Re: Ain't you glad you bought a Mac

wrote:
> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to reinstall
> the operating system.....again.
>
> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm tries to crack
> administrators' passwords, disables security software, blocks access to
> antivirus vendors' websites to prevent updating, and opens the machines to
> further infections by Conficker's authors.
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>
>

No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)

Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>> wrote:
>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>
>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm tries to
>>> crack administrators' passwords, disables security software, blocks
>>> access to antivirus vendors' websites to prevent updating, and opens
>>> the machines to further infections by Conficker's authors.
>>>
>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>
>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>
>>
>
> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)

You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in "good"
company because Frank does the same stupid thing.

Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm tries
>>>>> to crack administrators' passwords, disables security software,
>>>>> blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to prevent updating,
>>>>> and opens the machines to further infections by Conficker's authors.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>
>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>
>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in "good"
>> company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>
>
> Avast does that without my asking it to.

When you installed it, you let it install those features.

> Don't know if I can turn that off.
> I'll try later, since it bothers you.
>
> Everything Windows is easy!

Actually, to turn it off is not so easy. You have to uninstall Avast and
reinstall it using the custom install where you indicate if you want
email and exchange checking.

Alias

>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in "good"
>> company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>
>
> Avast does that without my asking it to.
> Don't know if I can turn that off.
> I'll try later, since it bothers you.

It should have asked during install.

Right-click the tray icon, 'Stop Provider' -> (Whichever you want to stop)

It wil then ask if you want to permanently turn it off.

I've found the 'Web Shield' causes noticable delay on my system, and never
do e-mail scanning anyway. The standard shield is enough, IMO.

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gqnolv$fcd$...
>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>>>>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm
>>>>>>> tries to crack administrators' passwords, disables security
>>>>>>> software, blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to prevent
>>>>>>> updating, and opens the machines to further infections by
>>>>>>> Conficker's authors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>>>
>>>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>>>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in
>>>> "good" company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Avast does that without my asking it to.
>>
>> When you installed it, you let it install those features.
>>
>>> Don't know if I can turn that off.
>>> I'll try later, since it bothers you.
>>>
>>> Everything Windows is easy!
>>
>> Actually, to turn it off is not so easy. You have to uninstall Avast
>> and reinstall it using the custom install where you indicate if you
>> want email and exchange checking.
>>
>>
>
> Nah, there's a tab in Internet Mail to turn that off.
> Crap, now I'm in trouble ;-)

Yeah, that was one of the first things I turned off after installing
Avast. Pointless feature if you ask me, but then I don't do newsgroup
binaries.

Frank wrote:
> the dumb fukkin thieving alias wrote:
>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm tries
>>>>> to crack administrators' passwords, disables security software,
>>>>> blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to prevent updating,
>>>>> and opens the machines to further infections by Conficker's authors.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>
>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>
>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in "good"
>> company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>
>> Alias
>
> You are a computer illiterate idiot aren't you!
> Big chuckle!
> The default install of Avast does that. Who cares! It is irrelevant.
> Oops!...so you're the lying sales person for your little thieving
> enterprise huh?
> Figures, cause you don't know jack-**** about computers!
> Stick to sheep-fukkin...it comes naturally for you!...LOL!

It's a known fact that email scanning can cause corruption in email/news
programs, especially Windows Fail and Outhouse Distress, but, hey, it's
your computer and, being as you have got no one interested in sending
you email, you don't have to worry when (not if) you lose all your email
messages. It may make it a little rough for you to post here, being as
most of your posts are copy and paste bullshit.

Regarding email scanning, Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/IE wrote:

"Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:

"Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...f00a0188256d4e...

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. To make sure that
Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled
and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus
definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT.../f7d6cb402f0b7...

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/n...ntivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it."

URL:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8d851757f13fd5


Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Frank" <> wrote in message news:...
>> the dumb fukkin thieving alias wrote:
>>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>>>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm tries
>>>>>> to crack administrators' passwords, disables security software,
>>>>>> blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to prevent updating,
>>>>>> and opens the machines to further infections by Conficker's authors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>>
>>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>>
>>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in
>>> "good" company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> You are a computer illiterate idiot aren't you!
>> Big chuckle!
>> The default install of Avast does that. Who cares! It is irrelevant.
>> Oops!...so you're the lying sales person for your little thieving
>> enterprise huh?
>> Figures, cause you don't know jack-**** about computers!
>> Stick to sheep-fukkin...it comes naturally for you!...LOL!
>>
>>
>> ---
>> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean.
>> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
>> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:15 PM
>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
>> http://www.avast.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> LOL.
> I was gonna do the same thing.
>
>
> ---
> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:43 PM
> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
> http://www.avast.com
>
>
>

Bragging about your stupidity again, eh? I hope for your sake that you
back up Windows Fail every day because it is not if you will lose all
your messages but when.

Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gqo6hb$75n$...
>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>> "Frank" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> the dumb fukkin thieving alias wrote:
>>>>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>>>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have to
>>>>>>>> reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm
>>>>>>>> tries to crack administrators' passwords, disables security
>>>>>>>> software, blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to
>>>>>>>> prevent updating, and opens the machines to further infections
>>>>>>>> by Conficker's authors.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast checking
>>>>> Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle. You're in
>>>>> "good" company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> You are a computer illiterate idiot aren't you!
>>>> Big chuckle!
>>>> The default install of Avast does that. Who cares! It is irrelevant.
>>>> Oops!...so you're the lying sales person for your little thieving
>>>> enterprise huh?
>>>> Figures, cause you don't know jack-**** about computers!
>>>> Stick to sheep-fukkin...it comes naturally for you!...LOL!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean.
>>>> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
>>>> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:15 PM
>>>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
>>>> http://www.avast.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> LOL.
>>> I was gonna do the same thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
>>> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
>>> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:43 PM
>>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
>>> http://www.avast.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Bragging about your stupidity again, eh? I hope for your sake that you
>> back up Windows Fail every day because it is not if you will lose all
>> your messages but when.
>>
>> Alias
>>
>
>
> I got messages from '05 in my current install of XP.( for user
> passwords, and the like).
> From '07 in WinMail.
> I do back them up, though.
> And, I send some to my hotmail account.
>
> You really aren't too smart.
> All users aren't as dumb as you hope us to be.

I can only go on by what I see and you have Avast checking email,
something that was proven to be stupid in this groups years ago.

Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gqo6e5$75n$...
>> Frank wrote:
>
>>>> SNIP
>>>
>>> You are a computer illiterate idiot aren't you!
>>> Big chuckle!
>>> The default install of Avast does that. Who cares! It is irrelevant.
>>> Oops!...so you're the lying sales person for your little thieving
>>> enterprise huh?
>>> Figures, cause you don't know jack-**** about computers!
>>> Stick to sheep-fukkin...it comes naturally for you!...LOL!
>>
>> SNIP, zzzzzzz <
>
> Help Alias !
> I've lost all control of my AV !
> Help!
>

Once again this idiot can't address issues so he or she tries to make
fun of the messenger, speaking of *stupid*.

Alias

Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gqo77s$d19$...
>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>> news:gqo6hb$75n$...
>>>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>>>> "Frank" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:...
>>>>>> the dumb fukkin thieving alias wrote:
>>>>>>> Cat-In-A-Flat wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:gqnlfi$res$...
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Someone whose machine is infected with Conflicker might have
>>>>>>>>>> to reinstall the operating system.....again.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Once inside, the worm Conflicker does nasty things. The worm
>>>>>>>>>> tries to crack administrators' passwords, disables security
>>>>>>>>>> software, blocks access to antivirus vendors' websites to
>>>>>>>>>> prevent updating, and opens the machines to further infections
>>>>>>>>>> by Conficker's authors.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/...79.html?page=2
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No need for a Mac when you have Linux ;-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No need for a computer when you have linux. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're so paranoid while using Windows that you have Avast
>>>>>>> checking Windows Mail when you send a post to Usenet. Chuckle.
>>>>>>> You're in "good" company because Frank does the same stupid thing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are a computer illiterate idiot aren't you!
>>>>>> Big chuckle!
>>>>>> The default install of Avast does that. Who cares! It is irrelevant.
>>>>>> Oops!...so you're the lying sales person for your little thieving
>>>>>> enterprise huh?
>>>>>> Figures, cause you don't know jack-**** about computers!
>>>>>> Stick to sheep-fukkin...it comes naturally for you!...LOL!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean.
>>>>>> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
>>>>>> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:15 PM
>>>>>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
>>>>>> http://www.avast.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL.
>>>>> I was gonna do the same thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
>>>>> Virus Database (VPS): 090328-0, 03/28/2009
>>>>> Tested on: 3/29/2009 12:00:43 PM
>>>>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
>>>>> http://www.avast.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bragging about your stupidity again, eh? I hope for your sake that
>>>> you back up Windows Fail every day because it is not if you will
>>>> lose all your messages but when.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I got messages from '05 in my current install of XP.( for user
>>> passwords, and the like).
>>> From '07 in WinMail.
>>> I do back them up, though.
>>> And, I send some to my hotmail account.
>>>
>>> You really aren't too smart.
>>> All users aren't as dumb as you hope us to be.
>>
>> I can only go on by what I see and you have Avast checking email,
>> something that was proven to be stupid in this groups years ago.
>>
>>
>
> I turned it back on, after turning it off...and included "checked" notes
> as a joke after you claimed the extreme difficulty in turning it off.
> You recommended a "complete uninstall".
> Hate to be one of your customers.
>

With Avast, that used to be the case. I'm glad they changed that. I
wasn't aware of it because I don't know any dummies like you who install
it with it enabled but thanks for the heads up in case I get a client
who is a stupid as you are.

Alias