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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:22 PM
My Windows 7 laptop is working A-OK with no infection in sight.
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 03:30 PM
They've had ample warning and time to act; an extension will simply give them an excuse for continuing to do nothing.
Pull the plug as scheduled.
Pull the plug as scheduled.
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 07:45 AM
hell fk no take the servers down on march 8. lazy ass buge companies that are rich as crap cant even clean up their networks? They wouldnt have gotten infected in the first place if they kept up on all the things they should keep up on.
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Posted 11 February 2012 - 07:55 PM
RCarrier said:
RCarrier said:
1) Simply repeating what is stated in the article is bad form.
2) Unless you are blocked from doing so, owing to the time allowed for such having expired, edit your posts rather than reposting them.
3) If time allowed for editing has passed, Report your own post, asking that a Moderator edit it for you.
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 12:16 PM
Listen up all you IT professionals. You are not professional if you let your network get infected. You are not professional if you let your users get away with activity that caused the infection. You are not professional if you don't clean it and patch it as soon as you are aware of it. You are not professional if you let your boss who is NOT IT tell you why you CANT update and police the network. Take some responsibility for your network. If you don't, the government will, and we see now what happens when the government takes responsibility. They should have shut it down IMMEDIATELY and let the private sector figure it out.
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 02:35 PM
MichaelStCharles, on 13 February 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:
Listen up all you IT professionals. You are not professional if you let your network get infected. You are not professional if you let your users get away with activity that caused the infection. You are not professional if you don't clean it and patch it as soon as you are aware of it. You are not professional if you let your boss who is NOT IT tell you why you CANT update and police the network. Take some responsibility for your network. If you don't, the government will, and we see now what happens when the government takes responsibility. They should have shut it down IMMEDIATELY and let the private sector figure it out.
IT professionals are neither omniscient, omnipresent, nor omnipotent. To paint all with such a wide brush is to ignore the realities of the matter.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 09:45 AM
You know what? I think this was a set up in order to get into the only thing we have left in this country that is still free for those of us that have a computer.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:57 AM
Sharonb66z, on 14 February 2012 - 09:45 AM, said:
You know what? I think this was a set up in order to get into the only thing we have left in this country that is still free for those of us that have a computer.
"You got some 'splainin' to do!"
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:24 PM
I'm able to get security updates for VirusBarrier, including the vb app on my iPod I have a ton of countermeasures on my Macs, including OS X firewall, stealth mode, NoScript, Ghostery, WOT, DoNotTrackPlus, PrivacyScan, Little Snitch etc, etc. MacScan provides a DNSChanger removal tool for OS X.
Get the f**k off my lawn haha
Get the f**k off my lawn haha
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 11:48 PM
artzy65, on 20 February 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:
I'm able to get security updates for VirusBarrier, including the vb app on my iPod I have a ton of countermeasures on my Macs, including ..., WOT, ...
WoT is crap, not to be trusted. It's ratings are wholly unvetted, and are easily manipulated.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 09:08 AM
deepsand, on 20 February 2012 - 11:48 PM, said:
artzy65, on 20 February 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:
I'm able to get security updates for VirusBarrier, including the vb app on my iPod I have a ton of countermeasures on my Macs, including ..., WOT, ...
WoT is crap, not to be trusted. It's ratings are wholly unvetted, and are easily manipulated.
Yeah, I know... I always google sites to gauge their 'grain-of-salt' factor (I'm suspicious by nature)... people can report whatever they want... for instance, I got a 'warning' when I went to a legit tennis-instruction site. Probably a competitor was dishonest in reporting to WOT that they were sleazy.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:21 PM
I've seen more than one instance of such.
One such incident involved some disgruntled members or ex-members of a professional on-line forum seeking revenge by way of multiple reports that said forum was a download site for malware. We were unable to get the attention of anyone at WoT to visit that forum to determine that it has absolutely no provisions for downloads of any sort. Only by engaging active members to make favorable reports on WoT were we able to negate the falsehoods.
We've also had members who have been unfairly maligned, seeking the aid of others members.
We are fortunate to have a sufficiently large number of willing participants to help. For most, though, that is probably not the case.
One such incident involved some disgruntled members or ex-members of a professional on-line forum seeking revenge by way of multiple reports that said forum was a download site for malware. We were unable to get the attention of anyone at WoT to visit that forum to determine that it has absolutely no provisions for downloads of any sort. Only by engaging active members to make favorable reports on WoT were we able to negate the falsehoods.
We've also had members who have been unfairly maligned, seeking the aid of others members.
We are fortunate to have a sufficiently large number of willing participants to help. For most, though, that is probably not the case.
While each is entitled to his own opinion, no one is entitled to his own facts.
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