Ryewolf

The Steam Train Driver - 05/09/2015

A Collection of Statues - 02/09/2015

Congrats from me Chrissy, great photo.

Yes, it was a relief. It is a bit of a strange one and no real explanation either.

Well, got my pc's back today. They were unable to find any virus's on either machine using a range of av and anti-malware tools. They ran a full scan yesterday using the installed AVG Free and it's not reporting any threats anymore - just done one myself and no threats found. So it's a bit of a puzzle.. The only thing I can think of was that it was a false positive. They didn't charge me, so that's good.

Opps, replied to the wrong thread... I blame the wine.....

Now that is one bizarre costume, not the sorta thing you'd see everyday...

Congrts Bill, great shot.

Having a cup of coffee at Brockholes Nature Reserve before hunting for the elusive Common Blue Butterflies...

Congrats from me too. Lots of interesting interpretations.

Yes, it should be possible, though I'd need a hdmi to dvi cable to try it out. I must admit I'm not keen on Vista either.

Well, today I finally got my spare pc upto date and running, so have at least got a big screen (24inch) to use, though it does mean having to use Windows Vista....

Reflection on Water - 26-08-2015

Well, this is the first real problem I've had with a virus in around 20 years. I've had the odd virus, but nothing I've not been able to deal with myself and none that have caused as much damage. I did have a hard drive fail on me a couple of years ago.

I'm looking at Kaspersky Internet Security 2015, there's a 5 device license version on Amazon for £19.99, quite abit cheaper than from Kasersky itself.

No, didn't get any strange emails or visit unusual sites. I was using AVG 2015 Free, but might have to look at a paid one. It's a bit of a strange one as I was out most of Sunday afternoon.

No idea how it got in, but once in it infected both pc's that were switched on.

I noticed yesterday, both computers were continually rebooting after about 7 mins, just me ages to work out that they were rebooting once the scheduled virus scan started. I have all my pc's set to scan at startup. So I tried to scan and it detected 19 objects before restarting. They were both fine on Sat and Sunday morning.

Both my pc's have been infected with a trojan.... it's corrupted windows system files, program files and the anti-virus programs. So they're both at the computer repairs to get it removed. So far the moment I'm on the laptop....

Thanks everyone.

Common Red Solider Beetles - taken 20/08/2015

Well, for a £100ish, it seems a good bargin for a 1:1 and greater magnification lens, if I didn't already have a Canon 100mm 1:1 Macro as well as the Venus 2:1 macro I'd be tempted to give these a punt.

Congrats from me Phil, lots of great interpretations this week.

Thought this might interest you all, especially Paul and his wonderful macro shots, Ant reflected on Black http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/recipe-for-a-photograph-1-reflected-ant-on-black/

Congrats from too BP.