On Wednesday 19 February 2003 11:32 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 05:52, Seedkum Aladeem wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was surfing some web sites last night using Konqueror and I warning
> > window popped up saying that something or other "has an unauthorized link
> > to my machine". What does that mean? is it a virus or a hack attack or
> > what?
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Seedkum
>
> That "pop-up" was an advertisement - aimed at Windows users - or really,
> anyone that is dumb enough to click the link in the window. It's a
> highly illegal means by which to advertise - but it IS an advertisement.
> With the amount of surfing that I do, I get those incessant buggers
> often - and they suck.
>
> You're running linux - no one's just going to "link" to your
> machine...not unless you set it up, configure it and administer it.

The pop-up window did not show me any link to click. The pop-up had only an 
"OK" button. Is that how it would show up on Windows? or does Windows pop-up 
show a URL it asks you to click on? The pop-up appeared to me like a warning 
pop-up from the operating system (LM9.0).

Thanx,

Seedkum




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