Computer Hope
Other => Other => Topic started by: evilfantasy on September 08, 2009, 08:09:00 PM
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Well 100,000 views. Pretty cool to happen along and catch this.
(http://imagecows.net/out.php/i11748_100000.JPG) (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,7.0.html)
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Very nice....congrats ....... a milestone of sorts. (|
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I predict an influx in the near future. Too many fake WMP12 programs are coming out.
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I predict an influx in the near future. Too many fake WMP12 programs are coming out.
redundant. There have been "fakes" of popular programs for ages.
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Thanks to Computer Hope Admin, Broni, Patio, CBMatt and Oddjob for their input when creating the guide which has helped many, many users. ;)
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redundant. There have been "fakes" of popular programs for ages.
But a lot of stupid silly windows users will think, "Hey, I need to update my windows media player! I bet it's not part of Windows Automatic update so that's why I don't have it yet!" *click click* What's wrong with my computer?!
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Nobody thinks, "golly, I bet there is a newer version of *blank*. Only tech-savvy users even care what version they are using; Novice users, unsurprisingly, go with the old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule.
That being said the only effective vector for infection will thus be the same as what is currently being done- for example, now it might be "you need a new version of flash/java/quicktime to play this video. but the download is NOT flash/java/quicktime but a malicious program. (although with Vista/7 you'd think having to click through both the Internet security dialog *AND* the the yellow "something funky might be going on" UAC dialog might make one wonder- on the other hand, they might have been preconditioned to do this (the clicking OK to everything behaviour).
Now all that being said- how will adding WMP to this set of claimed required updates make a difference?
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Congratulatios to Evil Fantasy and hat's off for all the hard work ! !
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3 replies :|
Good work though!
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very good evil , may it grow as the years go on and we all get old and grey
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Thanks to Computer Hope Admin, Broni, Patio, CBMatt and Oddjob for their input when creating the guide which has helped many, many users. ;)
whos Oddjob?
never seen 'em 'round the forum
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whos Oddjob?
never seen 'em 'round the forum
You've never seen Oddjob because you have only been here for a month and a half.
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Congratulations guys, that's great work.
I'll have a word with the big guy and put you in for a raise. ;)
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You've never seen Oddjob because you have only been here for a month and a half.
yes and already he's a mentor :rofl: :rofl:
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Congrats to Evil
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whos Oddjob?
A very knowledgeable Malware Removal Specialist. http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=26271
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then why does he only have 300 post and 4 thanks?
also this should have been in the off topic forum
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then why does he only have 300 post and 4 thanks?
also this should have been in the off topic forum
This is just a suggestion, but maybe you shouldn't hit the Post button when you don't know what you're talking about.
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Post count and thanks have no bearing whatsoever on the knowledge of the user. Ultimately, they are just numbers.
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Very good Evil.
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yes, Unlike Smeezekitty, I doubt that when oddjob posts he presses "post reply" enters a few short sentence fragments interpolated by smacking his head and face against the keyboard.
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A fantastic and well deserved achievement.
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Post count and thanks have no bearing whatsoever on the knowledge of the user. Ultimately, they are just numbers.
Yeah, he's a member of ASAP. That speaks for itself.
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Wow! That's quite impressive!
I almost feel like I'm missing out.
Since Windows 7 had a freak-out on me after the RC1, I went to Ubuntu. At this point in time, I'm clear of the larger majority of viruses... but who knows, ComputerHope may very soon be extending their virus and spyware support to Linux -- one market share point increase over Windows at a time...