RayLopez99  wrote in
news:bb7eac56-c205-4cb4-b03f-20cd457eeca4@googlegroups.com: 

> I've not. I surf porn sites that supposedly have viruses/malware
> on them, and last I caught even some PUP was years ago. 

I'm sure I can find you some websites that wouldn't be safe to surf 
on. Virus guy posts alot of interesting urls....
 
> Some of you are technicians, so have you seen any malware/viruses
> on systems that employ a quality AV like Microsoft Security
> Essentials or Windows Defender?  Nope. Didn't think so. 

Actually, I have, yes. I recently (three days ago actually) removed 
the first Poweliks.A that I've seen ITW from a clients machine. This 
wouldn't technically be a virus though; but it's certainly malware.

Are you familiar with it? It lives in the registry and has no actual 
file presence on the machine otherwise. Do you know how to remove it? 
:)

> Viruses are overhyped, but I do agree that once in a while they
> can cause a problem.

I would have to disagree with you. Trojans are overhyped, yes. 
Viruses, not so much. I haven't seen an actual virus in sometime.

Viruses are much trickier to deal with. That includes detection and 
removal.

> Symantec, probably because corporations have fewer seats to fill. 
> A dying industry, nothing like our fiend Dustbin imagines it to
> be... 

I don't know who Dustbin is. My name is Dustin. Dustbin is something 
I was called once in the first grade though. He didn't call me that 
again after I punched him in the nose. He bled alot, but he didn't 
call me Dustbin again. [g] The point of my telling you that though is 
because I find it amusing that an adult such as yourself, 30+ years 
later can't outdo one of my classmates from 30+ years ago. That's 
funny to me. Very funny.


> That said, I was perusing a Bitcoin forum and noticed a lot
> of people had their bitcoin wallets hacked, but it's probably
> because they use TOR for privacy, which has backdoors and rogue
> sites (Bitcon / Tor is where criminals hide) that will fool you
> into thinking they are legit, and then they'll do a
> Man-in-the-Middle attack.   Tor is badware. 

Tor itself doesn't have any known backdoors. Idiot. Tor isn't 
badware, moron. It's a protocol, actually. No different than other 
protocols, except this one is designed with the idea of privacy first 
in mind.

The users probably got their bitcoins taken in much the same way as 
other people. Doubtful it was directly related to Tor; as it's a 
protocol!


-- 
If you can read this, Thank a teacher.
If you're reading it in english, Thank a soldier!


--- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2