Army, Education and Win32.Vitro

Army

Next monday I will be at the local barracks, getting to know how the Finnish military works. This means I’ll be away (visiting home randomly though) for at least six months, with limited access to anything when on duty.

Whether I’m selected to work with multimedia at the headquarters, this will be a nine month duty, but with work related to my interests. Expect a very long pause at rdegree (and anywhere else I might usually be).

Education

Yesterday I got mail from Häme’s University of Applied Sciences. They informed I was one of the lucky 34 applicants who were selected to study media. I’ll begin my education in fall 2010, right after my army is finished and I’ve got a bit of time to organize my life (moving, work, etc.). After that is done I can call myself a media engineer.

My lovely girlfriend was also selected to the same school, to study product development this year.

Win32.Vitro

Last weekend my primary computer was infected with a virus. Its a file infector called Win32.Vitro, which is a variant of Virut (which uses polymorphic code to infect files). Its a tough bitch to clean off, and most probably a reformat is needed to make the system secure again.

Right now I’m doing my best to backup my most precious files (photographs, music, etc.) which can’t be replaced. After that I’ll be nuking my hard drives and starting fresh.

That’s it for now. I’ll be posting news when my first holiday at army begins and am able to find some internet connectivity. Thanks for the patience.