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uTorrent Client Affected by Some Pretty Severe Security Flaws (bleepingcomputer.com)

A Google security researcher has found multiple security flaws affecting the uTorrent web and desktop client that allow an attacker to infect a victim with malware or collect data on the users' past downloads, reports BleepingComputer. From the report: The vulnerabilities have been discovered by Google Project Zero security researcher Tavis Ormandy, and they impact uTorrent Web, a new web-based version of the uTorrent BitTorrent client, and uTorrent Classic, the old uTorrent client that most people know. Ormandy says that both uTorrent clients are exposing an RPC server -- on port 10000 (uTorrent Classic) and 19575 (uTorrent Web). The expert says that attackers can hide commands inside web pages that interact with this open RPC server. The attacker only needs to trick a user with a vulnerable uTorrent client to access a malicious web page. Furthermore, the uTorrent clients are also vulnerable to DNS rebinding -- a vulnerability that allows the attacker to legitimize his requests to the RPC server.

95 comments

  1. Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i thought people stopped using it once it started showing advertisements?

    1. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Still shows up as the top downloaded BitTorrent client on CNET and Softpedia

    2. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I still use the old v2.x uTorrent. The article doesn't state which versions are vulnerable, but I doubt mine is because it's from before they started piling on a bunch of worthless bloatware "features".

    3. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I gave up on mutorrent a long time ago, Deluge all the way, ALL THE GOD DAMN FUCKING WAY. LIKE WAY WAY ALL THE WAY

      DELUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE

      > Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

      Yes, I am yelling you insensitive clod, because Deluge is SUPER AWESOME and if people keep using muTorrent then APK guy, Goatse guy, GNAA guys, all these guys, will destroy you.

      Just use Deluge and stop fussing idiots.

    4. Re:Who still uses it? by nospam007 · · Score: 1

      "i thought people stopped using it once it started showing advertisements?"

      Just switch the ad-showing off in the settings like everybody else.

    5. Re:Who still uses it? by DarkRookie · · Score: 1

      They put that setting in? It wasn't like that at first.

      --
      The millennial that doesn't like most of the stuff designed for millennials.
    6. Re:Who still uses it? by SeaFox · · Score: 5, Funny

      Still shows up as the top downloaded BitTorrent client on CNET and Softpedia

      I thought people stopped using CNET once it started bundling adware?

    7. Re:Who still uses it? by Falos · · Score: 1

      My understanding is the garbage started at v2.3 and that v2.2.1 is what you wanna stop at.

      And someone down below said it's fine. Predates the "feature" indeed.

    8. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Still shows up as the top downloaded BitTorrent client on CNET and Softpedia

      I thought people stopped using CNET once it started bundling adware?

      It's the same ring of people from before that became well known. The adware/malware continues to download updates from CNET and push files from CNET over vulnerable workgroups across the LAN. Also, yes, windows 98 still exists.

    9. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No. We just never updated past 2.3.

    10. Re:Who still uses it? by youngone · · Score: 2, Informative

      Or just switch one of the many better torrent clients available like everyone else.

    11. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know what other people did, but I moved to Deluge months ago.

    12. Re:Who still uses it? by LunaticTippy · · Score: 1

      It's hidden in the advanced settings. You need to toggle several values and they aren't easy to identify. Search for it and it takes a minute of fiddling.

      --
      Man, you really need that seminar!
    13. Re:Who still uses it? by muphin · · Score: 1

      i use it, you can disable the advertisements in the advanced settings.

      --
      It's not a typo if you understood the meaning!
    14. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I stopped using it once I figured out it was corrupting my torrents and it never got better. I was the first one to report it on the PD forums. They thought I was nuts. Then suddenly 20 other uses noticed it. We reported it to them. They came out with 'fix' after 'fix' after 'fix'. It got progressively worse. One of the most popular torrents on that site would basically crash it. They had to change the way the torrent was laid out to get around it. Several users on that board came up with TorrentCheck to get around the original issue I reported. Basically let the client do the corruption and fix it up after the fact.

      The corruption happens if you pre-allocate and have torrents that are meant to be incrementally overwritten as newer versions of the torrent come out. It over allocates random files and puts part of the next packet onto the end of the file. But internally the torrent checks the smaller file. So from your filesystem you have a file that is too big and has extra junk on the end. So you can do a 'check torrent' and it works fine. But try to actually unzip a file and it does not work right unless you trim it. That was OK for awhile. Then it got worse. It started crashing. It would corrupt even if you had preallocate off.

    15. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Deluge is a bloated pile of shit. PicoTorrent is way better.

    16. Re:Who still uses it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're a poo that came out of a hobgoblin's bum

  2. Yet another "don't click shit" by TFlan91 · · Score: 1

    "The attacker only needs to trick a user with a vulnerable uTorrent client to access a malicious web page. "

    Sys admins need an addon that just removes all links from a webpage. Know the URL you want or suffer.

    1. Re:Yet another "don't click shit" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Know the URL you want or suffer.

      What's with the half-assed solutions you lazy fuck? I got rid of DNS too. Know the IP you want, or suffer.

    2. Re:Yet another "don't click shit" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't encourage APK to start posting here. Are you trying to summon it?

    3. Re:Yet another "don't click shit" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      APK...

      Utter FOOLS think they can live in MODERN AGE without DNS. Don't make me laugh! Eat your words!

      https://www.somelinkyouwon'tclick.com/blahblahblah

      https://dontclickme.net/yourmom

      https://www.slashdot.org/some_random_comment_by_my_alts

      See all this proooooof that DNS is a necessary evil. That's where my tool comes into play.

      TODO: Copy and paste 5000 stupid links here from some 1997 article about how Mankind is going to beat The Rock in a cage match

      Eat your words! My tool will allow you to safely use DNS by black-holing (not red-holing, that goaste shit doesn't protect you in the long run vs HOSTS).... APK

      P.S. I forgot to put the letters "I S" between the two letters at the beginning of this line -- my preferred breakfast.

