>> If they are not... I think it's fair to assume that a very high percentage of these users will have at least one malicious system behind the cable modem. We're pretty good at recognizing that now, aren't we?
>> If they are, then what POSSIBLE reason is there to believe that the users will actually see these pop-ups? It is, after all, not in the best interests of the new owners of those compromised systems to permit the former owners to be alerted to what's going on. Of course there's no evidence that any malware is yet blocking such messages. One day when that happens it will be a problem. In the meantime this is a fairly unobtrusive way for Comcast to communicate with users. When it's blocked they'll have to find another. Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffdavis.com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
