27 Jul 12 17:02, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 ml>> you may have a rogue browser plugin...

 RW>> Rogue, as in?

 ml> rogue as in basically a trojan... in other words, you visit a site
 ml> and there's content there you (think) you want to see but the site
 ml> tells you you need to update your flash or pdf reader or video codec
 ml> and offers the supposed update to you... so you download it and the
 ml> infestation ensues...

MES would stop such an incident in an instant. That is, if it got past FF.

 ml> granted, i used the term "browser plugin" but i was meaning all of
 ml> the above... it may have been a fake codec... i don't know where
 ml> roger goes or what his level of knowledge of the software on his
 ml> machine is or his gullibility factor in situations like that...

 ml> here's another example... what whould you do if you found a USB stick
 ml> laying on the ground outside your home or office?

Take it to Walmart and insert it into their photocopy machine. Look at all
the dirty pictures and then leave it there for someone else to find.

                R\%/itt

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