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Fake Microsoft Patch Triggers Virus Attack
boarder8925 writes "eWeek reports: 'Like day follows night, a bogus cumulative update with a malicious attachment has followed Microsoft's patch day. In what has become a monthly staple, virus writers are taking advantage of the heightened public interest around Microsoft's patching cycle to trick users into executing a malicious attachment. The latest social engineering trick arrives via e-mail with an attachment that purports to be a 'cumulative patch' for May 2005.'"
... at least that's what they tell us. But we all know that it actually was a cummulatice update, but they screwed it up.
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This is why when there's a security flaw in Firefox or the Mac people come out to say "thank gosh it was dealt with quickly, as usual."
The situation with microsoft has reached a certain critical mass where there is no public awareness of an objective security reality.
Here there be dragons. Beware.
Undoubtedly a dozen comments will say something like "If users would just follow a few simple rules..." What is the trusted source for those simple rules now that the situation is so out of hand?
Dark days indeed.
Who would fall for this? It would be like taking random "prescription medicine" which comes through the mail.
I wonder how slashdot posts stuff like this, which is very common thing, that has been done numerous times.
Social Engineering is getting to be an easier way for the script kiddes to get more victims, as more people put SP,2 which has the firewall enabled by default and so the usual attacks dont work.
Sad thing is, I know many people that would jump on the chance of getting free prescription medicine, just for the chance that it has DXM or Pseudoephedrine in it. Sad sad world.
Anonymous Coward
OK, we get it. Don't run random attachments that people you don't know email to you. Why is this news? I get probably a hundred emails with viral attachments daily. Is Slashdot somehow suggesting that this is Microsoft's fault in some bizarre, convoluted way?
I am so tired of all these Microsoft excuses with their fake updates and now their in-house virus writing staff ramping up to start promoting their virus PROTECTION. It's like the carpet salesman who won't leave!
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
... that the best software in the world couldn't protect you from the stupidity of the guy in front of the monitor. Makes you wonder who is worse: Microsoft or their users?
Microsoft try and help users by providing easily accessible patches and they get blasted for it. I installed this patch yesterday and my machine works just fin^&*%^$%#%&^ [NO CARRIER SIGNAL]
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Anybody still stupid enough to open attachements in emails like this DESERVE to get infected and have their harddrives ERASED.
Better yet, too bad the virus can't mutate from electronic to biologic means, that might solve our problems.
I see stupid people.
-- From an article on the imminent collapse of Zimbabwe, but it seemed germane to the thread...
Evil sig is livE.
The comment made was SARCASTIC.
Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to sneer, jest, or mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. It is often used in a humorous manner and expressed through particular vocal intonations. This is often done by simply over-emphasizing the actual statement, or particular words of it.
You don't run any binary attachment that arrives from any email. As a matter of fact the SA should block this if it is a buisness.
I was suspicious when I received the cumulative patch for June 2005. But then I read Microsoft's press release about being more vigilant than ever before. Safety is important.
I think you'll find the attack started when they installed Windows :p
Now, I'm all for making public the attacks but I think we should start bagging out the actual attackers. Cmon, social engineering through an email? Sure it'll fool a few people, and a few people is all you need to bring down a network, but let's patronise these guys. They're fuckin' con men for pete's sake and lame conmen at that. The only people they're tricking is morons. I move for guys like this to be put down at every chance.
Stop glorifying criminals!
Cumulative patch? Now, that's a new term. Microsoft's ways are forcing us to get used to new terms in the computer field. Since this business of patching has become "business as usual" for M$, how about a new acronym for the procedure? I suggest cumpatch to stand for "cumulative patch".
I never understood calling it social engineering. These people make our lives miserable, why give them a "nice" bullshit name?
This stuff reminds me of all that PayPal scam stuff I've been receiving in the e-mail lately that wants "verification of your account status" and whatnot, which really just takes you to a foreign site where you'd enter your account info, and suddenly someone else has a hold of your account money. It all looks EXACTLY like a real PayPal e-mail would, the only difference is when you mouse over one of the links you see some random IP address as the URL. (although, this type of thing works a lot better for Paypal scams since Paypal does operate on e-mail a lot).
Regardless, these types "creative people" are really, really good at fooling the eye.
As their OS and Office product "upgrade" cycles slow down, they can supplement their income by selling antivirus subscriptions.
Maybe this is the culmination of years of Microsoft tracking Forwarded Emails?? -I'm still waiting for my $5000 or Disney Vacation.
