On Aug 9, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Larry Carman wrote:
> Rich, Why did you chose the Apple over other computers/OS's?
> Larry N5BIP
My wife bought a Mac Plus through her school c. 1987, I discovered that
it was easier to use than a typewriter, scissors, and glue, so I began
to write the magazine articles that were lounging around in my head.
I Know enough about the business practices of Microsoft® to want to
avoid them at any cost.
Windows® is too vulnerable to sociopaths. Apple's Unix-based OS 10.__
isn't.
I don't trust a guy who can't find a decent barber.
cheers, Larry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. Measures [mailto:r@somis.org]
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:19 AM
> To: Larry Carman
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Fraudulent email to amps posters
>
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2005, at 5:47 AM, Larry Carman wrote:
>
>> She was using Win 98 with IE. Just like Will said, IE is usually the
>> culprit by allowing executables to be installed an to run
>> automatically.
>
> Interesting. I run Apple's OS10.3.
>
>> I'm using IE on this XP computer but have disabled the pertinent
>> things
>> that contribute to computer chaos. I also agree with Will that
>> Ad-Aware is the best free anti-spyware available.
>> I have another computer running Linux Red Hat Fedora core 3. I have
>> three
>> browsers on it ( IE, Firefox and Netscape ) but use Firefox almost
>> exclusively.
>
> tnx, Larry
>>
>> Larry N5BIP
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R. Measures [mailto:r@somis.org]
>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 12:42 PM
>> To: Larry Carman
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Fraudulent email to amps posters
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Larry Carman wrote:
>>
>>> A couple of years ago my daughter had downloaded an installed a piece
>>> of
>>> software which installed a driver on her local computer that caused
>>> the
>>> web browser to form links based on certain keywords displayed in the
>>> browser. Didn't matter which sites you were visiting. It actually
>>> removed
>>> any original links in the page and replaced them with links they had
>>> associated with there keywords. The program she downloaded and
>>> installed
>>> said nothing about this link alteration but was supposed to have a
>>> whole other function. Think about the implications of this if you
>>> were
>>> to be using paypal or any other site that requested personal
>>> information.
>>> If you were to go to paypal.com you would get the correct page but
>>> the
>>> links may have been swapped. If so and you click on 'Send Money' you
>>> would
>>> see the fake ( but identical in appearance ) page which may route
>>> your
>>> money
>>> to a totally different account. This is only an example and I know
>>> you
>>> have
>>> to specify bank routing numbers when you register with paypal but
>>> what
>>> about
>>> others financial institutions, etc...
>>>
>>> I haven't heard of a real life incident of such but wonder if anyone
>>> else
>>> has?
>>
>> Larry -- what operating system was she using?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Larry N5BIP
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
>>> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
>>> Behalf Of Pete Smith
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:31 AM
>>> To: Bill Aycock; Dennis12Amplify@aol.com; amps@w4zt.com;
>>> Amps@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Fraudulent email to amps posters
>>>
>>>
>>> You can also get a pretty good idea by looking at the full header.
>>> The
>>> last few of these I have seen showed origin in Finland or Estonia.
>>> Also,
>>> PayPal says they will never address a message to you without using
>>> your
>>> name in the message itself.
>>>
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>
>>> At 12:41 AM 8/7/2005, Bill Aycock wrote:
>>>
>>>> These false posts are very well done, and use the logo of ebay and
>>>> PayPal.
>>>> These two companies have set up a separate address you can forward
>>>> to, to
>>>> check.
>>>> Forward any suspect post to:
>>>> Spoof@ebay.com , or spoof @paypal.com
>>>> They will answer you, and will use your data to track the fakers
>>>> down.
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> At 06:48 PM 8/6/2005 -0400, Dennis12Amplify@aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 8/6/05 5:01:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> amps@w4zt.com
>>>>> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else receiving email with fraudulent attempts to gain
>>>>> access
>>>>> to
>>>>> your Ebay and PayPal accounts being sent to the address you use to
>>>>> post
>>>>> to this list?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I had, and wondered where it had originated, but stopped it
>>>>> quickly
>>>>> by
>>>>> forwarding them all to spoof @ebay.com or _spoof@aol.com_
>>>>> (mailto:spoof@aol.com)
>>>>> and let them handle it...
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis O.
>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>
>>>> Bill Aycock - W4BSG
>>>> Woodville, Alabama
>>>>
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>>
>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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