What everyone needs to know

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Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, kurttrail typed:
Who said anything about "must?" You. Who limited this to people
that are buying new computers? You.

People should turn-off sh*t that they really don't need or ever use.
Whether it's when they first get there computer, after doing a clean
install, after cleaning up after being plagued with viruses, worms,
spyware, or whatever and whenever.

I'd want to be "Unknown" too, if I had your lack reasoning ability,
or are you just being purposefully dense?
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This "Unknown" is unknown until you look at his headers! ROFL

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hermes
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
 
Unknown, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:
The ramblings of a lunatic include those people who say MS has for decades
neglected to produce secure code. I find that people that make those kinds of
statments have never written a single line of code. Amazing!
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Oh, you mean every programmers first code of 'Hello world'? You're right...M$
should only do that, since even that should not be able to get ****ed up by
them.

Joh N.
 
Unknown, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:
Geeeeeze! You don't know anything about business management either.
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That's right! Damn, Kurt, you should know better that M$ will purposefully
make dodgy code so that it can be cracked to the ass and make its users *buy*
it all over again when they (M$) come out with the latest and greatest virus
attractant! What's the matter with you!

Joh N.
 
Stephen, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:
| If your computer is a on a Windows Platform you need to disable the
| Services that Windows leaves opens, for starters. Most home users
| aren't using a Virtual Private Network, Mail Server, FTP Server, TCP
| Server and so on. You also need to install a Firewall, whether it be
| software or hardware oriented ONLY before you put your computer on the
| Internet. Trojan Horses disable anti-virus and firewalls. An
| anti-virus application will secure your computer to "some" degree, but
| NOT unless you can secure your e-mail, browser and internet settings and
|
| applications. Without the above security, the malicious hackers are
| already abusing your computers to take down Networks, Servers, trade
| drugs, guns, bo*bs, and so on.
| This is only a small list of areas which deal with security, malware,
| backdoors, trojan horses and more.
|
| Tracker
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|

If one thinks about it too much it's a nightmare. Don't install everything
that is available, rather only stuff from reputible companies - and don't
even trust some of them too much.
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You mean like WMP? LOL!
I've heard there's a company selling cheap
printers and its CD-ROM installs spyware/adware along with the printer
drivers.
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I've *seen* HP install the same spyware when installing their printers.
Naturally, surf with scripting off as default, and keep your system patched.
Run and AV program too. Some guys insist on a firewall of somesort so they
can watch the goings on.
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It's about the best advice anyone can give. A firewall is/should be a
necessity.

Joh N.
 
Unknown, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use,
wrote:
And so, before anyone buys a computer they must go to the library and read.
The world doesn't work that way.
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Not *just* the library, you ****ing imbecile! 'Unknown' fits you perfectly, it
answers the question 'Do you have a brain?'.

Joh N.
 
There's nothing worse than a female trying to do a mans' job ! :-)

....especially when she doesn't have the first idea what she's talking about.

It's smelly fish like this that give genuine, NON rip-off, PC gurus a bad
name !

regards, Richard
 
What's that got to do with a female troll that's ready and willing to con
lesser PC literate people into listening to her scare-mongering crap drivel
and extract lots of money from them ?

regards, Richard
 
XP never goes "belly up" unless it's used by somebody who doesn't really
know a computer is for ! ...and that same person is usually a paper
oriented small to medium business person, who thinks that because they've
spent £1500 on a PC package, it's going to miraculously take over all their
paperwork simply by switching it on !!!!!!

regards, Richard
 
RJK said:
XP never goes "belly up" unless it's used by somebody who doesn't
really know a computer is for !
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Are you really that naive?

...and that same person is usually
a paper oriented small to medium business person, who thinks that
because they've spent £1500 on a PC package, it's going to
miraculously take over all their paperwork simply by switching it on
!!!!!!
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LOL!

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Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
 
RJK said:
What's that got to do with a female troll that's ready and willing to
con lesser PC literate people into listening to her scare-mongering
crap drivel and extract lots of money from them ?
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Didn't you supply the links that show people how to disable useless
services?

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Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
 
ummm! .... I think I've got the wrong end of the stick somewhere, or put it
like this - I can't seem to follow this thread anymore mainly because I've
had two glasses of wine ! But, I should say, before crashing out, that I
agree with most of what kurttrail says !

regards, Richard
 
RJK said:
ummm! .... I think I've got the wrong end of the stick somewhere, or
put it like this - I can't seem to follow this thread anymore mainly
because I've had two glasses of wine ! But, I should say, before
crashing out, that I agree with most of what kurttrail says !
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Have a glass of Chablis on me!

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Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
 
ROFL!! After flipping thru the totally boring *nyah nyah* posts on
this......I can't believe that there are idiots out there that don't know
who Debbie/Trackers/FerretFace is.......she is a total nutbar who drives
everyone on security and antivirus ng's nuts!! She also calls herself
"Beef's Old Lady" (barf......there's a horrible picture!!)

Shaking my head at the dolts who half believe her. Give your heads a shake,
dolts.

Grinning to myself coz it looks like the hackers got to her
computer......her clock is wrong and she *claims* that is a big sign you
have been hacked.......bwa ha ha!!

Figgs

Richard G. Harper said:
Debbie! Long time no see! Not since January! Still trying to sell that
book of miserable "security advice", are you?

Just like a toothache - you don't know how much you miss it until it comes
back.

:-)

P.S. - What's a TCP server? Is that like one of those silver wedgie-things
you use to slice and serve pies and cakes? <VBSEG>

P.P.S. - You misspelled "b**bs". Have a nice day.

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Tracker said:
If your computer is a on a Windows Platform you need to disable the
Services that Windows leaves opens, for starters. Most home users
aren't using a Virtual Private Network, Mail Server, FTP Server, TCP
Server and so on. You also need to install a Firewall, whether it be
software or hardware oriented ONLY before you put your computer on the
Internet. Trojan Horses disable anti-virus and firewalls. An
anti-virus application will secure your computer to "some" degree, but
NOT unless you can secure your e-mail, browser and internet settings and

applications. Without the above security, the malicious hackers are
already abusing your computers to take down Networks, Servers, trade
drugs, guns, bo*bs, and so on.
This is only a small list of areas which deal with security, malware,
backdoors, trojan horses and more.

Tracker
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