.. after all, email attachments are a microsoft-promoted feature ...
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Microsoft needs to build a folio and wrap it around Windows like Kebap.
Let's send all the social engineers to the gas chambers. ALL of them.(Oh, if only it could be done).
with patches like this....a milyID=905b4d10-9cde-4d32-b576-c942d1375ceb&displa ylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?F
it is very hard to tell which ones are for real....
I for one, welcome our new hot grits... PROFIT!
If I put a hand grenade on your front porch with a note that says "instant home cleaning kit - just pull pin!" and you're dumb enough to pull it, you get what you deserve.
IT'S IN MY INBOX - IT MUST BE TRUE!
Linux users would probably fall for this social engineering too, if it wasn't so expensive to patch Linux systems.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
If Outlook and Outlook Express ran in a sandbox it woud fix most of these issues wouldn't it?
GETPKG - Package Management for Slackware
How is that off topic? ... No one gets the joke.. *sigh*
If it seems like nonsense to a mod, it goes down. So.... I'm confused too.
Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
We need an internet/computer Darwin awards, haha.
After year of preaching to the converted, the converted are still only about 10%.
Rob.
Since when is it Microsoft's fault that people are duped into running this?
Anything that mentions Windows here on slashdot results in a barrage of 'Linux' this and OSS that and how wonderful Firefox is etc etc.
Well people, if Firefox ever reached the 90% usage that IE has exactly the same kind of scam would happen when a Firefox patch was issued.
Am I the only one here over 21 and not still at school?
Although it's just adware/spyware is the "recommended hotfix" that shows up in user's Add/Remove Programs.
The latest social engineering trick arrives via e-mail with an attachment that purports to be a 'cumulative patch' for May 2005.'"
Hrm, the date may have changed, but this 'latest trick' has been around for a long time..
Users should just let Windows Automatic Update download security updates for them. It takes place in the background non-intrusively and users are notified when they are ready to be installed.
But it was a cheaper patch!
Their design choices are what make such exploits so easy and as a result, so common.
>Since when is it Microsoft's fault that people
>are duped into running this?
Since Microsoft decided to make a mailtool
that automatically executes mail attachments
when double-clicked by default.
You need to stop talking to yourself, it makes you look crazy.
Bing Bong (Doorbell)
Hello
Hi I'm from the police, mind if I come and fix up your house security, it'll take a while and will be quite dusty and noisy so if you can just give me your keys and go out for a few hours...
Anyone who isn't wasting their time posting on the INTERNET on a saturday morning is here.
Anyone else with a clue has left in dismay and disgust.
See? How pathetic you are! Slashdot!
I tried this (with .shs). The extension is *not* shown. The icon is slightly different and the type is listed as scrap object. I can't think of a single user that I've ever supported that would notice the (slightly) different icon or that the type was not 'Text Document'.
Even with clearing the 'Hide Extensions of...' box.
Has anyone at MS ever explained *why* they do this?
eric
p.s. this was windows 2000. does this hold true for windows server 2003?
Joe Pesci, as "The Wet Burglar" in the movie "Home Alone" would go to people's houses in a police officer's uniform to check the kind of security people had, wanting to make sure they were protected against The Wet Burglar, who was robbing houses. And, of course, people would show him what kind of security they had, which meant, of course, they could skip the houses that had alarms, and especially target houses where people were going on vacation for a few days or longer...
The lessons of history teach us - if they teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
Come on, the user willfully runs a program from an untrusted source. If this happened on Mac, they'd be asked to enter their password and the program could break the machine. On linux, the same thing could happen. In these three operating systems, there is the ability to run restricted accounts and the ability to run a program with superuser privileges.
This is like people complaining to their doctor that they got sick after they licked the toilet seat at a train station.
A user should know by now not to run any programs attached through email. Plain and simple.
I'm not defending MS's record on security, but if an attacker can get the user to run an executable, he can own any operating system.
Even if he can't immediately get root (as is the case in many Windows XP installs, where people tend to log in as Administrator), all he has to do is install a keylogger and wait for you to su. Even a non-root trojan can cause havoc, anyway.
Probably it's only me been receiving viruses calling themselves critical security updates for years already. Or was it Microsoft actually sending me all these mails I deleted until now?
does Microsoft have to tell people that they DO NOT EMAIL PATCHES OR UPDATES? They even set up Windows Update to run with the "Automatic Update" as default. What do we need, M$ to issue pain collars for these folks to mentally condition them to not open any attachment claiming to be from M$?
but you have to use Anti-Social Engineering.
