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Windows Shortcuts

I know that this is probably old shit for most of you, and I even knew a few myself, but here are some windows keyboard shortcuts that I came across in a comment on Dylan's blog. And yes, that was a long sentence.

This Is Geek Shit....

I don't consider myself a geek, but I guess I have an appreciation of geek interests, or I probably wouldn't have an f'n clue what this guy is talkin' about. However, I do and find it pretty amusing. He kind of reminds me of Dennis Leary, I dunno, maybe its just the cigarettes. Maybe Dennis Leary if he were in the cast of Trainspotting, yeah that 's it.

via fancyrobot

Buh-bye runsearch.com

My spyware trouble is over (for now anyway). Found out that I had a sneaky little program called CoolWebSearch on my machine that takes advantage of a vulnerability of MS’s Java engine to install itself. Then the little bugger uses a custom style sheet to transform key words in innocent script into links to its own search engine. Sneaky eh? It has many variants making it hard, if not impossible, to detect with spyware removal tools like Ada-Ware (trust me, I tried). Thanks to Narasinha for posting a link to a fix.

Review of my stats actually saved me on this one. The Mugblog came up as a result in Google for someone searching for “getting rid of runsearch”. They didn’t find what they were lookin for on Beermug’s closet, but it sure was great that they stopped by, ‘cause it sure helped a brotha’ out.

What's up with this?

So, apparently theres a nasty little somethin' that's making words like "gambling, games, casino, cruise, and travel" within the text of a website/blog a link that is connected to a site called runsearch.com, and conveniently displays a list of advertisement search results for that particular word (ex. travel). When I refresh the page, the link is no longer there. Anyone know how I can get rid of this misleading thorn in my butt?