1.) Don't download pirated videos, warez, etc.
2.) Don't play WMV files.
3.) Problem solved. ;)
1 posted on
01/11/2005 7:32:42 AM PST by
holymoly
To: ShadowAce
2 posted on
01/11/2005 7:33:19 AM PST by
KoRn
To: holymoly
Run ZoneAlarm and force it to always alert you when a program seeks to connect to the net.
To: holymoly
`` 2.) Don't play WMV files.``
Most of my porn is WMV. What do I do? I knew this was going to be a bad day.
4 posted on
01/11/2005 7:37:52 AM PST by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: holymoly
The most malicious Trojan of em all:
5 posted on
01/11/2005 7:39:57 AM PST by
The G Man
(The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
To: holymoly
To: holymoly
A better solution is to turn off the "acquire licences automatically" option (under the Privacy tab in Tools -> Options).
8 posted on
01/11/2005 7:43:01 AM PST by
NonValueAdded
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
To: holymoly
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
TOOLS>OPTIONS>PRIVACY
Uncheck ACQUIRES LICENSES AUTOMATICALLY
You are now immune to that attack. While you are at uncheck all of the boxes on the privacy tab and you will be better off.
9 posted on
01/11/2005 7:43:30 AM PST by
azcap
To: holymoly
I thought Trojans PREVENTED the spread of viruses.
To: holymoly
14 posted on
01/11/2005 7:50:12 AM PST by
Born Conservative
(Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." Richard Nixon)
To: backhoe
15 posted on
01/11/2005 7:50:47 AM PST by
Born Conservative
(Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." Richard Nixon)
To: RhoTheta
20 posted on
01/11/2005 8:36:01 AM PST by
Egon
(Government is a guard-dog to be fed, not a cow to be milked.)
To: holymoly
30 posted on
01/11/2005 9:23:43 AM PST by
N3WBI3
To: holymoly; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Dog Gone; Carry_Okie; Boot Hill; Dog; ...
33 posted on
01/11/2005 9:41:10 AM PST by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: holymoly; ShadowAce
This technology is incorporated through the Windows XP Service Pack 2 + Windows Media Player 10 update. Crap!!!!!!!!
34 posted on
01/11/2005 9:42:55 AM PST by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Nightshift
36 posted on
01/11/2005 10:41:19 AM PST by
tutstar
( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1749993,00.asp"In this case, they're using technology meant to secure content. It just shows that the more bells and whistles you add to the technology, the more you open doors for the bad guys," [Patrick Hinojasa, chief technical officer at Panda Software] said.
Will MS never learn?
37 posted on
01/11/2005 10:06:34 PM PST by
TechJunkYard
(my "other PC" is a 4381)
To: WestCoastGal
38 posted on
01/11/2005 10:08:30 PM PST by
ChefKeith
(Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is comming soon...)
To: holymoly
rule number one for me: even though i have several legacy win98 and winXP systems...
NEVER download anything from Microsoft... all Microsoft software is MALWARE
just recently i tried to uninstall an older version of Windows Media Player -- it refused to go! it took about four or five tries, and broke several other apps in the process... i cannot describe the relief in actually finally succeeding in getting rid of most of it.
WinAMP is much safer...
40 posted on
01/14/2005 6:42:35 PM PST by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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