the void cannot be filled in. You try to step forward, but you remain behind.

What happens to time…it never pauses. It takes along with it which wants to move. Swimming against the current will not make you go back, but increase the pain of the journey in the only direction which is possible.  Where does it leave me… I keep repeating this again and again. I realize nothing is Real…

Time together isn’t ever quite enough
When you and I are alone, I’ve never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
We need time, only time
When we’re apart, whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time, all the time

[The SaltWater Room - Owl City]

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I walk out of the station and see people running around me. Some running to catch the leaving train, many running in the opposite side, to reach the office in time. I join the majority….walking briskly to my Kaisha.

The crowd fall in two orderly lines. One walking fast …and the other faster.

As I fall in the faster lane… I keep my eyes on the back of the person in front of me. I do not look at the ground, for I know there is nothing on which I can stumble on. There is nothing to look ahead of, for I know most of the people are going to the same place.

There is a gap in the file…some people ahead. He runs to fill in…may be he is in a hurry…or may be he does not want to be the cause of inconvenience to the people behind him…since he is in the faster lane….!!

The gap is moving backwards, the person directly ahead is not in so much a hurry to warrant a small jog to fill the gap (and there by passing the gap to me). He looks to his left,  and over his shoulder. And then he changes his lane to the slower one. I have the gap in front of me… yet there is none on the slower side. I walk even faster. Moving ahead of people walking on my left. Until I reach a small gap on my left.

I look over my shoulder…to see that people are directly behind me…I see to my left, there is a gap. Then like a car, I move to the slower lane. Passing the gap to the person behind me…who immediately runs and fills it up. Yes, he looks like he is in a hurry.  I need not bother. I have another back to follow, another footsteps to keep track off. The wind is blowing on my left cheek. There is no gap to fill….

I walk my walk to office… and the order around me is Maddening !!

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The only news I hear about what goes in the Indian Parliament is that it got adjourned for some reason or the other. I seriously think, many times, why do we pay these politicians in the first place. They clearly find many ways for not working or doing anything which is meaningful.

Both the houses got adjourned today demanding Shashi Tharoor’s resignation over the IPL Kochi Team ownership controversy!!

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