Micro$haft owns the gaming industry, no doubt. But maybe they own just too much... ----- Original Message ----- From: Reedbeta Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? Even though Microshit's business practices make the devil look like a saint,
you've got to admit that there are a few products of theirs that are actually
good in some way...of course, those are probably the ones that are stolen.
--- Nathan Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's the trouble with Micro$haft, they don't care. Do you think after
> successfully infecting almost all the world's computers with Winblos or the
> sort, they would care about auto-changing homepages with no user input? Not
> really. Micro$haft has one goal as I see it, money. Money is all that
> matters to them, customer satisfaction is second, a distant second.
>
> - Lakario
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [BD]Avatar-X
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ?
>
> Yes, I agree. One of the most annoying Javascript things is the fact that in
> Internet
> Explorer, Javascript can be used to change your homepage, without asking you.
> What kind
> of feature is that?? If I was the programmer who had implemented that at
> Microshaft, I
> would have taken a few seconds more to code a question pop-up.
>
> -av
>
> Pat Magnan wrote:
>
> > The author of the web based email package I use (neomail) patently
> > refuses to add any time of HTML support whatsoever. Some view him as
> > backwards for this view, but frankly I applaud his decision.
> >
> > Having the capability to read and parse arbitrary content in a mail
> > package is exactly what has lead to this wave of email viruses. Do we
> > really need a scripting engine so powerful that any program can do
> > anything to the system, particularly when there is no particular (at
> > least that I've ever worked out) system security.
> >
> > At least on Unix, most users are severly hampered from destroying
> > anything particularly important (save their own data), even though
> > there's more powerful scripting languages than WSH (in my opinion
> > anyway).
> >
> > I still think most of these viruses depend on you opening the
> > attachment (although that may not be the case for long, if JavaScript
> > or ActiveX can be employed to help out a bit by a sufficiently clever
> > virus author).
> >
> > > Is this something I need to open McAfee for or can it be avoided by
> > not
> > > opening any files? My e-mail client is gay and automatically views
> > the
> > > first new e-mail so if I can get this thing by just viewing the e-mail
> > > I'm screwed already.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:53:30 -0500 "[BD]Avatar-X"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > lol... i got a file called docs.doc.pif
> > > >
> > > > But since i'm not stupid enough to use Outlook, i didn't even see
> > > > the attachment.
> > > > -av
> > > >
> > > > Leon Hartwig wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is this one of those 'one hand clapping' type of questions?
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Oskar 'Zoot' Lindgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 8:14 AM
> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > why can4t i send to this list any longer?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger
> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:06 PM
> > > > > > Subject: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > yes, there is a virus on this list! BUT THEY DID NOT SEND IT TO
> > > > THE
> > > > > > LIST, just to everyone single!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SUCKER WHO DID THAT, just delete the mail you got, DO NOT OPEN!
> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > ----------
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > www.rossispage.de <http://www.rossispage.de>
> > > > > > ICQ# 76679953
> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > ----------
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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