  3. Impact on a seedbox? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I timeshare an offshore seedbox that uses multiple instances of uTorrent. Would this expose my torrent traffic individually? Or the traffic of all the uTorrent instances?

  4. Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just tested the sample exploits against uTorrent 2.2.1 build 25302 - none has worked.

    1. Re:Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by OverlordQ · · Score: 1

      All they did was add another token to break the original exploit, revised exploit still works.

      --
      Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
    2. Re:Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 2

      Another reporter is confirming my findings: very old uTorrent clients (3.0) are not susceptible to these attacks.

    3. Re:Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by Tokolosh · · Score: 2

      My build 25273:

      Trigger crash: nothing
      Pairing request: popup with request, can deny or accept. If denied, nothing
      PIN request: same as pairing request
      Device transfer: nothing

      Connected to PIA VPN, if that is relevant.

      --
      Prove anything by multiplying Huge Number times Tiny Number
    4. Re:Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      Heh, running on Wine huh? I'm stuck in the same boat with 2.2.1 due to a massive legacy collection. I've had 2 bungled attempts to migrate to Deluge using the uTorrent Import plugin, but I think the bugs have been worked out and the pitfalls have been found now and 3rd time will be the charm.

      --
      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    5. Re:Really classic uT doesn't seem to be vulnerable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I can confirm this with uTorrent 2.2.1 on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit (on bare metal, not under Wine) -- none of the exploits in question affect it. The pairing/pinning/devxfer requests bring up confirmation dialogs to which you just pick "No" (and the dialog descriptions even tell you to pick "No" unless you explicitly have reason to otherwise).

      The more "web crap" BitTorrent began shoving into uTorrent, the worse it got. Let this be a lesson: older is better.

  5. Google Project Zero internals by CustomSolvers2 · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know how it works internally? I guess that, practically speaking, its main point is having a positive impact on how Google is perceived. I also guess that they are "motivated" to find as many big bugs as possible. But there are tons of possible targets out there and finding serious bugs requires a relevant effort. Any clue about their usual approach on this front? There isn't much available information and I am honestly curious.

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    Custom Solvers 2.0 = Alvaro Carballo Garcia = varocarbas.
    1. Re:Google Project Zero internals by CustomSolvers2 · · Score: 1

      This seems like a quite good last post, at least for a while. I will be answering whatever reply, but not writing new posts. I might come back in some months, no idea. So long, Slashdot.

      --
      Custom Solvers 2.0 = Alvaro Carballo Garcia = varocarbas.
  6. What's the greater risk by pastafazou · · Score: 1

    using uTorrent to download questionable files from unknown sources, or downloading the questionable files themselves?

    1. Re:What's the greater risk by nospam007 · · Score: 1

      "using uTorrent to download questionable files from unknown sources, ..."

      That's sort of uTorrent's thing.

    2. Re:What's the greater risk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just live stream it from a cryptomining-infested video portal and get it over with.

    3. Re: What's the greater risk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Your question is questionable.

  7. If you didn't switch to qbittorrent yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You deserve what you get.

  8. Transmission by Dwedit · · Score: 2

    Makes me glad I switched to Transmission, no BS there, just a simple torrent client.

    1. Re:Transmission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Transmission that bastard with malware?

    2. Re:Transmission by Walter+White · · Score: 1

      Has this vulnerability in Transmission been fixed? https://www.securityweek.com/c...

    3. Re:Transmission by Curupira · · Score: 1

      Has this vulnerability in Transmission been fixed? https://www.securityweek.com/c...

      Throwing away the mod points I've used in this thread so I can answer you:
      Yes, it was.

    4. Re:Transmission by Walter+White · · Score: 1

      Thanks (and apologies for the wasted points.) I did a quick search and found references to the vulnerability but none on a fix. Bad google foo I guess.

    5. Re:Transmission by Curupira · · Score: 1

      No problem, I was glad to participate in this discussion. Vulnerabilities pop up and (sometimes) get fixed so fast it's hard to keep up.

  9. Meh by DarkRookie · · Score: 1

    I stopped using uTorrent around 1.8 or 2.0.
    Whenever they decided to put ads in the client. Moved over to qBitTorrent.

    --
    The millennial that doesn't like most of the stuff designed for millennials.
  10. qbitorrent ? by echostorm · · Score: 2

    I thought most everyone switched to qbitorrent years ago when they started showing ads and other strange things. My main tracker doesn't even allow Utorrent anymore. I'm guessing q isn't affected by this?

    1. Re:qbitorrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      utorrent has been shit since bittorrent (the company and 'inventor' of the protocol) bought it.

      and now with the push to a 'web' version.. that's just creepy, scary, and absolutely untrustworthy.

      use. something. else. made by someone else.

    2. Re:qbitorrent ? by Voyager529 · · Score: 1

      I thought most everyone switched to qbitorrent years ago when they started showing ads and other strange things. My main tracker doesn't even allow Utorrent anymore. I'm guessing q isn't affected by this?

      Or Transmission or Deluge or Vuze or Tixati or rTorrent/rutorrent...really basically anything is better, but uTorrent got in right when Azureus started trying to add bloat to reinvent itself and Transmission was still not available on Windows, and then once all the tutorials used it began to morph into the abomination it is now.

      Even so, version 2.2.1 is the 'completed' version that is sufficiently used that it's the google autocomplete for "utorrent", and according to another poster here, it isn't vulnerable to this attack.

    3. Re:qbitorrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      qbittorrent was notified privately for similar issues months ago which we fixed promptly.
      It was fixed with 3.3.13 on 2017-06-01 and 3.3.14 on 2017-07-20.
      Look at the changelogs of those 2 versions mentioned in the "News" section of the qbittorrent website.

      PS: I am closely involved with that project.

    4. Re:qbitorrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Like a lot of people said, most utorrent users just never updated to the shit versions and are still running 2.2 or 2.1. It's still one of, if not the, most popular client in use.

