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I big thing going on in the world today is, alas, the Coronavirus, COVID-19, which is affecting everybody, whether we admit it or not.



I am doing my due diligence--mask, gloves, distancing, staying at home as much as possible, etc. It is my understanding that Washington officials--White House, government folk, etc.--knew that this disease was and could be a problem as early as last November. I guess since it apparently started in China , it would be contained there. Well, that didn't happen. It spread and now, as of today, the 7th of April, there are over 11,000 dead in the US, with over     infected, those on record.

The world wide count is even more daunting and growing, each day.

https://who.sprinklr.com/


This dashboard from the World  Health Organization, along with information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has much of the necessary information for those that are interested which imagine is just about everyone.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html


I wish everyone here at Landzdown and everywhere else life, health and strength through these perilous times. With no official vaccines available yet and only possible medicines that might work, not yet confirmed and tested thoroughly, this pandemic could be, and most likely,  a long and painful ride.

Contrary to some, this is not the end of the world. The solutions will be found and life will be back to "normal." until the next crisis comes along.

I am doing alright, so far. 

How are you doing?

I am really surprised at the relative scant coverage of one of the most important business, technology partnerships in U.S. history. This person was Paul Allen, co-partner and founder along with Bill Gates, of Microsoft, who died of cancer yesterday at 65.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/paul-allen-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

RIP Paul Allen, January 21, 1953~October 15, 2018

For those of you who still use Zone Alarm, they just released an updated anti-vrus/firewall.

https://www.zonealarm.com/software/release-history/zafavfw.html#14.1.011.000

I've been using this program and it does a good job and doesn't eat a lot of resources.

My internet service is about to end and I need unlimited or high data broadband mobile service. I have been looking at T-Mobile, Verizon, ATT, etc. and they are all quite expensive and none offer unlimited internet service.

Does anyone have a good deal for national coverage?

It appears that for the last couple of months there have been problems with corrupted system files coming to Windows 7 and other computers because of Microsoft Updates. I reported on a corrupted system  file a few days ago which was resolved but now here's a new one--KB3068708.

There is a gut at Bleeping Computer that is really good at spotting these problems and having fixes for them. He goes under the name "SleepyDude." He says this update is alright and that "according to Microsoft its a false report of corruption.

 

Quote

     

    this update contains the following two manifests that are occasionally updated by the Diagnostic Tracking Service:

        telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json
        utc.app.json

    The two files are marked as static files in the update. When an advanced user runs the System File Checker Tool (sfc.exe), the files are unintentionally flagged as corrupted. There is no impact or actual corruption on a device that is running this update, and this issue will be fixed in a later service update."

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/579014/sfc-files-corrupt/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3068708

All I can say is, it's a good thing there are forums like Bleeping Computer, Landzdown to inform us computer users or else we may just have a little nervous breakdown, don't you think. :smash: :winchesty73: :sos:

Since I know this information, and now this forum does, we can perhaps rest or go on with our lives and do something truly meaningful like  :Hammys pint: or go out and exercise  :dance: or any other thing  :tease: :flowers:

Isn't being on the computer fun? :thud: :2cents:

Cryptoprevent seems to work well for me. :lol: