“Those sending computer viruses to this email will have their ip addresses forwarded to the proper law enforcement officials.” Right. Most people whose computers are infected with a computer virus are probably unaware that it is infected. How many people think, “Hey, let me infect my computer with a virus and let it send out…
Here is an article on computer viruses, spam, and the new portal for which I was interviewed for the Spectator, the university student news paper. Josh Stone Campus computers are getting sick from e-mail viruses and spam, but Information Technology staff members say they have medicine to fight the problem. “We can’t really eliminate them, but we…
I find myself wanting to give Netscape the benefit of the doubt and give it another try. The browser offially sucks now in my opinion. Now, I do not have by any means a slow machine at work:Â 1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM, Ultra ATA 100 7200 RPMÂ hard drive. On this machine, the browser crawls.…
Sorry… just got up off the floor from laughing so hard. Got this in an email: “Explore the world of beautiful Russian woman Browse FREE PICTURES submitted by Lovely young Russian women seeking love and a better life. Everything you’ve dreamed of Unspoiled, Available, and Eager. Think of the world through the eyes of beautiful…
My answer to the emails whose subject line is “How Smart Are You?”:Â Â Smart enough to know not to open this email <delete> Admittedly, I am becoming very lame. Feel like I should be honing my shooting skills instead of doing this mundane thing called work. Must… resist… buying… $500 in games!
Gotta love spam… “Ezra, we guarantee that you will stop smoking!” I can guarantee it too… I don’t smoke. I even try not to get second hand smoke! WTF? Gonna go home and take a nap. Definitely will take some allergy meds. Tired cause I’m not getting enough oxygen (racing heartbeat and sich). Birthday parties are weird.…
From a spam… “Unhappy with your Breast size?” uh… yeah. I’d like them to be smaller. They have been known to be larger than some females I know. As a guy that is just embarassing.
Internet OMG… Isn’t it time for an artificial intelligence tool to offer artificial common sense? To simply look at these sorts of sites and messages and say, “Hey, don’t be a moron!” and shuffle the user off to someplace safe like PBSKids.org? Gullibility Rules – CIO Tech Tact – June 3, 2002
Friday was interesting to say the least. A web site exploited Internet Explorer to make itself the recipient of the home page, search URL, and other buttons on a co-worker’s computer. I agreed to try to fix it. Eventually gave up on my own knowledge of things to check. This little bastard of a trojan made…