    5. Re:qbitorrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you're closely involved with that project, get everyone to fist themselves.

    6. Re:qbitorrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      why?

  11. Use qBittorrent by Jahoda · · Score: 4, Insightful

    uBittorent was nerfed and winamped years ago. qBittorent has taken its place as lightweight, clean, and reliable.

    1. Re:Use qBittorrent by nmb3000 · · Score: 1

      winamped

      I've never seen this verb before, but wow it sure says a lot in a single word. Very nice.

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      "What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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  12. Re:I do well per /. peers quoted... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    APK's HOST file blocker killed my dog by APKsMom February 21 2018

    My penis is now a whole two inches shorter thanks to APK's Host application. Thanks APK! by DonaldTrump January 01 2017

  13. Use containers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For reasons like this I do all my torrenting in a container and over a VPN. Can never be too careful ;)

  14. I do well per /. peers quoted... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell February 16 2017

    (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon February 11 2016

    his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015

    his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg September 25 2015

    I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015

    I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017

    I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017

    * @ least I'm not "CNN=Conde Nast Network FAKE NEWS" ArseHoleTechnica (lol) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776235&cid=56166549/

    APK

    P.S.=> OR I could be yourself being a chattering do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" chump instead (not)... apk

  15. Re:I do well per /. peers quoted... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I use aliases and real DNS services on the firewall... works better than running from machine to machine to implement hosts file fixes.

    That said, at work some vendors force hosts file entries. The best part is that all their configurations contain IP addresses and never use their entry at all.

  16. WTF? Scripts man... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Run batchfiles OR powershell/*NIX scripts to migrate hosts to all LAN/WAN pc endpoints AFTER you run my program to obtain hostsfile data vs. threats

    (w/ a lan, it's smarter this way from 1 central mgt. point so data is consistent too).

    * I use DNS (albeit RARELY, sub 3.5++% of the time in fact per my router logs)!

    HOWEVER: a SECURITY HARDENED (vs. kaminsky redirect poisoning) remote dns in OpenDNS (filters bad sites)!

    I resolve my TOP 100 fav. sites hardcoded @ TOP of hosts for FASTER local resolution (& my prog properly reverse DNS resolves 'em)

    APK

    P.S.=> DNS = LOADED w/ security issues (small partial list only mind you listed here) https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ ENUMERATED BY 100's there & it CAN be a CENTRAL POINT OF FAILURE used to provide info to botnets via dns tunneling

    1. Re:WTF? Scripts man... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey, APK, could you list the awards you've won for your software in reverse chronological order and with dates?

      Thanks

  17. Re:I do well per /. peers quoted... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No wonder you don't post links;
    mmell's post

    My conclusion - APK's Host File Engine is a good tool for managing host files under Windows. It is not in and of itself a security solution. While APK's claims for the software are vastly overblown, the software itself is useful, usable and reasonably well-written.

    xenotransplant's post

    You shouldn't respond to APK guy with your actual account. Now he is going to stalk you. On a related note, his hosts program is actually pretty good, however his methods of forum hijacking are a little eh.

    Selectively quoting to create a different impression than the author intended is dishonest. If you had any integrity you'd man up, apologise and own it. But I rather think you'll go with option B.

  18. No wonder you post UNIDENTIFIABLY loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: On what I post in quotes? I quoted users verbatim. On full link? I can't fit it all for all of 'em (/. limits ac post length is why) IF they're all posted enmasse @ once.

    * Would you like the links? Ask. I have zero to hide! Of course, /. lets you search users & you have the dates too!

    Mmell also called me a pedophile (& retracted it) https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5117369&cid=46931715/ - should I post a quote of that too?

    It's not the only time he did (out of 'anger'/'frustration' he said - No, I have his REAL NAME & ADDRESS (& he knew he f'd up vs. the law there)) either.

    In the end, mmell was honest saying my work IS good (with many others as you can see) & works, period.

    NOW, on the rest of mmell's (you're OBVIOUSLY HIM - hello Jude) quote? Please, lol:

    TONS OF SECURITY PROS SAY DIFFERENT (real ones, not amateurs) & that hosts = good security https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11736289&cid=56111761/

    * SO EAT MY DUST Michael S. Mell JUDE!

    APK

    P.S.=> Mmell - Is "xenotransplant" YOUR OTHER ALTERNATE SOCKPUPPET ID? Must be - Why bring him up otherwise?

    FACT: I never QUOTE him @ all in the post you replied to, lol...apk

    1. Re:No wonder you post UNIDENTIFIABLY loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In the end, mmell was honest saying my work IS good (with many others as you can see) & works, period

      No, he didn't. His conclusion made clear the qualifiers and limits he made with regard to his praise. Your 'work' isn't 'good'. Your program is good at managing a host file in windows and reasonably well written, the rest of your claims are overblown and exagerrated. _That's_ what he said, but you just quote the positive part of the statement. You fail to post the qualifiers or the negative comments that modify the positive statement.

      you're OBVIOUSLY HIM

      Clearly there's no hiding anything from you, you super slueth. *pulls off AC mask* It's-ah me! mmell-io!
      I'm posting AC because ... hmm, I don't know, I'll think of something.

      FACT: I never QUOTE him @ all in the post you replied to

      Like a lot of what you call 'facts' you may be surprised. This is the post I replied to. Read the third line. I'll wait for your apology.

      You've quoted out of context and selectively in the two instances I bothered to check. You lack the ability to admit fault, or even debate rationally. Being called on that doesn't make me a sockpuppet. Your inability to realise that the reason you're reviled in every forum and thread you ever surface in is that your _manner_ is appalling. People would happily debate the merit of your position, and have even tried to correct the way you interact, but you seem incapable of change.

      You have a choice. Actually listen to what I say and address it, without calling me names, or do the same thing you always do - with exactly the same results.

    2. Re:No wonder you post UNIDENTIFIABLY loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow. Apk f'd ya jealous joey https://it.slashdot.org/commen... you don't answer his question there too? Come on Joey! Is your mouth full of your words you have to eat and you're being polite?

