This is a huge amount of FUD. i believe newgrounds struck this problem back in early days of flash 6? They host all their flash on a foreign server to the actual newgrounds server to combat this. i dunno how successful their methods are, but every time i went to newgrounds, i didnt see it hacked.
Its an old bug, but its a dam commonsence issue. Youre uploading someone elses data, you should be carefull.
It takes me a grand total of 15 seconds to get a flash movie. its as easy as typing into google "download youtube videos", copy and paste a link and then click a button.
I haven't seen a HTML 5 page with a video i want to keep to try pulling it out, but I believe someone will come along and make a one click solution to this, and fill it with ads.
Also, there was a torrent of a mac program recently that a lot of people downloaded and the keygen contained a virus. i think it was an iLife suite torrent...
Seriously. Everyone. With viruses, the problem is always PEBKAC.
To be honest, I despise doing this. If a user gets that message they have 2 options:
Go download, install, set up, and use a new browser
Look elswhere
Granted something like wave is an app, and ie does have a huge problem with running web apps, but on a normal site you're just palming off users because you cant write a few lines of conditional code. Hell a few websites ive coded require no ie fixes.
I think the same for installing specific plugins, so thats also where i think this will fail. but who knows, maybe google can code up a nice iframe exploit, and execute arbitary code which installs the plugin and the user will be none the wiser?:)
But seriously. If they forget the password then tough luck, you get a new one. Use it and then remember it or change it, the world goes on. These days a users password can be the same for everything. a lot of people on the internet do recycle passwords, and a password their email may very well be the password to their bank account.
But migrating to OSX requires a whole new computer. Hardware and software.
An anti virus solution wouldnt cost that much.
And look, i got modded a troll! i still stand by what i said, regardless of being called a troll i think my answer is not apple bashing. its a fact an OSX migration will cost a lot more than an AV solution.
Disappearance of microsoft will not be a happy event for nerds : it will be a disaster.
...Because people will now use decent operating systems that don't go into kernel panic half the time? Because viruses sharply decrease? Because there is no monopoly? Because of the growth of OSS?
I havent seen one of my 3 XP and 1 vista installs go into any kind of kernel panic in about...2 years? i know im only one, but i dont do anything out of the ordinary...
Hopefully consumers remain accustomed to paying for software even when microsoft dies, or the market that pays our salaries shrinks by 90% or so. Even if companies continue to pay it will still be a large portion that dies.
Look at Red Hat and look at the future when MS dies. Red Hat isn't exactly struggling and yet all their software is pure OSS not even "freeware".
I believe red hat is doing so well thanks to support and training. You can get qualifications (i hope im remembering this correctly) for Red Hat and Microsoft software.
The demise of MS will only lead to better software, more competition, lower prices, and no more annoying unpaid tech support calls from your parents/grandparents/brother/etc.
Better software? no. The alternatives to microsoft is Linux ad OSX. I think microsoft is the nice in the middle which offers a decent user friendliness and a decent customizability. OSX and Linux are at either extreeme, but inux has made gigantic strides in user friendliness in the past few years i admit.
and there will always ALWAYS be PEBKAC.
Those guys are like the fucking Illuminati!
also, i suspect it would be way over 9000, because there is one in every major capital city, or so ive heard and There are also a lot of ausfags XD
The only time ive reset my phone is to update it to 6.1 and apply my carriers data settings and it has never reset mid phonecall, or frozen for that matter...
This is also my second windows mobile phone, and im not happy with any other phone OS nowadays. For some reason it just seems to work for me.... much like Vista.....
I guess hardware support is the only matter. well if the folks at HTC decide my phone isnt support worthy ill just fix it myself withsome help for XDA deveopers:)
So to make the phone any real use to you you have to hack it?
Ill just sit here and enjoy my windows mobile phone, which has no killswitch and does'nt require jailbreaking to make useful:)
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You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion. - L. Ron Hubbard, 1948
+1 to that.
This is a huge amount of FUD. i believe newgrounds struck this problem back in early days of flash 6? They host all their flash on a foreign server to the actual newgrounds server to combat this. i dunno how successful their methods are, but every time i went to newgrounds, i didnt see it hacked.
Its an old bug, but its a dam commonsence issue. Youre uploading someone elses data, you should be carefull.
It takes me a grand total of 15 seconds to get a flash movie. its as easy as typing into google "download youtube videos", copy and paste a link and then click a button.
