Possible Flash Vulnerability! (PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT)

[keyclone]

...and your argument is like saying "don't use linux because its free"

free and open source is one thing... free but closed source is another.

(and yes, i've developed quite a number of servers/apps on linux since 1995ish)

[Suvega]

God free but closed source software IS evil... what was I thinking...
iTunes
Zune
Flash player
Acrobat reader
winRar
Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo Messenger
AIM
The entire Windows Live Suite
Everything Google creates


OH MAH GAWD WAT HAVE I DONE!

[entoptic]

spybot search and destroy + tea timer FTW.

Go Go Go.....

Google it but don't click on the prutty youtubes links :P

[Sam DeathWalker]

I just back up my drives every week, if I get virus I just take the back up and pop it into the machine.

No Norton, no firewall, no nothing and I havnt been hit yet (just dont open email attachments or when you see the "do you trust software from Imacompanyyouneverheardof" click NO).

In fact I been responding to spam email (you know BS job offers or someone with a million bucks to send to you) lately with:

You know for this to work you have to find someone who is even more pathatic and stupid then you are. Do you really think thats possible?

[keyclone]

hmmm... why can't i get free closed source copies of windows? ms office? illustrator?
hell.. why isn't the ms surface table open sourced and/or free?

since you believe all software should be free... you should explain this to your evil overlords... at which point, you should also explain how you will continue working 60-80 hr weeks for no pay.

btw, i was talking about free, closed source anti-virus software
(microsoft charging for anti-virus software on their own platform, too funny)

and last i checked, there were far, far less virus problems with the mac platform.

[keyclone]

In fact I been responding to spam email (you know BS job offers or someone with a million bucks to send to you) lately with:

sam, you do realize that by responding... your email address goes into another list of confirmed, working, active email addresses.
at which point, your spam will increase.
the best option is to ignore them completely.

[Sam DeathWalker]

My email is so old that its on every list anyways. I used to get a email every 3 minutes (really) before they closed down the big spammers, now its like one an hour.

[bigp3rm]

Not sure if this is related but it's pretty close.

I got an email to update my bitdefender anti virus account. It was going to be up in a few days. I opened the link and the login side seemed fishy. So I just went to the official site and upgraded my account to bitdefender 09. And since then it has been poping up a random virus and removes it. Next time it comes up I'll check and see what it's catching.

Just be careful of emails you are getting.

[Moorea]

My email is so old that its on every list anyways. I used to get a email every 3 minutes (really) before they closed down the big spammers, now its like one an hour.

lucky you - thats nothing ! I'm getting about 3000 emails every 24h 2990 of which are spam; about 2800 of which my spam filter does catch but sadly I end up with still hundreds of spam to swift through resulting in me not reading my home email anymore because it's so painful ... I need to find a better solution

[Vyndree]

Someone has to pay my paycheck.

Would you rather Windows be advertisement-based revenue?

since you believe all software should be free... you should explain this to your evil overlords... at which point, you should also explain how you will continue working 60-80 hr weeks for no pay.

Quit putting words in their mouths -- They never insinuated anything of the sort. By saying "Some software that is free is not bad" they are not saying "All software that is free is good."


How about a Venn diagram to show you why your deduction is illogical?

P.S. Nobody argues against logic and MSPaint.