Re: Blocking threats from USB storage device - *spam*

Thanks again, Phil. In my case, I did get my money back (eventually!)

D.
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"Phil Weldon" <not.disclosed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Z35pi.11254$zA4.111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
'BoaterDave' wrote:
| I'm beginning, at last, to understand how everything works here, but
it's
| taken two years to do so! <g>
|
| I first found out about Newsgroups only *after* I had had my identity
stolen
| and started to look into how it could have happened. Thousands of people
| evidently browse the MS Newsgroups looking for help and advice. I'm sure
| many are even more naive than I was (am? <g>) and must be highly
vulnerable
| to being exploited. How many of them do, actually, click on a link -
which
| might take them to an infected site? I suspect that I did on more than
one
| occasion! <g>
_____

Glad to help. I had a head start on you; I began programming computers
in
1965 B^)

Many of the dangers on the Internet will get sorted out; and those that
don't, well, it's better to meet them through electronic mediation than
face-to-face. Some rob you with a digital touch, some with a gun.

Phil Weldon

"BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ed00kVTzHHA.4652@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Thank you so much for your reply, Phil.
|
| I'm beginning, at last, to understand how everything works here, but
it's
| taken two years to do so! <g>
|
| I first found out about Newsgroups only *after* I had had my identity
stolen
| and started to look into how it could have happened. Thousands of people
| evidently browse the MS Newsgroups looking for help and advice. I'm sure
| many are even more naive than I was (am? <g>) and must be highly
vulnerable
| to being exploited. How many of them do, actually, click on a link -
which
| might take them to an infected site? I suspect that I did on more than
one
| occasion! <g>
|
| I admit I had to look here for clarification of your latter comment:-
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure
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| WHO CLICKED ON THAT LINK? <G>
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|
| "Phil Weldon" <not.disclosed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:BeWoi.10871$Od7.1412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > 'BoaterDave' wrote:
| > | Do you know if anyone from MS monitors the posts on Usenet servers?
| > | Does anyone check the links?
| > | Might 'newbies' (as I once was - still am to a degree! <g>) be
| > mis-directed
| > | to, say, an infected site?
| > _____
| >
| > Microsoft runs its own servers for the microsoft.public.* newsgroups
(and
| > provides access through its web based interface [look for 'CDO' in the
| > header of a post, that identifies a message posted directly to the
| > microsoft.public.* servers through the web based interface]). The
| > messages
| > on these proprietary servers are propagated through the Usenet ad hoc
(as
| > in
| > long standing, set up through RFCs, but decentralized) network. There
is
| > a
| > 'message cancelation' command, but that is only available to the
original
| > poster, and not all Usenet servers honor message cancellations. So
| > essentially, no, Microsoft has no control over posts once they reach
| > Usenet
| > servers. But that is the nature of Usenet (Google search 'Usenet');
one
| > of
| > its major strengths - NO Centralized Control.
| >
| > The best protection is an educated user, someone who uses always on
| > up-to-date antivirus and other antimalware protection, who keeps the
| > operating system up-to-date with ALL security patches and service
packs,
| > who
| > uses a router with NAT, and who uses some discretion in where they go
and
| > what packages they open (as in real life.)
| >
| > Yes, I am sure Microsoft monitors the posts, but that is certainly no
| > gauruntee... the greater dangers are perhaps from well meaning but
| > dangerous
| > advice - but that is generally kept in check in microsoft.public.*
| > newsgroups as well as in de jure (as opposed to de facto) Usenet
| > newsgroups
| > through the kind of 'peer review' you see in this newsgroup. (At one
time
| > there were numerous posts with Internet Worms as attachment to
newsgroups,
| > but that has dropped to zero, probably because most ISPs now scan
email
| > and
| > newsgroup posts for malware (Google search 'Swen').
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| >
| > "BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:OZLskwLzHHA.4712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Thanks for that, Phil.
| > |
| > | Do you know if anyone from MS monitors the posts on Usenet servers?
| > | Does anyone check the links?
| > | Might 'newbies' (as I once was - still am to a degree! <g>) be
| > mis-directed
| > | to, say, an infected site?
| > |
| > | BD
| > | ***********************************************************
| > | "Phil Weldon" <not.disclosed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | news:yGMoi.10743$Od7.9140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > 'BoaterDave' wrote:
| > | > | On this server, cannot Microsoft remove such posts?
| > | > _____
| > | >
| > | > Not from Usenet servers where you read this.
| > | >
| > | > Phil Weldon
| > | >
| > | > "BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | > news:%23QMqVhGzHHA.4476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > | Hello again Malke :)
| > | > |
| > | > | On this server, cannot Microsoft remove such posts?
| > | > |
| > | > | BD
| > | > |
| > | > | **********************************
| > | > | "Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | > | news:us8L1PGzHHA.5408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > | > zhengshareware wrote:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > spam
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Malke
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > Elephant Boy Computers
| > | > | > www.elephantboycomputers.com
| > | > | > "Don't Panic!"
| > | > | > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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