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[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

This occurs approximately five to thirty minutes after start-up, when I am not running any form of application whatsoever. I am beginning to assume it may be something running without my own knowledge.

It seems that I may have been "hacked." Or is this a virus? I am not positive as to how it happened precisely ... Nor did I happen to reveal any form of crucial information, thus I am quite confused as to how to remedy this problem.

I did as another individual suggested and reformatted my hard drive. Twice. (Which, I will insist, is quite an tedious process altogether! This machine is fussy.) Though, it seems to still be granting me this peculiar error.

Perhaps I have done so incorrectly? System 32 seems to be intact ... Are the CDs themselves are outdated? Or did they happen to grant me the wrong ones? I have only done what I was directed to do, however--Mm. Well it is a custom model.

I am sorry to ask, but does anyone happen to have advice as to ho--

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Apologies, my computer se--

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It was not th--

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[ooc: Extended timeline, get. Kaworu is a hacker. So, yes. He's very computer savvy, but totally inept when it comes to social interactions on the computer. Hence, his intro post a while back is not a lie.

Anyway, he will, evidently, not be telling you all this. His mission is to gain more knowledge for SEELE regarding what the hell NERV is doing, and why they're delaying so long on the Human Instrumentality Project. So, he's due to live for a month or two instead of twenty-four hours. This is just side job before his actual job. They're actually just using him, but that'll be elaborated upon at a later date.

So, this is important for this entry: His post and his responses are going to be cut-off awkwardly because his computer is systematically rebooting itself. A lot. Whoops. Kind of got virus'd/hacked himself, as he was trying to crack a particular password to access a part of NERV's database. So, he's tired and kind of frustrated because he's been trying to fix his computer for the last two days. Yes, he will sign back on to respond even if he has been booted. No, really. >:

Lesson here? Don't mess with the MAGI system. :| ]

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[the-air-corsair.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid computers aren't my specialty, my friend.

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

It is all right. I assumed it best to ask for advice, at any rate. I suppose it was a good thing that I managed to back up the data I most needed before it deci--

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[the-air-corsair.livejournal.com]

...Hm, that's a problem.

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

--Yes. It tends to get rather frustrating when attempting to talk to another individual. It must seem rather rude, after all.

I am not quite sure as to where to inquire about such a problem as this -- In usual cases, I would not be as determined to fix this machine, but I am under a deadline needing to contact someone.

[ooc: Strike typed, then deleted.]

[the-air-corsair.livejournal.com]

I'm sure someone who uses this place knows computers.

[shinji-eva.livejournal.com]

..Kaworu-kun,...what in the world did you do?

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

That is what I am attempting to solve. I am not certain as to what precisely happened, only that it appears to be a--

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[shinji-eva.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a virus to me..

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

You are likely correct, however I would have assumed that reformatting one's hard drive would have rid of the problem. At least, that is what I have read.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

Customized how?

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Mm. It is a blend of platforms, I might say. It seems to be a crossbreed of two or more preferred systems -- Linux and MAC. The CDs I have are unmarked, understandably. It has rather extensive memory and RAM, thus it is rather irreplaceable ... Along with its particular firewall.

I have tried quite a variety of things, though it seems to be buried at this point.

[ooc: Haa. Well, could have said just Linux since most hackers/crackers seem to prefer that, but--If you got get past a fancy, fictional firewall? Got to be fancier. Hee.]

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

A mongrel system. No wonder you're having such bizarre complications. What's so particular about the firewall?

[ooc: This is definitely the place for fancy computer systems. o3o]

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Mm. I suppose that would explain most of the technicalities. However, it did seem to be running rather smoothly up until approximately forty-eight hours ago.

The firewall itself is designed to ward off more-or-less complicated viruses that I may encounter -- Given I am a selected hand of sorts in a government facility. It was precautionary, mainly. It does not surprise me that an outsider is attempting to hack into one's computer. They can get quite, ah, inventive, I will admit.

[ooc: Quite so, quite so. Ahaha. Sob. He's just a little bitter behind his bullet-proof Zen that he got hacked back so badly.]

[anarchy-in-ny.livejournal.com]

Abort, Retry, Fail.

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, failure is not an option in this case.

[anarchy-in-ny.livejournal.com]

Abort or retry then?

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could retry. The issue being is that it rather persistently likes to do this.

[canhaswrenchpls.livejournal.com]

i thought i told you before, hit it with a hammer!

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Ah. I think most would be tempted to in such a situation, however I think that would be largely inadvisable for myself to do as much. It would, ah, make it more troublesome.

[canhaswrenchpls.livejournal.com]

you cant let it be your master! show it who is boss!

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could attempt to reformat the hard drive again. Or, perhaps, search the system for any background processes.

[pow-hammer.livejournal.com]

Um, I think your computer is broken...

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Perhaps for the moment. It would be quite troublesome if it were broken entirely.

[pow-hammer.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope you can fix it soon!

[eschatologist.livejournal.com]

Ah. Thank you. After all, asking for a replacement at the moment would be inadvisable in my case. I would rather like to grant others the chance to become less miffed.