Friday, August 16, 2002
Anti-virus mayhem
...and it scans email, too!
I installed a new anti-virus on the server and scanned the entire site. Here's the statistics:
Scanned directories: 1057
Scanned files: 54503
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 2094.20 Mb
2GB of data... this includes several site backups (which were not expanded) and all zip files on our site (which were expanded and all their files scanned).
I also installed a front end to make the virus scanner interface with our SMTP mail server. That means I no longer get 5+ copied of Klez a day! The system sends out three email messages per email virus detected:
One to the sender
One to the receiver
One to the postmaster (Me)
Unfortunately, that means I receive two email messages every time I get a virus sent to me and one each time someone else on this system gets one.
Lets Squaredance
A-day has come and gone.
Well, better late than never, but the preorders for KFSS Studios
(Ross Bemrose)have been going on for about 2-3 days already. Last I checked, they only have around 200 left to pre-order.
Sunday, August 11, 2002
Trackname Madness
Oops
When looking through some information files in the new-files directory, I noticed that in the uploads since the Upload Script was last upgraded had Tracknames listed as "Sequence Names" and Text listed as "Tracknames". I just now fixed that.
(Ross Bemrose)Friday, July 19, 2002
Virus Warning
Norton Antivirus 2002 didn't catch it
Norton automatically updated my virus definitions this afternoon. When I checked my email a few minutes later, I received two email messages from email addresses that I do not recognize.
Update: The file did have a virus, W32.Yaha.F@mm. No indication of why Norton didn't catch it, however.
Here's the first message (with a * in place of a certain letter in the email address):
Subject: Fw: war Against Loneliness Attached one Gift for u.. arjendj ----- Original Message ----- From: "checkfriends" < f*cker@shakinglove.org > To: < arjendj@hotmail.com > Sent: Fri,19 Jul 2002 16:17:17 PM Subject: war Againest Loneliness !! This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. If you need to unsubscribe, follow the instructions at the bottom of the message. *********************************************************** Enjoy this friendship Screen Saver and Check ur friends circle... Send this screensaver from www.shakinglove.org to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. * To remove yourself from this mailing list, point your browser to: http://shakinglove.org/remove?freescreensaver * Enter your email address (arjendj@hotmail.com) in the field provided and click "Unsubscribe". OR... * Reply to this message with the word "REMOVE" in the subject line. This message was sent to address arjendj@hotmail.com X-PMG-Recipient: arjendj@hotmail.com <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>>...and the second:
Subject: Fw: Shake it Baby ! Hi Check the Attachement .. dbouwsma ----- Original Message ----- From: "truelovers" < loversgang@lovers.com > To: < dbouwsma@hotmail.com > Sent: Fri,19 Jul 2002 12:04:32 PM Subject: Shake it baby ! This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. If you need to unsubscribe, follow the instructions at the bottom of the message. *********************************************************** Enjoy this friendship Screen Saver and Check ur friends circle... Send this screensaver from www.lovers.com to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. * To remove yourself from this mailing list, point your browser to: http://lovers.com/remove?freescreensaver * Enter your email address (dbouwsma@hotmail.com) in the field provided and click "Unsubscribe". OR... * Reply to this message with the word "REMOVE" in the subject line. This message was sent to address dbouwsma@hotmail.com X-PMG-Recipient: dbouwsma@hotmail.com <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>>As you can see, these two messages are very closely related. If my email program didn't block .scr files, I'd forward the attachment, shakingfriendship.scr, to Symantec.
...and no, I'm not infected. I won't open attachments if I don't know who they're from.
(Ross Bemrose)Recompile, recompile
Watch out for falling bits
I recompiled Apache and PHP to make a few module changes. If you see any odd behavior, please contact me about it.
(Ross Bemrose)Sunday, July 14, 2002
More about Uploads
This is the Videogame Music Archive
A quick note: This site is for video game music. Other music, Enya for example, shouldn't be uploaded here.
If we catch a person uploading music that doesn't belong, or has been proven as being plagiarized, there is a good chance that we will remove all that persons files that currently exist in the Newly Submitted Files section, and restrict them from uploading anything else.
Update: July 17, 2002: The date listed that was listed above was incorrect. It was listed as being the July 12, when instead it was posted July 14. I also added a new bug fix to the next post.
(Ross Bemrose)Friday, July 12, 2002
Uploads, uploads, uploads...
Watch for creeping bugs
For those of you who haven't noticed, our upload script has changed. Its new incarnation should take care of some of the technical problems we've had in the past: people uploading wav files with a .mid extension, defaulting to Nintendo for the game system, and 0 byte files to name a few.
It also incorporates the MIDI Information Analyzer as opposed to the old TrackName Analyzer. This means that the .txt Information files will include more information about a given file than they used to.
As with any new scripts, there are bound to be some bugs. If you see any with the upload script, please report them to me.
Bugs Fixed since script was brought online:
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- 07/12: Slashes were being added to form data. PHP does this automatically, and I hadn't taken it into account when writing the script.
- 07/17: Modified script to only allow "word" characters (A-Z, 0-9, and _). This is because our current indexing system doesn't understand punctuation characters.
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
New People
Welcome us or suffer.
Hello. Most of you probably know me for the massive collection of godly MIDI's I've sequenced. I am now Quality Control for the site. All sub-godly MIDI's will soon perish. Say goodbye to all Final Fantasy MIDI's! Okay, seriously, though, nZero (new updater and fellow godly sequencer) and myself have joined the site. Fear us. Now.
And for those of you who can't tell, I'm not nearly so arrogant. A little sarcasm never hurt anyone.
(JILost)Monday, July 1, 2002
PMM site redesigned
A brand new look, a brand new project
As was foretold, the KFSS Studios/Project Majestic Mix site launched their new design today. In addition, they officially announced their newest project, in collaboration with OneUp Studios, called
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