OT: Spyware
#81
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 10:42, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> If you create an account without Administrative permission for everyday use,
> you'll eliminate 85 percent of this stuff--the other 15 percent is best
> practices.
Such as not using Internet Exploder or Windows Media player or
enabling Active-X, or using any version of Outlook, or making sure
that unused services are disabled, or not doing any RPC functions,
or better yet, using any non-Microsoftian product
>
> I have never gotten any of this stuff on my PC and don't use such software.
Sincerely hope you don't seriously believe that.
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> If you create an account without Administrative permission for everyday use,
> you'll eliminate 85 percent of this stuff--the other 15 percent is best
> practices.
Such as not using Internet Exploder or Windows Media player or
enabling Active-X, or using any version of Outlook, or making sure
that unused services are disabled, or not doing any RPC functions,
or better yet, using any non-Microsoftian product
>
> I have never gotten any of this stuff on my PC and don't use such software.
Sincerely hope you don't seriously believe that.
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#82
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 16:00, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
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> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#83
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 16:00, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#84
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 16:00, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#85
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 16:00, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Cookies are a normal part of web browsing.
Possibly, and rarely needed by the webserver. Most can be safely
blocked and still use the particular site. Of course then you have
cookies or image bugs that come from different servers that just
happen to appear on the website you *think* you are viewing but
in fact is handily serving you foreign cookies, image bugs, and web
bugs from entirely unrelated domains.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#86
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 17:06, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
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> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
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Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#87
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 17:06, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#88
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 17:06, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#89
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/14/04 17:06, Daniel Melameth's monkeys randomly typed:
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
> Mike,
>
> No offense, but you might want to learn how to thread newsgroup messages...
> Then you wouldn't have to waste bandwidth and storage space by uselessly
> quoting people...
Or *you* might want to read an elementary article on how to use
usenet, where your ignorance is exceeded only by your ignorance of
computers and web in general.
--
Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.
#90
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Re: Spyware
Roughly 5/15/04 05:54, Shaggie's monkeys randomly typed:
> On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:48:21 GMT, Jo <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"It's also proper newsgroup etiquette to not top-post"
>>I'd say that this would be hotly contested...
>
> Which is why I said: "... I know there are frequent holy wars waged
> over top vs bottom posting but..."
Possibly spurred on by the fact that the worst product families
from the worst vendors by default do top posting. Thus being
a reasonably reliable indicator of the technical savvy of the
poster.
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> On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:48:21 GMT, Jo <jo_ratner@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"It's also proper newsgroup etiquette to not top-post"
>>I'd say that this would be hotly contested...
>
> Which is why I said: "... I know there are frequent holy wars waged
> over top vs bottom posting but..."
Possibly spurred on by the fact that the worst product families
from the worst vendors by default do top posting. Thus being
a reasonably reliable indicator of the technical savvy of the
poster.
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Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave.