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Loving that XP control panel.
Jghelfi
haha nice!

i also love the control panel on XP..
superstitious
For the Linux ignorants (like myself), what is happening there? Is Linux just super good at catching viruses? I'm curious.
mipadi
I'm glad you posted this; we've had a dearth of "here's a screenshot of me using Linux" threads lately.
mipadi
QUOTE(superstitious @ May 24 2009, 04:10 PM) *
For the Linux ignorants (like myself), what is happening there? Is Linux just super good at catching viruses? I'm curious.

Some websites try to convince the unwary visitor to buy their virus-checking software (which is probably spyware anyway) by styling a JavaScript popup window like a Windows dialog box. The popup window says something like "zomg you have a virus buy our software!" Completely fake, of course, but non-techies occasionally fall for them.

This one goes a step further and pops up another window that looks like Windows' My Computer window, and then pretends to scan for viruses, and reports a metric shit-tonne of "trojans".

The point is, they're easy to spot on non-Windows platforms. These popups are almost always styled like default WinXP dialog boxes.
Jghelfi
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For the Linux ignorants (like myself), what is happening there? Is Linux just super good at catching viruses? I'm curious.


haha i was just playing it cool, but yea, i wanna know about the same thing.. mellow.gif
superstitious
QUOTE(mipadi @ May 24 2009, 03:12 PM) *
Some websites try to convince the unwary visitor to buy their virus-checking software (which is probably spyware anyway) by styling a JavaScript popup window like a Windows dialog box. The popup window says something like "zomg you have a virus buy our software!" Completely fake, of course, but non-techies occasionally fall for them.

This one goes a step further and pops up another window that looks like Windows' My Computer window, and then pretends to scan for viruses, and reports a metric shit-tonne of "trojans".

The point is, they're easy to spot on non-Windows platforms. These popups are almost always styled like default WinXP dialog boxes.

Oh, got it. Thanks for explaining (and in a way I can actually understand haha).
Maccabee
Yes! I got your ip! Time to post it on 4chan...
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QUOTE(jcp @ May 24 2009, 04:18 PM) *
Yes! I got your ip! Time to post it on 4chan...

Nice try, it's dynamic.
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