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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Nope! The users in our lab do not have permission to install anything. They literally cannot install such programs. But the machines are goobered up anyway.
To some extent you're right, it does cut down on the number of stuff you get if you don't click "I agree" to everything. But there's a reason we call this stuff scumware.
And good freeware doesn't have malware. I hate to say it, but look for stuff from the open source community. They don't generally do scumware. And if you're gonna download things, go with a nice Bittorrent client like Azureus, instead of evil tools like Kazaa.
I don't use anything now, I only did one time... for that original batch of cookies way back when. Anything we find now ecurbh downloads, and I don't even know where he gets it. Mysterious places without names, I think :~D
I just don't understand why everyone else gets so infected with stuff and I see none of it. And folk who install every kind of free scanner find it all over.
I also don't get spam, and have only one email address, the same one I've had for years. Either this stuff doesn't really exist, or people are letting it in and feeding it. Or there is ~something~ I am doing right.
Just for giggles, I downloaded Adaware and Spybot this morning to see what they would find.
Adaware only found a half-dozen registry keys for Alexa (Is Alexa spyware?).
Spybot only found 2 cookies (which are NOT spyware ;~D).
Other than the previously mentioned Kazaa/Gator issue, I have never had problems with adware or spyware, and without firsthand experience, I just have trouble believing the problem is really all that widespread.
I'm guessing there are at least two things you're doing right: Not visiting "questionable" websites and not advertising your email address on a website.
Spammers actively "crawl" websites looking for "mailto:" html references, and then add the email address to their list of recipients for spam.
Well, spam I do KNOW exists - I get plenty of it, mostly to the email addresses that are listed publicly on my websites. I have a personal address that I keep for personal correspondence, and that stays clean. And I have a yahoo address that I use just for signing up to online things - registering for forums, newsletters, and such - and that gets a TON of spam, but yahoo has pretty good filtering, so I only have to manually delete a few message a week that get through.
What about my HairOfTheDog@FR addy that is here on my profile? That forwards to my home address....
We have mail links on our blog, but ecurbh has them coded I guess so they can't be crawled.
I do think it has to do with enrolling places, signing up for things, who in turn sell the address. I'm somewhat reluctant to enroll for things, but I do when I need to. I've gotten lucky I guess, when I've opted out of contact, the places I've enrolled at have respected that.
OK - I know spam exists.... what I should have said is, I think it doesn't mysteriously appear.... I think people sign up for it. Intentionally or not.
It's not an active link, so no "mailto:" html code. Some crawlers are smart enough to look for a character string of the type "name@adress" within a webpage, but that can result in a lot of bad hits, so most rely on finding a "mailto:" code.
Sometimes yes. Spammers also really, really love those stupid email jokes that people forward - they'll harvest alllll those addresses.
And sell them to the aliens.... so they know where to pick you up ;~D right? :~D
I'm not joking... not tinfoil, either. It's why I get mad when people forward me inane jokes even after I've asked them not to, or to at least use bcc.
You know how in the movie, as was mentioned in the book, the rushing river looks like white horses which overwhelm the Black Riders? In the soundtrack, there is a swell of horns that suggests those horses, and then diminishes with just cellos and basses to suggest the water as it levels off. I love that part, and can see in my mind those white horses charging, but in the movie, that music is not used at all!! I was astounded the first time I saw the movie after having listened to the soundtrack! It is such a perfect fit!
Did you ever get a ceiling fan in there? If so, lower the top half of the double hung windows and fire that sucker up!
That's with all the doors open and the fan on medium.
We're having to run into town for a bit.... we'll be late for the start of ROTK.... but will catch up when we get back.
We'll start it when there's a couple people in the chat. If everyone's running late...
Please add me to the the Ring-Ping list.
Momaw
I have to remember to clean the discs first so they won't freeze. :)
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