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Crackers Tune In to Windows Media Player

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

jamshedji writes "Crackers are using the newest DRM technology in Microsoft's Windows Media Player to install spyware, adware, dialers and computer viruses on unsuspecting PC users."

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  1. Unsuspecting??? by spywarearcata.com · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    By now it should hardly be "unsuspecting."

    For those who still don't suspect, you might try Firefox.

    And for those of you who think that the new Microsoft Anitspyware product will make everything happy again, they are already buckling under to demands to remove spyware signatures.

  2. This is news? by outz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Download porn from kazaa lately?

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    What was your username again? -BOFH
  3. Well, at the least the crackers... by duffbeer703 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    aren't filthy communist sons of bitches.

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  4. My issues with Windows 2000 by bogaboga · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Recently, my install of Windows 2000 has become very slow. I am running the AMD Sempron 2800+ with 256MB of RAM. I have defragemented the HD, optimized the registry with RegScrubXP, uninstalled all windows components I do not need, and changed to the FAT file system that I understand has less over head. That includes all useless programs I do not use.

    What else can I do? And ohh, I have SpyBot and Ad-AwareSE Personal installed. I have heared that over time, all windows installations just become to slow. Any advice would be welcome.

    On a side note, I also run Vidalinux http://desktop.vidalinux.com/ which continues to work fine but I continue to have windows arround because none of my brokers will support Linux, and with Java, they claim it is too unstable.

  5. VIRUS ALERT!!!! by killmenow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Warning!!!

    Do NOT DOWNLOAD BRITNEYSPEARSNUDE.WMV!!! It is not really a video of her stripping. It is a virus!!!

    BTW, HURRY! WAREZ LIST ENDS SOON!!!