Humor defined. That might help
But they don't care as long as Billy Boy gets in precious $$$.
That makes M$ worse. A lot worse.
Is the tech world's redefinition of the term diluting its original meaning?
It's interesting to note that the tech definition seems to be popularly eclipsing the traditional meaning (read the link above to see what I mean).
A quick re-education for those under 30:
RAM=male sheep
ROM=Royal Ontario Museum
Memory=something in your head
Monitor= A heavily ironclad warship of the 19th century
Mouse=rodent
Snopes=William Faulkner character
Slash=a cut or swinging move
Dot=. or period
Feel free to add your own examples, I've left many out just to spark creativity on a boring Saturday.
It's not "us" who gave them that name. It's "them" who made up their own name, and then "we" and the media adopted their vernacular, took the name and ran with it.
Everything is "engineering" today. If we don't call diaries and columns on the WWW "blogs", or if we don't call downloading people's audio files "podcasting", then we're not hip.
We used to call them con men, for their exploitation of people's confidence. As someone with English as a second language, I think that's an excellent word, it hardly gets more apt than that.
But OK, in this case most victims are criminally stupid. How about calling them "gull-men", for their exploitation of some people's gullibility? It's not like what they're doing is anything advanced, creative or difficult. They're just gambling with probabilities - if we send 10 million e-mails, then so-and-so many recipients will be totally clueless.
Help savingAmigaOS and a free PowerPC market
Therefore, let's call it social irresponsibility because it's the stupid victims that make these scams work, not the initiators.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Microsoft are partially responsible.
After all, where in all of their glossy ads for Windows XP, Office, etc. etc. does it mention that it's important to apply regular security updates, use a virus checker and never open attachments you don't trust?
They're more than happy to sell the illusion of ease and simplicity to gullible idiots so it is as much their fault as it is Joe Sixpack's ignorance.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
It's not quite that easy on the Mac. In fact you'd really have to be a fool to get a virus on the Mac,
1. If you click on an attachment, it will first check (yes it can distinguish file types (they can't be spoofed like M$) and go
no futher if the file type isn't legit
2. If it passes 1, you will be informd that the file is foreign an not installed on your system. You will be asked are you sure you want to install it.
3. If you're really dumb and proceed to install a file you know
nothing about and informed it is foreign (untrustworthy), you
will further be asked to enter the system password if you really
want to install it.
M$ Windows DOES not have these 3 security features which is
why Windows lack of security is the issue and will continue to be until Longhorn comes several years hence.
It seems to me a travesty that intelligent, talented people all around the world are spending their valuable time downloading patches every month or so to protect their computer when much better options are available (Linux, OS/X, Unix, etc.). At the very least you'd think Windows users would get a sub $500 Mac Mini
to set between the internet and their Windows box to protect them from viruses. They could use remote desktop on either to easily get to the other. Also, they could get the noisy, bulky unsightly, widows box out of the way chugging away "behind the curtains" or whatever.
What's past is NOT ALWAYS prologue for the future!
this was really funny!
Correction; the user willfully runs a program from a trusted source. Microsoft sent them the e-mail. If it wasn't them - why are their logos in the message? It looks just like their home page, therefore it is valid.
Users can't comprehend software update procedures. Some companies send e-mail alerts with convenient URLs linking to their homepage indicating it's time for an update. Some send out binary update attachments. Windows does not. This is a distinction that we take for granted, but that many users do not comprehend.
Think about your own family and circle of friends (presuming the existance of non IT friends); are they all versed enough to delete these upon arrival? How many of them forward chain letters and pyramid schemes? How many wilfully fill out form data in e-mail messages, or download cool screensavers, wallpapers, or gag programs from e-mail?
These malicious messages are labelled as being from big-name corporations. Microsoft, Intel, AOL, etc. They're also coming from their friends, family, co-workers and other aquaintances. It would be great if they were all addressed from "Evil Spammer" but they're not.
How many people do things to their body every day that would make any physician cringe? How many people, consciously or otherwise, damage their cars on a regular basis out of ignorance?
As a member of the IT community, there are two ways you can look at such a situation;
Meanwhile, this is really a non-issue on Slashdot - we're going to continue to raise the same points that have been raised a thousand times before and will be raised a thousand times again.
Fin.
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Shameless plug. Like you weren't expecting it.
Funny that I get three of these emails, one after another, right after i finished reading this...
