Viruses, Spam, Trolls & Gardening
Aug 7th, 2006 by Jinja
Viruses, Spam, Trolls & Gardening
I’d neglected updating virus protection on my desktop computer for a month. Big mistake. After scanning and deleting over 700 copies of a virus that had renamed my hard drive ‘BBU Student’, I took it down to the shop.
“Ah, ‘Build Bright’, I know this one,” the technician grinned. Yes, we can now take pride that there are locally produced computer viruses! (I suspect the university is less than pleased at the name chosen.) http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2006/08/cambodian-student-says-he-created_25.html
Meanwhile, the wiki at Global Voices listing Cambodia blogs has been under persistent spam attacks, pimping Viagra and porn sites.
I’ve been meaning to add in some more blogs, it’s due for a general update as English and especially Khmer language weblogs continue to mushroom. I think there will need to be a more restricted level of access in the future, there are simply too many ‘trolls‘ out there. (A simple login system was the solution chosen by a New Zealand comics wiki I contribute to.)
For now I’ve made a copy for reference at
http://jinja.apsara.org/blogs/gvwikicopy.htm
Maintaining a Wiki is kind of like gardening, you’ve got to make a regular, sustained effort and be patient as it develops. The good thing is that despite the worst efforts of spammers & trolls, search engines and archiving tools keep records virtually forever. If you post something on the web nowadays, it might as well be engraved in stone.
The Made-in-Cambodia virus is notorious (a few Khmer websites are talking about it). To kill it, please consult with http://kvtsoft.net/?page=kvtantivirus&lng=eng
Cheers Wanna, I see I’m not the only one affected!
http://deedeedoll.blogspot.com/2006/07/bad-day-bad-luck.html