  19. For WHICH ware of mine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've been in publication (newpapers, computing trade mags, books etc.) many times for many wares since 1996 - including commercially sold code for a BIG name MS certified parther in a highly esteemed tradeshow (MS TechEd) high placement 2x in a row (due to a ware I wrote & how to use another w/ SQLServer).

    * See subject & re-ask your question!

    (NOW - IF you mean this ware (hosts engine)? No way is the 'mass media' going to help me on this one - lol, WHY? I cut their ads to shit is why! However - malwarebytes' hpHosts, run by a TOP EMPLOYEE of theirs, both HOSTS & RECOMMENDS it - that is an HONOR to me (nobody here on /. can say the same in THAT ALONE (literally)).

    APK

    P.S.=> I keep a list of some 'personal favorites' but it's FAR from a complete list (I have used it though to cut 'naysayer/detractors' here to pieces w/ it though, lol - as I KNOW only a handful here (not even) have done as well)... apk

  20. FYI here's more good ones! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    (APK) is still right a hosts file really does work. It even blocked a some of the video ads that were inserted into a stream OrangeTide February 10 2016

    A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience chihowa May 16 2015

    ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything APK reminds us about fast turtle September 17 2013

    I support APK's stand on the hosts file Trax3001BBS December 12

    APK I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts but please don't ever stop nasredin June 12 2015

    APK solution STILL relevant Thud457 June 11 2015

    you're right about hosts files drinkypoo May 26

    APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good Culture20November 17

    * Need more? Ask!

    APK

    P.S.=> Along w/ https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56166911/ - no arguing w/ success... apk

  21. How's EATING YOUR WORDS taste? lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell (832646) on Friday February 17, 2017 @04:19PM (#53888835)

    See subject: I have a ton of quotes from mmell praising my ware but I put the wrong date down (lol) so here is the link https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10255867&cid=53888835/

    I think I consolidated ALL of his many time praising my work which is MANY including his MARKETER BS (no authority) in the quote I used!

    * IMPORTANT: Would you like more of the rest? Ask - that is, IF YOU'RE NOT BUSY EATING YOUR WORDS!

    The rest of his bs? Security pros put THAT to rest easily https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11736289&cid=56111761/ as I showed (& YOU "CONVENIENTLY" (not, it shit all over you is why) AVOIDED THAT, lol!).

    NOW?

    YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION IN MY SUBJECT LINE! You have NO CHOICE but to "mangia" lol!

    APK

    P.S.=> It's always the SAME w/ you UNIDENTIFIABLE "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING unidentifiable anonymous "jealous jowies" that WISH you were ME (but you'll never be by being a trolling zero, lol)... apk

    1. Re:How's EATING YOUR WORDS taste? lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So, once again you're back to your childish insults. Eat my words, indeed. You're very quick to declare victory while ignoring or missing the point.

      Selective quoting isn't just cutting a phrase out of a sentence, it's cutting sentences out of paragraphs. It's taking a small part and by removing it from context creating a different meaning than was intended.

      Do you understand what I'm saying? Can you answer this question or are you just going to go into your strange little victory dance?

      Your quote from mmell is one sentence in an overall review, and it's not from the summary or conclusion. That's selectively quoting, as as the summary I quoted shows, while mmell has some positive things to say, he has some criticisms as well. By only quoting a sentence from the middle of his review, you've removed context. Part of what mmell was trying to convey and to show, and what I am trying to do here, is provide feedback in the form of criticism of the manner in which you communicate and the way in which you act and behave.

      No amount of technical expertise can compensate or overcome the negative aspects of your interaction. You've been banned from forums and sites across the internet for years. That has nothing to do with the technical merit of your software, or the role that using hosts files might play in security because no-one can discuss those with you because of your behaviour.

      Do you understand what I am saying? I know it's critical, but it's not judgemental. You appear to have, at the very least, some fairly serious issues with communication, especially processing criticism. I don't know how else to say this that isn't going to trigger your very obvious and predictable reactions. I'd really like to see you engage in debate over the topics you clearly hold so dear, but your manner and the way you engage make that impossible.

      ---

      Take this interaction. You selectively quoted and mis-attributed the quotation (which you corrected - thank you). While you admit to the mistake, you try to dismiss it with a "(lol)". Anyone else who makes an error or misquote you hound from thread to thread, crowing about making them 'eat their words'.

      People stop interacting with you, not because you've 'won', but because it becomes clear that you're incapable of useful or meaningful interaction.

      ---

      You're still using selective quotes. Don't get me wrong, marketers and dodgy news channels do the same thing. It doesn't make it right. It's weak and makes the rest of your arguments seem weak by association. I'm not going to bother reading any more of your quotes. I tracked down two of them, and both showed the same problem. Until you can acknowledge that this is a problem, then I'm going to assume that they are all of a similar quality.

      It doesn't matter how many out-of-context quotations you offer, 100x shitty-data =/= 1 good-datum. You can't substitute quantity for quality.

      Actually read what mmell has said. Don't just skim it looking for bits that confirm your world-view. mmell has tried to communicate an idea to you that you keep ignoring. Maybe you don't agree with it. That's fine. But please, stop cutting his sentences out of his paragraph to make them say what you want them to.

    2. Re:How's EATING YOUR WORDS taste? lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      FACT: I never QUOTE him @ all in the post you replied to

      Like a lot of what you call 'facts' you may be surprised. This is the post [slashdot.org] I replied to. Read the third line. I'll wait for your apology.

      As usual, you ignore what you can't answer. You claimed you never quoted xenotransplant. You did.
      Can you please address this.

      Please note, I'm not dancing around claiming to have made you eat your words, or talking about how it's 'too easy'.

      I'm genuinely curious as to whether or not you are actually capable of admitting you are wrong and/or apologising for your behaviour.
      At the moment, you appear to be pathologically incapable of it.

