I am content with the explanation offered. Hope you can find the weirdo who did this.
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:34 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Alex Hall Subject: Re: [GWN] High-jacking or not, still no excuse for this incompetents Alex is correct. These messages are not the result of a virus or being infected. These messages are from someone deliberately trying to defame GW Micro and disrupt our services. Keeping yourself current in virus and anti-spyware protection is an excellent idea to avoid automated attacks, but understand this recent outburst of childish behavior is attributed by an individual who has a grudge against GW Micro, our products, our services, or our customers. Aaron On 2/14/2010 11:50 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > As it is off topic for this list, I will only write this one message. > The message to which you refer that was posted earlier today on this > list is NOT the fault of GWM. Basically, the offender signed up for this > list, which anyone at all can do. They then found a message from Aaron > in the archives and copied his signature, pasting it into their email. > Next, they simply edited their email address and display name so that it > matched Aaron's information. This practice is not unheardof. On the list > for the BrailleNote, a notetaker by Humanware, a person did this some > years back, sending an email announcing a major software upgrade that, > by all appearances, came from a member of Humanware's staff who > sometimes posts to the BrailleNote list. The next day everyone was > informed that it was a hoax and that no upgrade had been announced, yet > the message looked like an official HW announcement. > My point is that "spoofing" is not uncommon and is not limited to this > list. GWM's only other option would be to monitor and approve or reject > every single post sent to this list, which would be a very large use of > someone's time, time better spent dealing with users' questions and > requests. I cannot speak to your experience on the Book Sense list; my > only aim in this message is to point out that, because of the open > nature of this list, necessary to keep the list effective as a forum and > support tool, GWM has no way to stop messages like this from getting > through, and they are not the only list to which this has happened (nor > will they be the last). I hope this helps to clear things up. Though I > am not a user of their products, I have always admired GWM's superior > public relations and I would not want that reputation tarnished by an > event over which they had no control. > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from PC) > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* JAMES HEADY <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, February 14, 2010 22:41 > *Subject:* [GWN] High-jacking or not, still no excuse for this incompetents > > I just saw the filth that people call an e-mail. > > This is why you make sure your virus and spyware programs are up to date! > > I'll be going back to The Icon from Levelstar and have placed my order > for a new Icon a couple of days ago and once I receive it, I'll be > unsubscribe from this list as well as the Booksense list. > > Even on the Booksense list, there might not have been trash on there > like what I read tonight on this list, but there was enough sniping from > a few members about their unhappiness about the Booksense that the list > should be renamed The Jerry Springer Booksense Smackdown List. > > I'm outraged enough about what I read on that filth e-mail that I really > can't find words to articulate, but I can only say that that trash > sounds like the lyrics to a song by the Japanese Rock group Dir-En-Grey. > > At least with Dir-En-Grey, they'd at least speak out against that kind > of amoral crap if they did have any songs dealing with bestiality which > they don't. > > To clarify, I'm not a prude and I'm fully excepting of people with > different life styles of the LGBT variety, but this crap is something > else altogether! > > I'm on The Icon mailing list as well as the Victor Reader Stream mailing > list and have never seen crap like this before and if there's anyone out > there who reports GW Micro to The Better Business Bero for posting crap > like this, or even if it was high-jacking, it's still this company's > responsibility to make sure it's computer protection programs are > working properly and are up to date. > > And even if it was malfunctioning computer protection programs, it > doesn't make much difference and if either way, someone does report this > company for this garbage to the B.B.B., that's fine with me, as I don't > tolerate screwing around from anyone who calls themselves a professional. > > I get that mistakes happen, but this is pushing it, mistake or no mistake! > > James > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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