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Kassen
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:30 am Post subject:
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http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001362.html
I'm sure nobody here will fall for this, just posting for the funny line at the bottom, worth a chuckle.... _________________ Kassen Last edited by Kassen on Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:00 am; edited 1 time in total |
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seraph
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:34 am Post subject:
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Kassen wrote: |
I'm sure nobody here will fall for this |
I wouldn't be so sure... _________________ homepage - blog - forum - youtube
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Kassen
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:01 am Post subject:
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Ask a friendly Wiondows user then, they have a lot of experience spotting these _________________ Kassen |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:02 am Post subject:
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best way to spot these, is the glitzy interface. It looks more Vista than Mac. _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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Kassen
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:52 am Post subject:
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v-un-v wrote: | best way to spot these, is the glitzy interface. It looks more Vista than Mac. |
That will change.
Quicktime and Itunes use a Mac style interface on Windows as well, BTW so you can't really say not following interface guidelines is a sign of mallware... Well, ok QT is hard (almost impossible) to get out of your system and keeps phoning home so there may be some truth to the concept _________________ Kassen |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:58 am Post subject:
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Kassen wrote: | Well, ok QT is hard (almost impossible) to get out of your system and keeps phoning home so there may be some truth to the concept |
But that is what Little Snitch is for _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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Kassen
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:25 am Post subject:
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Sure or Zone-Alarm on Windows.
Anyway, it's always best to only install software from trusted sources and mind your browser's script settings as well as your fire-wall. I think that's a better policy then basing judgement on the style of the interface of what you see in screenshots.
There are -after all- good programs that completely ignore OS interface guidlines, nearly all games, for example. _________________ Kassen |
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