  22. 1st it's "jowie" & lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: As I said - it's always the SAME w/ "his kind" in unidentifiable do-nothing "ne'er-do-wells" - I dust 'em w/ fact.

    * IF 'his kind' (lol) put out 1/4 of the energy they spend 'trolling' me (& failing, lol, as you noticed)?

    They'd learn & KNOW enough to build decent apps themselves vs. being the jealous douches they project they are in attacking me (shows my work's effective too - you don't get attacked thus minus that).

    Yes, ones even /.ers (stiffest critics I've ever seen online since 1994 as far as 'the web' @ least, long before on ftp/gophers etc. in the 80's) LIKE & USE too (as I do)!

    HOWEVER - it IS funnier than hell seeing him STFU suddenly (after the link below, lol).

    See you ripped off my "is your mouth full of your words you must eat OR are you just being polite not talking w/ your mouth full", lol (That's MINE, no reaming it for yourself!).

    APK

    P.S.=> These Jealous Jowies, lol - they're too 'soft in the head' (lol) to learn - mere SPECTATORS in life that criticize (doers do)... apk

  23. APK is just a retard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What you have discovered is that Alexander Peter Kowalski is a retard and hates it when people point out that he is a retard.
    What you need to do is find a thread where APK is arguing with BronsCon who currently has as his sig that APK quotes him and others out of context and show that. All quotes from slashdot users that APK posts are highly suspect because over the years a huge number of people have been misquoted whit a large number of them telling APK so even if someone is being quoted in context it casts doubt on it.
     
    APK really hates it when people tell the truth as he can't actually defend anything he says. Instead he will, as you noticed, spew out of context quotes from slashdot users, provide links to so called experts, or make even sillier claims. His quotes from experts often include a transcript to an AOL radio interview, someone who worked at McAfee, pop technology writers, a wanna be Kim Komando, an expert who says blacklists don't work, etc, so not really anything that one would consider real experts or support for his ideas. Then he likes to make all sorts of claims like hosts filters ports, hosts stops inbound connections, hosts prevents initial attacks, whitelists are more ineffective than blacklists, yet he can't actually prove anything thing and if he does offer up evidence it actually shows the opposite of what he is claiming.
     
    Try arguing with him using math and he will claim that math doesn't matter, I suspect this is because he doesn't understand it and it really shows that he offers nothing. Point out that his work is as effective as an AV scanner that matches only based off of file name and he goes and bitches that it isn't and calls you names. Mention that his software produces tons of false negatives and he will claim that such a well known concept doesn't exist and is something that any real computer security person would know about.
     
    So all in all people regularly prove APK is a retard and he will claim that they made him look good. What is funny about that is that if looking like a retard makes him look good he must be really dumb.

  24. Retard APK is talking to himself again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I see that retard Alexander Peter Kowalski is talking to himself again.

    As usual, this is the point at which he starts to realize that he lost long ago but is unwilling to admit it even to himself.

    So instead he pretends that there is actual support for him.

    He has already posted a bunch of quotes from /. users that have been shown to be taken out of context or outright wrong so all others that haven't been checked should be treated as suspect as well.

    This is especially true since others have checked other quotes he has posted and found them to be misleading and out of context as well.

    If you really want to piss him off what you need to do is point out how shitty his software is.
    LIke the fact that it is bloated because he made a multi threaded file aggregator that has database like functionality built in which he has stated as much.
    That it is overly complex because again it is a multi threaded file aggregator with built in database like functionality.
    That is so poorly designed that when gTLDs change he has to go in and make code changes and recompile it.
    At this point it is worthwhile to also point out that his software is completely dependent on others actually doing the hard work of identifying malicious sites and their effort in creating hosts files that his silly little toy can then combine.

    When one points this out Alexander Peter Kowalski will then demand that you prove you have done better not realizing just how bad his toy software is and that someone who got hello world to compile has designed better software.

  25. You menan retard APK's list of BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You mean that list of recommendations that includes a transcript from an AOL radio interview, or an expert that says blacklists are shit?

    That list that contains links to some wannabe Kim Komando show or some former McAfee employee.

    That list that has a link to some words you spammed up on slashdot and can't be corroborated or has a link to the misc software section of some page that you incorrectly interpret as an endorsement.

    I've looked at some of your articles and while they may be correct the fact is that you were just writing up things that others had done, like your how to secure XP article that explains how to implement a CIS benchmark but CIS tells you how to actually implement their benchmarks, so no original work there.

    All of retard Alexander Peter Kowalski's original work is basically worthless throwaway code, even if he erroneously claims the Chines stole it and tries to "prove" it by offering up an article that doesn't mention him or his work plus a bunch of wild speculation about an obvious feature.

  26. What've you done yourself that's better? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Windows NT Magazine April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" pg 61

    (For SuperSpeed.com PAID CONTRACT (wrote SuperCache 40% performance boost) & SuperDisk finalist @ MS Tech Ed 2x in a row 2000-2002 HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement)

    APK Hosts File Engine 10++ 32/64-bit is hosted & RECOMMENDED by Malwarebytes http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

    WINDOWS MAGAZINE 1997 "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue pg 210 #1 entry

    PC-WELT FEB 1998 pg 84

    WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 pg 92 MUST HAVE WARE

    PC-WELT FEB 1999 - pg 83

    CHIP Magazine 7/99 - pg 100

    GERMAN PC BOOK Data Becker "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000

    HOT SHAREWARE #46 issue pg. 54 2001

    Paid for article @ PCPitstop in 2008 http://pcpitstop.com/news/winn...

    UltraDefrag64 Process Priority Control credited by lead dev -> http://ultradefrag.sourceforge... or here http://sourceforge.net/tracker...

    APK

    P.S.=> See subject & answer w/ proof (that's only a PARTIAL list of what I can put out)... apk

    1. Re:What've you done yourself that's better? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      8 citations are about 20 years old. 4 are older. Still coasting on old fame, I see.
      I'm not going to bother looking for copies of magazines that old.

