Some incredible things have happened to my machine and there are some very interesting things to think about to make an intelligent decision.
First, I set two "traps" in my previous post and to my small annoyance they have both disappeared.
My hacked email account was fixed after 3 years of my monitoring it. That happened the next day after my post where I deliberately the placed my tripwire. The hack started on a carribean cruise where when after I checked my email again at home, I noticed it was acting strangely (the biggest method of fighting bad software is to know what good software looks like and always be slightly paranoid => a learned response. Spooks will understand this along with superb traders). The usual fix of changing passwords on the cruise didn't work and I realized that the email certificate had been fiddled with (I didn't know what it might mean at the time). It took me a while to realize that the stuxnet attack might be involved but I was on the alert for it after thinking a bit about stuxnet. Calls to my service provider were answered by nice people who didn't understand and considered me paranoid and so I used that email account to get my hacker to jump through hoops for 3 years. Fixed one day later - coincidence? Maybe. I guess playtime is over for that counter-hack. Darn it!
To the microsoft (AKA NSA) or hacker (?) that repaired my machine - a sincere thankyou and I look forward to our next encounter. ( The second fix I mentioned with google chrome uncovered a police investigation which made perfect sense and the ip address disappeared right after I reported it to Chrome. I will keep mum on it since to much information trains the other side and I am not afraid of either side. I do have to keep my best methods secret however.) I may have set more tripwires however. Fear!
The really odd thing is that I have been unable to catch the ad attacks again. They have completely disappeared, now that I am setup up to seek them out. In addition, the windows update force window has disappeared on my machine so I went ahead and updated my system with the windows normal update process. ( My reasoning, BTW, is that if there is ever a massive class action, I want a clean record so I can be part of it by doing reasonable actions. Some key friends are fighting it tooth and nail but I say lets think about this a bit more). So the attack vector ( which is really serious BTW and I need to think more on - who to hold responsible when 3 parties contribute? Those interested can google "Angler attack kit" - a very serious threat IMO). To whoever fixed my windows update issue and the ad issue - thankyou sincerely. All any customer wants is a machine that they don't have to fix every day and to do their legitimate work.
So my update is I have installed the patches which suddenly work (paranoid note to self - do some research to see if the "technician patch error link above" was really a sign that the entire windows update function is compromised? Hopefully not but given the state of "military intelligence" and coverups of government screwups - maybe?). I am still on windows 7 and will not go to windows 10 until I see 3 years of solid performance (if I have the choice). My machine appears to be operating completely better for the first time in 3 years. Thanks to who ever did that for me.
I have not yet made my final decision but there does appear to be some hope for windows. Now why is there a crazy man attacking me on posts suddenly? Is he a stuxnet hacker? Is he from the government - here to help? Is he just a crazy man?(Note to Mr. Gates. Please send me a cheque for 10000 dollars and I will only write good things about windows for the rest of my life - you have the location, address and you know I am honorable. I will not tell anyone about the cheque as long as it doesn't bounce.) Like a good trade, I need a bit more information before I place my bet. To prevent market manipulation caused by my criticism of my experience and to prevent legal action by one crazy man (who BTW seems not to understand trading or the law) I will report my thoughts after this earnings report. Therefore Mr Gates. Time is of the essence (crazy man - that is a legal phrase)
I hope to have more fun playing and thinking ( and trading - new year high last week using long positions). Sorry for the length of the post. Hopefully it was entertaining.
Those who think I am the crazy man check out some of my past posts as to predictions made and did they come true. Nobody can win all the time but throw enough spaghetti against the wall and some will stick! LOL.