The names on the email adresses for me are all indian, rather odd, this isnt dell's fault is it?
Your skill in reading has increased by one point!
This isn't really a new trick, we were getting these e-mails and blocking them out several months ago.
Just when I thought this technique had died out slashdot runs a story about it as if it were something new and cunning the virus writers had just come up with.
people gullible to believe Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign are just as gullible to download fake patches.
w00t.
Yes, the techies who read slashdot (and other tech news) and who work on computers all day know that Microsoft released a bunch of patches, but I would guess the average user doesn't. I would certainly guess that someone who doesn't know enough not to click on executable attachments in email, and doesn't know that Microsoft doesn't email it's patches to user, would not know that MS released a bunch of patches.
I think Slashdot has overestimated the cunning of the virus author and his timing..
I have blog like everyone else
"Hi, i'm clippy! I'm here to teach you how to use the computer and NOT screw up!"
"This is a mouse. It has two buttons. When you click the right button it's called a right click."
"Whoa! Be careful with that popup! It appears to be a message from your computer, but it's an internet explorer window!"
I mean, they did a good tutorial on 'posting and you', why can't they make a tutorial on using the computer? I'd give the CD to ALL my newbie customers.
Nice Microsoft troll job and rant over GNU and FOSS. What a maroon. My pre-teen duaghter installed Suse Linux 9 dot something for her science project (me watching but no guidance other than to answer a couple of questions) and ran it without any problems. Set up her own Gnome desktop with girly fonts and Hello Kitty wallpaper with no help whatsoever. Surprised the hell out of me walking by and seeing all the eye candy she set up Are you not at least as smart as an 11 year old girl? Me thinks not. From the description of your woes you were probably trying to install the operating system onto your microwave oven. In short you shouldn't even own a computer. Go back to paper dolls and jacks. Technology will be forever beyond your ability to grok.
Too lazy to create a sig...
...a cumulative patch for Windows. It's called Mac OS X.
From an article last year http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/10/tem_te m1germ.html/:
A newly released study claims office workers are exposed to more germs from their phones and keyboards than would be found crawling on a toilet seat. A lot more.
According to the study, from researchers at the University of Arizona, phones have up to 25,127 germs per square inch, keyboards 3,295 per square inch and computer mice 1,676 per square inch.
The average toilet seat? Just 49 germs per square inch.
"Desks are really bacteria cafeterias," microbiologist Charles Gerba, who researched the study, told BBC News.
Why are MS users so sensitive about being called stupid?
You know what? These social engineerers don't care about the fame and glory. These guys got the user to exec a trojan and are now part of a botnet.
These criminals would rather have less news coverage, to prevent people from learning. You say that the media is hyping them up, I say they are informing the mass public.
"All I want is money, fuck the fame I'm a simple man" -- Tupac
Totally see what you're getting at. I'm pretty good with computers, but I have no idea where the fuck to start in a fresh Linux install. Hell, my brother tried configuring it, but we couldnt get it to mount my hard drives. The system is pretty unintelligable if you're not already a CS student, IMO.
And, about people suggesting that their child is smarter than us for being able to do it, they arent migrating from an OS they've spent 10 of their 19 years getting accustomed to. Yeah, OSS is kind of a nice idea, but if you're going to call those of us without hours to spend configuring drivers and compiling everything idiots because your child can do it, you're living in a dream world. Yeah, in an ideal world everyone would have loads of time to learn how to write their own drivers, but not many people actually want to spend time doing so.
Tell me, if you need to start your car, do you hop out and start cranking it, connect all the electrical equipment, prod the battery for a bit, and start it that way, or do you just expect it to start at the turn of a key?
I can tell you that those of us who run Windoze as a choice do it because it's easy, and it just works without a lot of hard work going into installing and recompiling everything. When you get Linux to do the same, then maybe we'll look at it as a viable solution. But until then, even with all the security holes, I'm sticking with the monoculture. At least with the monoculture I know what I'm doing.
SRSLY.
"Fake Microsoft Security patch advertising cumulative secrity patch for $MONTH $YEAR found in your inbox is actually a virus"
and in other news
"The Pope is still Roman Catholic"
"most Italians live in Italy"
and
"The weather will be good, unless it's bad"
I will not give in to the terrorists. I will not become fearful.
is Slashdot somehow suggesting that this is Microsoft's fault in some bizarre, convoluted way?
.exe files, which you can activate with something so stupid like a double click. I'm not suprised those things spread so quickly.