      Your link to Malwarebytes isn't a recommendation, it's hosting. That's it. There's nowhere that I could find _any_ recommendation, editorial comment or even user review.

      Your 2008 link is not a 'paid for article'. You won a prize for the article you wrote. Do you know what the rate per word is for even beginning bloggers? Unless your article was less than 1000 words, your prize makes your rate lower than a beginner. If you want to claim you won a prize, claim you won a prize, but claiming you got 'paid' to write an article is either an exaggeration or proof your article was less-than-beginner level.

      You aren't 'credited' with UltraDefrag64 Process Priority Control - you're credited with an as yet unimplemented _idea_. The second link explains why it's a _bad_ idea and will never be implemented. No-one comments on the code you supplied. They tell you to log the idea as a suggestion, which they then tell you won't be implements.

      ---

      Is this it? The only recent proof of the recognition you keep claiming to have in the last couple of decades is that a site hosts your software, you won a prize for an article you wrote and someone credited an idea you had that they aren't going to implement.

      And don't bother asking what I've done that's better. I'm not the one claiming to be recognised and awarded.

  27. LOL! Jealous unidentifiable anonymous "jowie" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See my subject & you'll (as always) "Run, Forrest:RUN!!!" from a completely fair challenge put to you Forrest https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56170343/ - come on, BIG 'talker' - you've told me you "write 'real securityware'" - ok then - WHERE IS IT? It's not. You're full of it & full of BLOWHARD hotairware, lol!

    * You sure TALK a lot (but do nothing like the "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING mere SPECTATOR you are (spectators criticize but synthesize ZERO chump - doers like myself, create & do (there is a HUGE difference between myself & a ZERO like you)).

    That's right - I'm calling YOU out windbag - why?

    To see you RUN, lol (you do, every single time too)...

    Yes, you'll have to run - why??

    FACT: You have nothing better to show for yourself vs. myself being able to put out TONS in comparison you can't even scratch yourself!

    APK

    P.S.=> My host file program's the best of its kind (does most & more thoroughly vs. any other of its kind) - you've done better yourself in GUI (what most people actually mostly use)??? Ok - PROVE it...apk

  28. Questions 4U UNIDENTIFIABLE "jealous jowie" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ANYTHING I quote I PROVE they actually DID say what I quoted in praise of my work https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56168247/ (not your non-existent blowhard 'hotairware' vaporware, lol).

    QUESTION: What've YOU personally done better yourself?

    QUESTION: You claim you write "real securityware" - where is it?? It's not!

    So "RUN, forrest" https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56170343/ - RUN!!!

    (You always have to vs. a partial only list of some of my favorites I've actually done & done fairly WELL @ unlike "your kind" (unidentifiable anonymous trolling "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing ZEROS, lol)).

    QUESTION: WTF is a "false negative" jowie? The result of your 'math' perhaps (LMAO) -> https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11532533&cid=55833641/

    You talk a lot but produce NOTHING of ANY value to ANYONE, lol - which makes sense - you are nothing & NOTHING from NOTHING leaves nothing (the MATH THAT EXPLAINS "your kind" in LIFE, lol)

    No wonder you harass me constantly CALLING ME NAMES (retard) done via UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts projecting YOU ARE THE RETARD, lol!

    APK

    P.S.=> Lastly - I've obviously gotten the better of you SO BADLY @ some point you're obsessed + butthurt (& of course, jealous) - So much so that IF you used your "registered 'luser'" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE? I'd throw your FAILS back @ you & you know it (as I bookmark those things))... apk

  29. Looks like a lot of shit shareware to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Looks like you made a bunch of shit shareware lists back in the 90s to me. I remember some of those magazines from the 90s and tripe they would include on CDs. Most of it was total shit and I seem to remember them almost competing on the number of crap utilities they would include most of which barely ran and none of them did anything useful. They would mention them in articles and make all sorts of grand claims and then not deliver, that sounds a lot like you so you are in good company there. Your claim that you are recommended by Malwarebytes is bunk as nowhere on that page does it say recommended or endorsed and lists it under "Third Party Misc Tools" with other random things. Then you lie some more when you say they host your shit when the link points to a different domain so they actually don't host your shit. PCPitstop a wish they were Kim Komando show or wish in their wildest dreams the BBC's Click if they are going for quality production. UltraDefrag64 you submitted an obvious idea that still hasn't been implemented, so you didn't actually do any real work. If that is your list of accomplishments I would suggest keeping it to myself as it doesn't make you look good and might make people hate you even more given the poor quality associated with so much of that. It would be like someone claiming they were involved with both Microsoft Bob and Windows ME and begin proud of it. If that is a partial list I can only imagine the horrid shit a complete list would contain.

  30. Why don't you answer my question? I know why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why don't you answer my question? I know why - you can't show you've done better, period...lol! It's easy to criticize you SPECTATOR but it's quite another to create things that work & do well (but then, you wouldn't even BEGIN to understand that seeing as you've NEVER MANAGED IT YOURSELF).

    UltraDefrag put me into the credits in their ware - did you get the SAME? Prove it.

    (YOU & "your kind"? Can't, lol!)

    APK

    P.S.=> I long ago showed Steven Burn of hpHosts (malwarebytes' site owner & malwarebytes employee) STATING (on his forums as you "ne'er-do-wells" tried to turn him against me & FAILED, lol) "I endorse his ware personally" - want to ask him yourself? You can do that OR go to his forums & see it for yourself chump - you lose... apk

  31. FACT: You haven't done squat (lol)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Why won't YOU show us ALL you've done more, better & earlier than I have? LOL - everyone knows WHY you "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing UNIDENTIFIABLE zero.

    * BY THE WAY: I was ASKED to put out a list of SOME things I've done - I wasn't LOOKING for adoration, I merely provided facts requested (but yet I get praises, even from /. peers - why? I do things of value to folks - you don't!).

