Now Hiring

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The University of Northern Iowa is now looking to hire a Programmer Analyst.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information management, or related field required. Candidates must possess an understanding of administrative uses of computing services, have a working knowledge of SQL, knowledge or exposure to a relational DBMS, and course work or practical experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Perl, C++. Experience with UNIX operating systems, Oracle DBMS, and Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms, Oracle Discoverer, JSP, and familiarity with University standards and practices preferred.

McAfee Anti-Spyware

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I saw today that Staples has McAfee AntiSpyware free after rebate, so I picked up a copy. I re-did my home machine when XP SP2 was released, so it's pretty clean. After installing and updating McAfee's product, I did a scan, and it detected 3 things: "Adult Links": This was something related to the ICQ search bar that ICQ annoyingly installed in IE, but since I don't use IE, I really hand't worried about removing it yet.

"ABCKeylogger" mouse/keystroke logger: This is what it thinks my registry entry for Macromedia Flash files is, as well as my Windows Update/Auto Update .adm template. Don't ask me why, I looked them over, and they're completely normal as far as I can tell. If you can hide a keylogger in an .adm file, you're pretty clever.

"BackAttack" remote administration tool: Again, this is what it thinks of my .mfp file association in the registry, and all it contains is "MacromediaFlashPaper.MacromediaFlashPaper"

So, in conclusion, McAfee Anti-Spyware seems to be worth about what I paid for it, after rebate. :)

It's all Greek to me

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If you're looking for a challenge, I highly suggest computing in another language. I spent yesterday afternoon working on a student's french laptop, updating it to work with our 802.1X wireless configuration on campus. I think I was successful with that, we'll find out when he comes back to try it with his username and password. Today, I'm working on a Russian laptop, a Roverbook of all things. This one isn't working the way I think it should, and Service Pack 2 hasn't been issued in Russian yet. It's easier to work on than the French laptop though, because the keyboard is the same as the U.S. keyboard, so I can at least type at normal speedy, though I can make no sense of the Cyrillic alphabet.