Indeed, I do at least. If Windows weren't a such crappy design, you could forbid to run such attachments. Because they inherited that thing from CP/M -> DOS -> Windows 95 and they were so stupid to not remove it in NT, they're suffering this now.
If I send a executable with linux and the mailer saves it, unless the mail is crappy it won't have +x permissions and won't work. Because of that, asking people to write "chmod...." in a command line makes it a bigger barrier than the "executability" of
'HaHa!'
You are sticking with the OS you know because you feel it is hard to learn another...... is about what I'm reading.
....... well, are you really that down on yourself?
That's so
I started out using fortran on a shared pdp-8, I finally was able to buy my own computer sometime later when they became affordable.
That was a Timex/Sinclair-1000 that ran basic.
From there it was a series of C-64, C-128 with CPM,a few Amigas, a few Macs, and finally a few Wintels.... and a bit of Linux.
I've gone from Fortran/Basic through Cli/GUI-Amiga and one to later Windows/Macs. I've probably used well over 30 different OS versions through that.
I happen to think that they all work about the same.
Sure there are some features on some that aren't in others, and some are faster and more compact than some.
I would have to say that if anyone can operate and tune a version or two of Windows, that same person would find it to be easier to use one of the more stable and controllable OS's like Linux or Mac-OS.
I'm currently operating with the latest Mac and the latest W2000 OS's, [I consider XP to just be a bunch of cycle-sucking extras tacked onto the core of W2000].
My computers are not just stock boxes and I am quite pleased that it took abut 18 months of constant change and maintaining before that new system finally blew it's Windows-OS......
But I finally got the last bit of hardware to ensure that the next time that happens, the system can be restored in about five minutes by replacing the OS and leaving the rest of the system in place, intact.......
Let me just wrap up by expressing my opinion that Windows is so difficult to keep running without it destroying itself that any experienced Windows user would find it simple to move to, and skillfully use, one of the more stable platforms.
If you can use Windows, repair it, and customize it now; you'll have no problems moving to and very quickly mastering one of the less troublesome platforms or OS's.
Fortunately my experience with *nix hasn't been that frustrating. However, from just trying to install software on a Solaris box I can tell you, I don't like it one bit. When I install software, I don't want to have to manually copy files and go in and edit config files myself. If this was 1980 I wouldn't mind. In Windows I can install your average piece of software in about as long as it takes for the installer program (something I have not found for any bit of software I've installed on *nix) to copy some files and update the registry. On *nix I have to spend an hour reading the goddamn installation instructions of every new piece of software, sometimes having to compile the damn thing myself. Unix may be rock solid, and Windows may be full of security holes, but at least I can get a Windows install along with all my favorite programs up and running in an hour or two (depending on the speed of the machine) and trash it and start fresh with ease if need be (something I've only had to do once for mtself in 10 years to be honest).
Bungo!
Because then then emails just would say "copy and paste this URL into your browser to install".
Remember, the problem here isn't the programs, it's stupid users. If you are stupid enough to install something sent to you in an email, you will surely find plenty of ways to get yourself into trouble.
Long before the internet, there was already the saying:
"It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious."
I do not see anywhere on the streets while i drive that crossing the white line to the other side is dangerous....
The problem with that statement is very similar to your scenario, except when we are kids we are taught not to cross roads when cars go by, we are then put through training before we get a license, and get tested on it. I personally think it is about time the same was done for the internet, and people with compromised machines for a long period must be charged with fines as well. But then it is not like fines and prison time stops people from driving drunk.
The virus writers are the problem and the solution, here. What they need to do is write a good old-fashioned "hose your system" virus. No more of this mamby-pamby dropping a file on your system and emailing yourself crap. I mean sure, go mass mail yourself, but don't stop there!
Let's just corrupt some boot sectors and be done with it! If you haven't learned by now not to open random attachments, then you don't get to play with the big kids anymore.
it's not as if anything's new.
My new blog
"After all, where in all of their glossy ads for Windows XP, Office, etc. etc. does it mention that it's important to apply regular security updates, use a virus checker and never open attachments you don't trust?"
How about when you first turn on your computer?
How about the stacks of CDs in Office Depot with XP-SP2 and instructions on why it's important?
How about their website devoted to security information:
http://shortify.org/u1017
They are pretty damned clear on the threats lurking out their. More than any Linux distro. More than Mac OS X.
Remember how we laughed about Windows crashing back in the days of Windows 98?
Who's laughing now?
WTF are you smoking?
