I just figure that the virus to make some quick rounds on the internet is going to change something in hosts. Redirect whateverurlitis.antivirusupdate.microsoft.com to something like 127.0.0.1, a site to download the payload of a virus and new instructions or cheapviagra.com.
"Eminem has never nationally endorsed any commercial products and... even if he were interested in endorsing a product, any endorsement deal would require a significant amount of money, possibly in excess of $10 million," according to the 15-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
Personally I thought it had to do with the fact that most companies don't want to be associated with him, for fear of consumer backlash. Associating with Eminem = Bad Karma.
>> Showdown at the GCC Corral. Sheriff Torvalds and his old buddy Doc Stroustrup up against the nasty SCO Gang... and the SCO gang don't never play fair...:)
But that really doesn't matter since SCO only manages to shoot themselves in the foot most of the time.
Maybe that's what caused it to get slashdotted. You know, in my experience, gerbils are much better at parsing HTTP requests than hampsters... but then again, my gerbils read slashdot....
TCP/IP is compatible over any platform that chooses to impliment it. It is a standard. It is open. It isn't dependent on a particular program or a particular method of being displayed. It is a way to communicate. A language of sorts. A standardized way to communicate.
IE is a used to display that data. It does not abide by very many standards and is not required to be able to surf the web.
You could use Mozilla, Opera, Links, Lynx, Mosaic (if you really want to). You can use IE if you would like. You don't have to. If you choose not to use TCP/IP, you probably won't do very much communicating on the internet.
Oh yeah. TCP/IP can be removed on 9x, 2k, Me, XP (I think). I don't believe the same can be said for IE.
Well, I've been thinking. The only real difference between spyware and viruses are that spyware programs pop up a EULA. So I was thinking, what if the next major virus contained a EULA. If it was a worm it would just appear onscreen in the form of a XP bubble. It would ask yes or no and have a small link to an encredibly long EULA that might even state (somewhere in the middle) "This program is designed to delete files from your computer, let me spy on you and periodically query SITE_NAME_HERE" (read : DDoS) If it came via mail, it could just automatically popup. It could slightly change the layout or the title every time. Find a random email in the recipiants outlook and then forward that email (preferably a short one) with the attachment. Once running it could modify the Windows Registry to show that the appropriate patches have already been downloaded. It could also make files for the anti-virus read-only. Or it could keep them open so no other program could access them. I'm suprised that noone has done anything so mean. I'm glad. This was all just thought.
All the developers at Microsoft very well may have a heart of gold, but by virtue of the fact that Microsoft is a business (no, it's no the government... yet...), they will naturally do whatever it is that brings in the most money to them and their shareholders (read "Bill"....). It may not be the best for the consumer, but they don't sell Windows for us. They sell it for them. (Not flamebait...)
We know that computers aren't perfect. Spam filtering is proof of this.
So what happens if the printer thinks that your special form with SCO Logo Watermark is some kind of "Protected Content"? Or what happens if you print out the picture at an angle? Does it still recognize it? As long as there is a fair chance that it could make a mistake, I don't want to use that printer. I don't want it to screw my documents. I think I'll look at Lexmark....
Thanks Yahoo! It's about time someone figures out a way to stop all that spam coming from Microsoft.... well, except for the patches they keep emailing me....
Yeah. I heard that same thing. I think they must be evesdropping on my brain.... but it's okay.... I can use the foil wrapping from the burger to create a new(C) tinfoil(C) hat(C).
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Oh, how long till we get some true polymorphism? Make the signature change every time, making it murder (or there abouts) trying to detect it?
Oh yeah, I used the wrong term.... I figured I would.... Crud.....
Then Eminem would have to sue of bruised ego...
Nah, It's gotta be more than just CmdrTaco and four other slashdotters...
:P
Personally I thought it had to do with the fact that most companies don't want to be associated with him, for fear of consumer backlash. Associating with Eminem = Bad Karma.
But that really doesn't matter since SCO only manages to shoot themselves in the foot most of the time.
Amen to that.
IE is a used to display that data. It does not abide by very many standards and is not required to be able to surf the web.
You could use Mozilla, Opera, Links, Lynx, Mosaic (if you really want to). You can use IE if you would like. You don't have to. If you choose not to use TCP/IP, you probably won't do very much communicating on the internet.
Oh yeah. TCP/IP can be removed on 9x, 2k, Me, XP (I think). I don't believe the same can be said for IE.
Wow. I guess information really does want to be free.....
Tell me about it. If there were, some help desk worker would have used it on the users by now.
So what happens if the printer thinks that your special form with SCO Logo Watermark is some kind of "Protected Content"? Or what happens if you print out the picture at an angle? Does it still recognize it? As long as there is a fair chance that it could make a mistake, I don't want to use that printer. I don't want it to screw my documents. I think I'll look at Lexmark....
>> Who in the Linux community said it was tainted?
<Darl's Logic>
1) We're a member of United Linux.
2) United Linux is a member of the OSS community.
3) We think Linux is tainted.
By logic parts of the OSS community must think Linux is tainted!
Now I must sue the OSS community... Which includes United Linux..... Which includes SCO....
Error 419: Darl is smokin' crack
</Darl's Logic>
Proof it's not from the linux community! It doesn't come with the source!
Yeah, but most of the death threats are from their lawyers, wanting something worth diddley, instead of SCOX Stock.