Re: adblocker hijacked, I think

From: taff (taff_at_the-valleys.com)
Date: 01/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:25:06 +0000

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:36:53 GMT, "Tim H." <tekphobia@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>"Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns947B16872EBC9notmwnotmecom@204.127.199.17...
>> "Big Will"
>> <SpamWSpamiSpamlSpamlSpamBSpam4SpameSpamvSpaaaaameSpammityrSpam@nIdontlik
>> eSpametzero.net> wrote in news:40136e43@darkstar:
>>
>> > Oh, I guess I should make it clear, it's the webhistory log. Content
>> > blocking also stopped monitoring on 1/12/04. All this is around the
>> > time my adblocker started giving me trouble.
>> >
>>
>> You seem to be having a lot of problems. And I'll say this to you. The
>> buck stops at the O/S, if you have one that can be configured to protect
>> itself such as an NT based O/S. The FW, AV, the BS ad blocker etc. etc is
>> secondary to the O/S and one should start at the O/S in the protection
>> and work their way out with layered protection, along with using one's
>> common sense.
>
>Oh man, I couldn't agree with you more! I couldn't have said it better
>myself!! Here I thought I was the only one that thought that the "firewall",
>A/V, etc craze was caused by FUD (read: Steve Gibson). Sorry if I've
>misinterpreted what you said.
>
>*I can't remember the last time I had an A/V program, and I've never used a
>firewall. It all hinges on common sense/intelligence.
>
>-Tim
>
>*Famous last words =)
>
>>
>> Duane :)

You have no firewall ??

So as soon as you connected to the internet you were infected with
MSblast / Nachi / Welchia etc.
Since you have no AV, you don't realize this and so you are now
broadcasting these viruses to everyone else on the internet.

Taff.................

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