    APK

    P.S.=> Ask Steven Burn himself then (or should I bring him here to do what he did before & state it here) sburn@malwarebytes.org + yea, I won a prize (for what works, I didn't even expect it for a security article that STILL stands on many forums as a 'recommended' post) - have you? Apparently not (even in a 'participation award for special snowflakes too' world) - & I am credited w/ a GOOD IDEA by UltraDefrag (are you? Hell no).

    FACT (one you prove yourself): You haven't done squat & you never will be being a "jealous jowie" stalker of myself (keep it up, I love it - you're doing it to YOURSELF, not I, you obsessed maniac)... apk

    1. Re:FACT: You haven't done squat (lol)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why won't YOU show us ALL you've done

      Because I'm not the one making the claims that you made, nor providing links to 'proof' that doesn't prove what you claim it does.

      This isn't a 'who has done the most' competition, no matter how much you change the topic. You posted links that you claim show one thing, but don't.
      If you want to dismiss that criticism, please address it. Raising something unrelated - like who has done the most - is irrelevant.

      ---

      So, back to the criticism;

      You claim to have a 'paid for article' - it's not, you won a prize for an article you submitted. You won a prize. Congratulations. That's different to claiming that you have a 'paid for article'. Calling it that is an exagerration.

      You claim 'UltraDefrag64 Process Priority Control credited' - you submitted a suggestion (with code) that was rejected, but were mentioned by the dev.
      The implication you made was that you've submitted _code_ to a developer that has been credited. You submitted code. It was ignored because the idea that it implemented was deemed dangerous. Nonetheless, you were credited with submitting the idea. It's not a 'good idea' to the UltrDefrag team. They said it was dangerous.

      The claims you make about these are exaggerations. Your failure to address this criticism makes the rest of your claims more likely to be exaggeration.
      You can keep making all the claims you want, but if you refuse to address the criticism of these claims, why should I bother believing anything else you say?

  32. Retard APK rants like the mentally ill on streets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And now retard Alexander Peter Kowalski is challenging people like the mentally ill on the street corners do.

    He shares far more in common with these people than he realizes and should seek help.

    He really doesn't like it when you point out that his software is ineffective at providing actual security.

    Then he gets right pissy when you point out its flaws.

    Finally he blows a fucking gasket when you tear apart the "sources" he provides that he claims support him.

    Sorry retard APK I don't need to prove anything as I'm not the one making wild claims.

    Besides I don't have to spam my work on slashdot to get people to notice my work provides that actual provable security unlike yours.

  33. Retard APK likes mockery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sorry retard Alexander Peter Kowalski you get mockery from people here on slashdot because you are a fucking idiot.

    You need to provide actual proof of a recommendation and being included in the misc software section of a page isn't proof.

    They you lie like the sack of shit you are when you say that same site hosts your shit when it is a link to some other domain so you lose again.

    The fact that you don't even realize that ever post that mentions you is to troll your dumb ass is a sign of just how defective you are.

    Add in that it is clear that there are a vast number of people who hate you here, even those who you quote, but you fail to realize further shows how defective you are.

    Then there are your delusions that you win every argument when in reality people just get tired of pointing out your near endless stupidity.

    Sorry APK you are a loser, have always been a loser, and will always be a loser.

    Being mentioned by some shit shareware peddlers isn't something to be proud of.

  34. APK only proves he is a retard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Alexander Peter Kowalski only proves he is a retard with his posts.

    He mis-quotes, takes out of context, or uses statements that have been retracted by other slashdot users and claims those show support for him.

    He makes wild claims like the Chinese copied him and offer proof as an article that doesn't mention him or his work and then throws in some wild speculation about an obvious feature as proof.

    When someone uses math to prove how ineffective he is he refuses to believe it and doesn't understand it.

    He doesn't understand well known terms like false negatives that anyone who has any knowledge of security should know and understand.

    His software includes unnecessary complexity and bloat for something that is a file aggregator.

    He holds that file aggregator up as the pinnacle of his work when in reality it is throwaway code or something a kid in college would do in an AAS intro to windows class.

    He lacks the ability to form a coherent thought and when challenged will try to deflect all criticism by making wild claims, or posting some other BS of his.

    This ignores his petty name calling, piss poor grammar, inability to spell, poor reasoning, poor form of argument, and apparent inability to understand his native language.

    Face it APK being called a retard is a complement for you given how useless and awful you actually are at everything.

  35. "Ne'er-do-well" u don't like fact! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & the subject line of this link https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56172933/ it's about YOU!

    LOSER you projected what YOU are to me calling ME that, lol, so I know it's your weakpoint (along w/ 'retard' you keep calling me too, & I know you've heard THAT directed YOUR WAY your ENTIRE wasted existence).

    * I love watching you "RUN" forrest... & now YOU are tossing MORE names!

    (Despite accusing ME of it & "your kind" with you always attack me 1st & fail - please)

    Thanks - your habit of PROJECTING gives me the keys to your DULL BRAIN, lol!

    By the way "co-dependent" cripple you are? I'm not here to win YOUR 'arbitrary' sockpuppet driven fake account for fake lives "popularity contest" - I'm here to WIN (& it's clear I am too).

    APK

    P.S.=> I'd rather be ME (doing decently @ software over time on the side of doing software engineering as a full-time job for decades for corporations) than YOU, for sure (it lets me LAUGH @ YOU is why!)... apk

  36. "my work provides that actual provable security" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    LMAO - ok (since you said that): What 'work' of yours is THAT? Prove it. I do on hosts https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11736289&cid=56111761/ & my ware https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56168247/ !

    Love that 2nd link where you had to EAT YOUR WORDS lol!

    APK

    P.S.=> You keep proving me correct here you know the more times you "RUN" there, "Forrest" (lol, you haven't done SQUAT or you're not too proud of YOUR 'shitware') https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56172933/ - prove otherwise (you keep failing that)... apk

  37. Quoting YOU now (back it up)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Quoting YOU now (back it up) "my work provides that actual provable security" from https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173379/ prove it - what "work" is that?