On *nix I have to spend an hour reading the goddamn installation instructions of every new piece of software, sometimes having to compile the damn thing myself.
What about using the packages for the distro of you choice? I prefer a package manager to a stupid "Install Program" for every package. Complaining about having to compile it yourself is so stupid that it isn't even funny.
Move Sig. For great justice.
Virus attacks trigger patches.
Configuring and compiling what??? It just ran right out of the box and the only help I gave was to set up the network to get an IP address from the DHCP server on the router. The printer (HP1000C) was automatically detected and printed colors, the network ran just fine. No fiddling required. It ain't that hard folks. RTFM. The only barrier to learning is yourselves. Period. Stop blaming everyone else for your own personal failures. Until you do you'll only be lamers and loosers.
Too lazy to create a sig...
Not properly evaluating or understanding attachments that are sent via email is synonymous to not critically evaluating any information that's received... such as faithfully believing whatever happens to be published on the television evening news.
Personally I'm not sure if it's so much a computer training issue. A lot of these problems might be solved in one go, if only the education system could focus a bit more on training people to be critical and cautious of all information that they receive.
I'm not trying to imply that this is all the education system's fault, either. Society's just screwed up right now, and there are so many contradictory messages out that that completely undermine so much of what good education actually has to offer.
Got to see a Department of Homeland Security presentation on BotNets the other day. They estimate that a large number of systems are compromised because people don't update their machines, etc.
But anyone that has dealt with MS for any amount of time knows that they NEVER email an update. You either get them via automatic win-update, or click on Start/Windows Update.
But this exposes one cruel fact. Most people are ignorant about their own computers. I've made oodles of cash fixing computers that were overrun with adware, spyware, etc. I'm of the firm belief that we should make new computer purchasers sit through a 4 to 8 hour class that details what happens when you connect an unprotected, unpatched computer to the net. For the second part, explain common, open source solutions (Like Popfile for example.)
Then make em' go home for a couple of weeks. When they come back, test them on what they learned. If they score 70% or higher they can buy a machine. If they score lower, make them take the class again.
Hmmm.. that'd be a nice little cash cow.
we are
My new blog
Some of dont run around doing things unless they fully understand what is going on.
Going to purchasing and saying ' i have no idea ' is something i personally would never say.
Furthermore, anyone that dosent know the difference between right and left click is a moron and shouldnt be allowed to have a PC.
Come to think of it, that could be extended to most users. They dont need a comptuer, or anything else. They are idiots that mostly waste my air and serve no practical value.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
However, from just trying to install software on a Solaris box I can tell you, I don't like it one bit. When I install software, I don't want to have to manually copy files and go in and edit config files myself. If this was 1980 I wouldn't mind.
Blastwave
NetBSD pkgsrc
Sun Freeware
hello dear sirs my name is jamesh i are india (bihar) can u guide me install red had linux 9?
"Are you not at least as smart as an 11 year old girl?"
I'd back the learning capacity of an 11 year old over any adult any day of the week. A lack of preconceptions is sometimes very useful.
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Another bloody thing to add to my install/tweak notes for new installations of windows for customers.
Joy. There's more than enough in there already.
When is Microsoft going to get some sense?
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Thanx- I forwarded this to my Granny. She checks her email and surfs the 'net. I'm sure she'll have nooo problem figuring out yr answer and adjusting her Windows (or is it a Mac? No.. must be a Linux box!) to dothe work. Thanx! No if only she could figure out how to tune the fuel injectors on her Camry.
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- aqk
F U
It really depends on your mindset. I just did my own brake calipers a week ago. Most people wouldn't dream of touching brakes on their own but they're generally not that difficult.
If I'd screwed up I'd just have to be filling to foot a towtruck and the regular repair bill anyhow.
XP does not do this - it presents a big stop ico dialog with dire warning message.
A child of eleven could understand this stuff! Someone fetch me a child of eleven.
Tluin natha Linux xxizzuss uriu olt bwael mon'tun.
"Honesty means not having to remember stuff" (-:
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
I've been getting something like five "upgrade" spams a day since January.
Does this
I agree with you on this. As much as I am down on Microsoft (and, believe me, I am) and their software I can't see how this particular type of virus is really their fault. What really helps viruses like these spead is user error.
People fall for these things. It could be a Linux exploit, or a Mac exploit, but you'd still get people who'd click on them honestly believing what the message said. Even if it wouldn't auto-execute it'd probably just give a list of official-sounding instructions on how to "protect" their system.Tiggs
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