Today I had the dubious distinction of single-handedly unleashing the ILOVEYOU virus on the entire Carleton University network. Needless to say, it has been less than a wonderful day. And while the actual propogation was not technically my fault, it stills remains to be seen that almost all users on the network received the virus from my account. Oops. The ironic thing is of course, that I do not have the virus myself, and had I been working on my computer this would not have happened. Oh well, it made for an interesting hour or two as we scrambled to shut down the SendMail servers and filter the email. Speaking of filtering, we had the latest virus updates running and while they recognized and quarantined the messages, they were still sent anyway. I guess we can chalk that one bug up to someone externally. 🙂 At least I’m not alone … As for this past weekend, I guess it was the first one in six that I was here in Ottawa. It felt good to actually catch up on sleep. Smile all.
Unleashing Problems
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