Saturday, December 23, 2017

Visiting Jacuzzi, Artesa, and Inglenook wineries in Napa Valley, California

Today, there were three wineries in Napa County and Sonoma County for me to visit. Jacuzzi family vineyards was the first winery on my list, and this winery offered 5 different wine tastings for $10. This winery had a good selection of white wines like pinot grigio, prosecco, and chardonnay. Besides imbibing these three white wines, there should have been more of my favorite white wines like Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc. But, these wines were not offered in the inventory. Jacuzzi vineyards is located in the city of Sonoma, in Sonoma County. The next winery for me to visit was Artesa winery, which is located in the city of Napa in Napa County. Artesa is known for its panoramic views of Napa Valley, and there are a couple of nice avant-garde structures on the grounds. Yet, the sole white wine for me to drink was AlbariƱo which is made in Spain. Artesa wins the award for least amount of white wine, for G. Ripley to drink. There should have been two or more white wines for me to try, at Artesa. Then, this winery would not have been the worst one for me to see out of the three. Also, the food at Artesa was a very limited plate of cheese; salami; chorizo, etc. Next, Inglenook winery became the next winery for me to visit in the city of Rutherford. This winery located in Napa county is hard to find; as it is tucked away from other visible wineries. The winery is owned by the Coppola family, and there is a wall that gives its ancestry including the famous Hollywood director, Francis Ford Coppola. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Talia Shire, and Jason Schwartzman are famous Hollywood actors and actresses mentioned in the diverse family tree. There was a vast selection of white wines at Inglenook, like Sauvignon Blanc; Riesling; Chardonnay; and Blancaneaux. Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling wines were the ones, which I enjoyed. Inglenook winery was the most favorite of mine in the list of wineries today. Inglenook is quite ostentatious and lavish, as the winery has two levels in the chateau. The second level has the Tucker vehicle, which is an American car built in 1948. Finally, the Inglenook winery is the oldest of the three wineries seen today as it was built in 1879. Artesa is my least favorite of the wineries, and Jacuzzi is in the middle. The picture above shows the Inglenook winery with its greenery; fountain; and beautiful steps. A dopo!

Friday, December 8, 2017

My encounter with the Zeus virus, and its definition

Today, my encounter with the Zeus virus was a crazy one. The virus started when Mozilla Firefox did not open up to rotten tomatoes website, on my laptop. Instead, there was a voice on my computer talking about someone stealing my banking information, through my Facebook account and my yahoo or gmail account. The Zeus virus is a Trojan horse malware that runs on MS Windows. The Zeus virus is used to steal banking information by logging keystrokes, that a person does inside their web browser. The Zeus virus is spread through phishing schemes. If you have Norton Anti Virus software, then the Zeus virus can be removed and detected. The Zeus Virus is one of the ten most destructive computer viruses of 2017, as G. Ripley found Infoworld.com had cited this information. The virus was discovered in 2009, and it is not retiring anytime soon. The virus was first discovered for performing criminal tasks, and it has infected computers in many diverse ways. In late 2010, the creator of the Zeus virus announced his retirement but not so fast. In recent months, the virus is still infecting computers like yours truly. If a computer has the virus, it is not the end of the world. The way to fix the computer was to uninstall Mozilla Firefox, and to turn off the computer. Then, you can reinstall Mozilla Firefox through another web browser. Test the Mozilla Firefox by going to basic websites like usatoday, and CNN.com. If you don't have the message coming out of your computer mysteriously, then the Zeus virus Trojan horse may be removed. Hackers from Russia and the Ukraine had controlled the Zeus virus back in 2011. Finally, there may be a time where the web browser does not have any indication or traces of the malware. In the end, everyone should realize that if your computer has a virus or Trojan malware then the computer can be recovered without any problems. One should install Windows Defender, McAfee Internet Security software, Norton Antivirus, or avast antivirus to remove and detect computer viruses. At the end of the day, a good computer is one that does not have any computer viruses that can infect the computer. Hope you enjoyed this article, on computer viruses and the 'system failure' image above. Addio!