Rick Merrill wrote:
Ed Mullen wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Some sites really don't want to let me leave -- they pop up this nag
when I try to close their window.
E.g., <http://www.mylife.com/>
Is it harmless enough to click "Yes, I really do want you to fuck off,"
or should I panic and close the entire browser/email program with
CTRL-Q
and never return?
Never click anything on such a site. They may have reprogrammed the
"kill' button to give permission to download an EXE trojan.
Yes, but downloading an .exe file isn't going to cause any harm. RUNNING
the program will.
Some people have naively enabled 'save and run' features in their OS.
In responding to inquires like the OP's I presume the worst and hope for
the best.
So, no harm in clicking the button, SM won't allow
running the file, only saving it.
Ed, I know you only mean to clarify, but do you really want to tell
people that? It sounds as though you are saying 'clicks don't kill
people...'
Well, in the defined context of what I said, yes. No Mozilla browser of
which I'm aware will allow an executable to run, only option is to save.
That means the user will have to then go find the offending file and
make a conscious effort to click and run it. If so, that user deserves
what the they get because they haven't a clue about what they are doing.
Drive a car without wearing a seatbelt. I always wear one and not
because the gummint tells me to - because my life has been saved more
than once by wearing them.
And, no, clicks don't kill people. People kill themselves when they
haven't bothered to educate themselves about clicking.
Carrying the gun analogy on ... in October I visited friends in
Colorado. He (a Navy Captain) took me to his shooting range. Safety
was his first concern. But I got to fire (as many shots as I cared to)
about 8 weapons including an AR-15. I was happily nailing targets a
couple of hundred yards away. With my friend's expert guidance it was a
safe experience. And a learning one. I like learning. It's why I'm here.
No. Clicks don't kill people. People who don't know what a click can
do kill computers. But, to my knowledge, no one has ever died from
uninformed and stupid computing. Oh, ok, maybe some bank accounts
rifled and such but, still, clicking and killing? Not.
So, yes, clicks don't kill anyone. Clicking when you don't have a clue
... yeah, study before you click.
Don't drive without studying how. Don't shoot without studying how.
Don't work on the electrical system in your house before studying. Etc.
Which is, basically, saying: Don't be an ass, look before you leap.
And, yeah, I know, computers have become sorta like toasters. Still, do
you stick a knife in your toaster to retrieve a piece of bread? Didn't
your mamma tell you about that?
Bad computing! :-)
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
A lady friend of mine told me that at her age she has found that going
bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of her face.
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