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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