Comments on: Fear Keeps Us Safe

By: mellbell

mellbell — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:49:53 +0000

@redmanlaw: Took an hour and a half to remove Desktop Defender from my computer the other day, making me late for work and very cranky.

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:49:23 +0000

@Benny, SanFranLefty: If more than 4 percent of computer users used Macs, it might be worth someone's time to write a iVirus. Obviously, russianmafia.com has other priorities. Also, I am not paying 3x the cost of my Dell for a computer for myself, although I did get Mrs RML a MacBook last year because she's one of "those people".

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:16:08 +0000

@Benedick: I was really, really tempted to post "What's malware?" and sign it Original Mac user but was afraid that'd be adding insult to injury.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:50:22 +0000

Virus? Can't we all just switch to Macs? *dodging bottles thrown at smug* @nojo: God I love it when you talk geek. Me no comprende. But it makes me wonder how you'd look in a pair of low-slung jeans and not much else but sweat. Pretty damn fine I reckon. Forget CP. You can Stinque right here, cowboy.

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:35:21 +0000

@karen marie: My office computer got hit by “Antivirus Live” which shut it down with pop up windows from pron, Guardian Angel Network etc. Even after the tech guy runs the malware remover from Malwarebytes (Get it? Those funny geeks.) it left behind reloaders or opened the door for other viruses that hijack my search engines so I get redirects to other (fake) search engines. One of the sites whose name whips by is some Russian site that’s a known source of viruses.

My mother in law’s computer got hit by “Desktop Defender 2010″, which behaves very much like “Antivirus Live”. They both send out popups that look like McAfee or another antivirus program’s warnings. I guess by the time you see those, it’s too late. Local indy geeks removed it less way less than Best Buy, which wanted $200 to do it.

By: nojo

nojo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:19:39 +0000

@Dodgerblue: Stinque Mobile is still technically beta, at least until they release a version that's easy to hack. (It's promised soon.) I like it myself, but there are some nuances I'd like to tidy before making it the iPhone/Crackberry default.

By: Dodgerblue

Dodgerblue — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:51:40 +0000

Love this mobile mode.
Looks like the Jets season is about to end.

By: nojo

nojo — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:31:06 +0000

Housekeeping notes: Looks like the CP domain automatically renewed again for another year. I was tracking it closely a year ago, ready to swoop in if it expired. This year I was mildly interested, just to keep our collective history in order. Next year? Zzzzzz. Hey, the comments disappeared before we left, the site itself disappeared months ago. All that remains is the Wayback Machine.

By: al2o3cr

al2o3cr — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:12:51 +0000

@Serolf Divad:

The thing that struck me is that he’s trotting out the same language that was used to slash most of the cash assistance programs *last time*, during the Contract On America years. Apparently, the hard time limits and work requirements just aren’t tough enough.

I’d also love to see a reporter pin him down on why the big banks should get bailed out without paying serious $$$ for it. After all, don’t they “owe something back” as well?

I’d also be interested to see if *he* could pass a drug test. Maybe a polygraph to see if he’s been “walking the Appalachian trail”, if you know what I mean. After all, he’s living off the government as well…

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:41:24 +0000

@SanFranLefty: I think he had something more like Sen Coburn's stealth sterilization program in mind. (For those unfamiliar with Sen. Dr. Coburn's work as an OB, he sterilized some Medicaid patients without their consent. Too lazy to look up linque right now).