Editor's Note

My new computer system has been hacked. It figures .... I made the fatal error of answering emails and visiting forums before I installed my security programs and firewalls. I am not a happy person.

I will now have to clear my hard drive again and .... well you get the picture. This is going to take a while. I will update my progress every few hours.

Update Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:45 EST: I will be back online late tonight.

Update July 11, 2015 10:40 EST: Again …. I would like to thank everyone for their feedback and offer of support. I should explain that the reason why this is taking a bit longer than usual is because my systems are all linked to each other, and I am involved in other web projects. Case in point, in one of my web projects I keep a data back-up of almost 16 terabytes (that is a T) of data and information …. data that is too priceless to lose or be corrupted. And while this data is also stored elsewhere, I am a firm believer that there can never be enough back-up or prevention. I am also lucky to have a lot of experience in computers, and I am surrounded by some top notch people. I am after all one of the first to find this spy-tool that the NSA uses …. Russian Researchers Discover America's Crown Jewel In Cyber Spying And This Spyware Is On All Computers, But I am not God …. I make mistakes …. and everyone's feedback and input is appreciated and wanted. Where I stand now …. the earliest will be tomorrow evening when I have the time to do my computer wipe and re-installation. I should then be blogging later in the evening.

Update July 10, 2015 18:45 EST: I have made the decision that I will need to restore my computer to it's factory settings. I am backing-up everything that I have, but it will mean that I will be offline till Sunday. I still have my iMac .... and while it is "not blogger friendly" .... I will use it to post a story or two until I am back online. Sighhh .... this is not the first time this has happened to me .... so I know what needs to be done. Unfortunately .... it will just take time .... so please be patient and view this as a rest period from War News Updates for the next day or two.