I haven't seen a HTML 5 page with a video i want to keep to try pulling it out, but I believe someone will come along and make a one click solution to this, and fill it with ads.
You dont look hard enough
http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-110309-3638-99
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-110101-2320-99
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-021614-4006-99
Also, there was a torrent of a mac program recently that a lot of people downloaded and the keygen contained a virus. i think it was an iLife suite torrent...
Seriously. Everyone. With viruses, the problem is always PEBKAC.
And hey look at that list, Sophos is not present!
Also, looking up the sophos site, their images look like they try to sell security solutions to people who are clueless on security.
I call FUD campaign.
If that's the case:
1: Find a normal app.
2: Rename it to Crysis.exe or 3DMarkVantage.exe
3: ???
4: PROFIT.
To be honest, I despise doing this. If a user gets that message they have 2 options:
Granted something like wave is an app, and ie does have a huge problem with running web apps, but on a normal site you're just palming off users because you cant write a few lines of conditional code. Hell a few websites ive coded require no ie fixes.
I think the same for installing specific plugins, so thats also where i think this will fail. but who knows, maybe google can code up a nice iframe exploit, and execute arbitary code which installs the plugin and the user will be none the wiser? :)
Dear old ladies who think internet is the devil?
But seriously. If they forget the password then tough luck, you get a new one. Use it and then remember it or change it, the world goes on. These days a users password can be the same for everything. a lot of people on the internet do recycle passwords, and a password their email may very well be the password to their bank account.
Yes he has to watch out for the anti-windows comments of the trolls.
ASCAP - Phonetically "ass cap" - A hat you wear on your bottom. Costs money, but essentially dosent do anything? :)
How else will he afford that new bar in his pool?
And god forbid the day when musicians cant purchase auto-tune to mask their talentless voices these days!
But migrating to OSX requires a whole new computer. Hardware and software. An anti virus solution wouldnt cost that much. And look, i got modded a troll! i still stand by what i said, regardless of being called a troll i think my answer is not apple bashing. its a fact an OSX migration will cost a lot more than an AV solution.
Thats like saying a house needs to be demolished because theyd like a new door
And i dare say it will raise enormus compatibility problems and costs would be astronomical compared to solving the small problem at hand.
A girl sending that must really love to fork
Can Crysis play mp3HD?
maybe someone misread it and thought it said "Chairman of the broad"?
Probably because the accidently shot may be dead?
Disappearance of microsoft will not be a happy event for nerds : it will be a disaster.
I havent seen one of my 3 XP and 1 vista installs go into any kind of kernel panic in about...2 years? i know im only one, but i dont do anything out of the ordinary...
Hopefully consumers remain accustomed to paying for software even when microsoft dies, or the market that pays our salaries shrinks by 90% or so. Even if companies continue to pay it will still be a large portion that dies.
Look at Red Hat and look at the future when MS dies. Red Hat isn't exactly struggling and yet all their software is pure OSS not even "freeware".
I believe red hat is doing so well thanks to support and training. You can get qualifications (i hope im remembering this correctly) for Red Hat and Microsoft software.
The demise of MS will only lead to better software, more competition, lower prices, and no more annoying unpaid tech support calls from your parents/grandparents/brother/etc.
Better software? no. The alternatives to microsoft is Linux ad OSX. I think microsoft is the nice in the middle which offers a decent user friendliness and a decent customizability. OSX and Linux are at either extreeme, but inux has made gigantic strides in user friendliness in the past few years i admit. and there will always ALWAYS be PEBKAC.
Those guys are like the fucking Illuminati! also, i suspect it would be way over 9000, because there is one in every major capital city, or so ive heard and There are also a lot of ausfags XD
A Rational Thinking award!
Sorry but these days they seem to be worthless
Odd....
The only time ive reset my phone is to update it to 6.1 and apply my carriers data settings and it has never reset mid phonecall, or frozen for that matter...
This is also my second windows mobile phone, and im not happy with any other phone OS nowadays. For some reason it just seems to work for me.... much like Vista.....
I guess hardware support is the only matter. well if the folks at HTC decide my phone isnt support worthy ill just fix it myself withsome help for XDA deveopers :)
So to make the phone any real use to you you have to hack it? Ill just sit here and enjoy my windows mobile phone, which has no killswitch and does'nt require jailbreaking to make useful :)
They must really hate fascist pirate ninjas then
The sheer fun of riding deep sea monsters outweighs any difficulty obtaining them :D