Hi, No - including Voice Sense and Braille Sense OnHand. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Celeste Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GWN] Viruses
And I assume that means no for the voice sense too? Thanks. Yes I definitely prefer simple! Celeste and Dealer Have an awesome blessed day! -------------------------------------------------- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:29 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GWN] Viruses > ...And to keep the answer simple, No you cannot on the Braille Sense. I > think that most users on the list prefer a more direct answer rather > than the technical one which can leave more questions than the original > one. *smile*. > > > On 8/31/2010 3:13 AM, Joseph Lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Yes - you've sent it twice. This allows me to explain the following: >> >> As followup to my message, it is not just cookies which we (the >> programmers) use to "open up" a sysstem as our "playground" - the >> biggest hole is programs themselves and how CPU treats data and >> instructions. A CPU does not know what it is doing unless a program or >> an operating system tells it what to do. Here's a textual diagram of how >> a malware could take control of your Braille Sense: >> >> You download a media player that claims to play Real Media formats. You >> install it and run it. While the program plays Real Video files, the >> program loads a second module from itself, namely the malware program. >> This module searches Flash Disk of your Braille Sense and finds files to >> open and modify it with its code (called infecting). Then it closes the >> file and finds other files to infect. If Windows CE's file manager >> (filesys.exe) was smart enough to detect changes in modification >> date/time of your files and if an anti-virus program is installed, the >> operating system will warn you that there might be a virus running >> around your braille Sense. These days, programmers are smart enough to >> "fool" the operating system to believing that they are "normal" programs >> - either by keeping the original modified date/time intact on infected >> files, or frequently changing its code to a different variant (called >> polymorphic code, which is hard to detect). Some advanced viruses >> changes its code completely but still offers almost same algorithms >> (this is called metamorphic code). As I said earlier, unless the malware >> destroyed important blocks of ROM, you can "cure" your Braille Sense via >> Hard Reset, if the above hypothetical scenario did happen. >> >> Now you know why experts in computer science are called "hackers". >> >> Cheers, >> >> Joseph >> >> >> >> *From:* Celeste Williams [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:01 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [GWN] Viruses >> >> >> >> I hope I'm not sending this twice. I was having trouble sending email. >> >> >> >> I asked this question a while back. I asked if the GW notetakers could >> get a virus and got the answer that not since they don't' support >> cookies. Now that they do, could viruses be a problem? If so, what can >> a person do to prevent the notetakers from getting a virus? >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> Celeste and Dealer >> Have an awesome blessed day! >> >> >> >> >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >> >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist > Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 > Web http://www.gwmicro.com > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