    Your effete & ineffectual trolling I dominated you totally in thru this entire fiasco??

    Proof of my dominating you EASILY is you RUNNING "Forrest" from a FAIR CHALLENGE to you you can't meet https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56172933/

    * :)

    (See, the beauty of having done well in software in my life is that I can always COUNT on "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHINGs like you NOT having done anything & turning your wasted life against you! Works like a charm, every single time you attack me (you always do 1st like the 'jealous jowie' you are)).

    APK

    P.S.=> This is a blast - now you've cornered yourself (I love it)... apk

    1. Re:Quoting YOU now (back it up)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We get it retard Alexander Peter Kowalski you can't defend your work when someone points out issues so instead you go full retard and demand that the provide proof that they did better than your toy throwaway work.

      Like I said, you rant like the mentally ill on the street corners in every major city because you have to deflect criticism away.

      You always fail to offer proof and instead demand we offer proof that we can write simple software.

      I will give you a hint as to what I work on, about 2 billion people including you, depend on my work providing actual security, unlike your work.

      Come and talk when anything you have ever done has gone through a formal validation process for correctness and completeness that actually requires having done the math to prove that it is correct.

      We aren't talking about you having some shitty AV software check it, or that you believe that it has no bugs, I mean a real validation process done by places that actually have people capable of doing such things.

      Until you have done that a few times you can shut your retarded mouth.

      Now why don't you go away and let the actual adults talk because you don't even understand the basics of real security and think and act like a child.

      Now I am bored and we have entered the place where you just repeat your self because you can't make an actual argument so I done now.

      I fully expect that you will declare you won by fiat now and continue making retarded statements but I leave that for one of the many others who has also mocked your retarded ass to continue.

  38. Quoting YOUR claim now (back it up)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Because I'm not the one making the claims that you made" - by UNIDENTIFIABLE Anonymous Coward BULLSHITTER on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:08PM (#56173651)

    Beg to differ: Quoting YOUR CLAIM (back it up) "my work provides that actual provable security" https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173379/ prove it - what "work" is that?

    Your effete & ineffectual trolling I dominated you totally in thru this entire fiasco??

    Proof of my dominating you EASILY is you RUNNING "Forrest" from a FAIR CHALLENGE to you you can't meet https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56172933/

    * :)

    See, the beauty of having done well in software in my life is that I can always COUNT on "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHINGs like you NOT having done anything & turning your wasted life against you!

    (Works like a charm, every single time you attack me (you always do 1st like the 'jealous jowie' you are)).

    APK

    P.S.=> This is a blast - now you've cornered yourself (I love it)... apk

  39. I did quote him & he said this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I did quote him & he said this literally: "...his hosts program is actually pretty good" - by xenotransplant (4179011) on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#50287195) - I overlooked it is all!

    ANYONE SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR "WORK" YOU CLAIMED here quoted https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173759/

    * ???

    (THIS is going to be CLASSIC, Hilarious & PRICELESS seeing your "evasive maneuvers" as photon torpedos I fire (your own words) into you TEAR you up, publicly, lol!)

    APK

    P.S.=> After all - You said you made NO CLAIMS - beg to differ, you did - NOW, back them up (lol, good luck)... apk

  40. Running "Forrest"? Yes, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: "I'm not the one making the claims that you made" by UNIDENTIFIABLE Anonymous Coward BULLSHITTER on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:08PM (#56173651)

    Beg to differ: Quoting YOUR CLAIM (back it up) "my work provides that actual provable security" https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173379/ prove it - what "work" is that?

    This takes the cake:

    "I will give you a hint as to what I work on, about 2 billion people including you, depend on my work" - by DELUSIONAL UNIDENTIFIABLE Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:31PM (#56174089)

    Again: WHAT WORK IS THAT?

    Math?

    LOL - I've seen your 'math' FAIL https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11532533&cid=55833641/

    You're 'bored' eh? More like GORED by the BULL of facts I use & can back up & YOU CAN'T "Forrest" (ya bullshit artist).

    By the way - I spent decades professionally getting code I wrote verified by Q/A staff & fellow coders. Mr. S. Burn of Malwarebytes VERIFIED my sourcecode too.

    APK

    P.S.=> This is a blast - now you've cornered yourself (I love it)... apk

    1. Re:Running "Forrest"? Yes, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      APK - Nobody is buying your lies

      This is just more of your intimidation tactics and has stretched the truth to the breaking point, like always.

    2. Re:Running "Forrest"? Yes, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Prove it - what "work" is that?

      Under no circumstance should anyone participate in APK's strawman games. He likes to pretend that someone is wrong or lying, when they do prove it, he fabricates some new reason and attacks and eventually he creeps away in silent defeat.

      Make no mistake, APK is a coward and a compulsive liar. If you want to play a game with him, realize that he is easily manipulated into making himself appear as a fool.

      ZIP (I am one of many who have defeated APK)

  41. Running "Forrest"? Yes, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: "I'm not the one making the claims that you made" from https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173651/

    Beg to differ: Quoting YOUR CLAIM (back it up) "my work provides that actual provable security" from https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11776765&cid=56173379/

    Prove it - what "work" is that?

    This takes the cake:

    "I will give you a hint as to what I work on, about 2 billion people including you, depend on my work" - by DELUSIONAL UNIDENTIFIABLE LYING Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:31PM (#56174089)

    Again: WHAT WORK IS THAT?

    APK

    P.S.=> Answer = Your BLOWHARD VAPORWARE, lol... apk

  42. apk == [failed] terrorist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And here we see more personal attacks from APK, yet nothing posted of substance.

    There are about 100 of us now on Slashdot that APK has attempted to discredit, and he has failed every single time.

    We've grown sick of his off topic spamming of his utilities and unverifiable claims to security. We grow tired of his typesetting skills and erratic grammar. And we fear that he may one day get out in the real world and kill again.