yes. On 9/1/2010 12:54 AM, Celeste Williams wrote: > 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
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