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Is there a way to opt out of Google+? I don't have time to clear my inbox of emails I keep getting, telling me someone I wrote to once months ago has decided to share some irrelevant crap with everyone in her contact list. This is Buzz, all over again. KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 08:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
If several users are sharing a password protected wifi network, all of them using the same password, can users decrypt each others' packages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OsmanRF34 ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
I am a registered user but I never post here while logged in when I am at work. I think my section header says it all, but let me make it crystal clear. If I log in through the secure server, if one of my workmates, who is on the same network as me, i.e., they can access my mac from their mac, goes to Wikipedia, will they then see themselves as logged-in under my account? I hope that's clear enough. I can't really describe the exact type of network connection we have because I don't understand that stuff. I am also aware that there is an easy way to test this, just log in and then go to another computer and go to Wikipedia to see, but I cannot do that. We don't use each other's computers at all. Please DO NOT leave any message on this IP's talk page that one of my officemates might see if they happen to visit here (they would get the "you have new messages" bar and be alerted to this post). Thank you.-- 108.14.204.172 ( talk) 18:28, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi All,
I just had a bad experience, I was searching on google for this term "vb 2010 write hosts file" and the second result was a forum post in dreamincode.net which I knew from previous research to be a legit site, so I loaded up the top 3 result in new tabs like I normally do. Lo and behold i caught a quick glimpse of the dreamincode forum link loading a java applet. My bad at this point was not having any antivirus (I have kept my laptop clean for the past 2years without any) and so I was too late to stop it, it launched a couple of trojans (including a fake flash update).
I was able to clean my laptop, and I wanted to report that link to DIC but even their 'Feedbak/support' link (footer) pointing to http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/forum/106-site-questions-support/ was redirecting to http://vialsalud.com.ar/67834678.html
Question is, why does the link still point to something in DIC but is going someplace else? is it a .htaccess exploit of some sort?
tia
PrinzPH (
talk) 19:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all the responses and attempts to look into this. Based on the thread linked by the ever helpful Mr.98 it appears that they fixed it at some point, the hacked was attempted again, then fixed a second time. I was/am using Firefox, and I installed NoScript which will hopefully keep these kind of exploits from happening (to me) again. Just as FYI for those who are curious though the Trojan the malicious urls dropped was Trojan.ZbotR.Gen. Sigh, 2-years of playing carefully and this has really driven the point home that anti-viruses still are pretty much a requirement. PrinzPH ( talk) 20:58, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Addendum: for the likes of dalahäst who seems to be interested in the specifics of this attack they published the source here: http://ideone.com/6Jm1u PrinzPH ( talk) 21:01, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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Is there a way to opt out of Google+? I don't have time to clear my inbox of emails I keep getting, telling me someone I wrote to once months ago has decided to share some irrelevant crap with everyone in her contact list. This is Buzz, all over again. KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 08:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
If several users are sharing a password protected wifi network, all of them using the same password, can users decrypt each others' packages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OsmanRF34 ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
I am a registered user but I never post here while logged in when I am at work. I think my section header says it all, but let me make it crystal clear. If I log in through the secure server, if one of my workmates, who is on the same network as me, i.e., they can access my mac from their mac, goes to Wikipedia, will they then see themselves as logged-in under my account? I hope that's clear enough. I can't really describe the exact type of network connection we have because I don't understand that stuff. I am also aware that there is an easy way to test this, just log in and then go to another computer and go to Wikipedia to see, but I cannot do that. We don't use each other's computers at all. Please DO NOT leave any message on this IP's talk page that one of my officemates might see if they happen to visit here (they would get the "you have new messages" bar and be alerted to this post). Thank you.-- 108.14.204.172 ( talk) 18:28, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi All,
I just had a bad experience, I was searching on google for this term "vb 2010 write hosts file" and the second result was a forum post in dreamincode.net which I knew from previous research to be a legit site, so I loaded up the top 3 result in new tabs like I normally do. Lo and behold i caught a quick glimpse of the dreamincode forum link loading a java applet. My bad at this point was not having any antivirus (I have kept my laptop clean for the past 2years without any) and so I was too late to stop it, it launched a couple of trojans (including a fake flash update).
I was able to clean my laptop, and I wanted to report that link to DIC but even their 'Feedbak/support' link (footer) pointing to http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/forum/106-site-questions-support/ was redirecting to http://vialsalud.com.ar/67834678.html
Question is, why does the link still point to something in DIC but is going someplace else? is it a .htaccess exploit of some sort?
tia
PrinzPH (
talk) 19:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all the responses and attempts to look into this. Based on the thread linked by the ever helpful Mr.98 it appears that they fixed it at some point, the hacked was attempted again, then fixed a second time. I was/am using Firefox, and I installed NoScript which will hopefully keep these kind of exploits from happening (to me) again. Just as FYI for those who are curious though the Trojan the malicious urls dropped was Trojan.ZbotR.Gen. Sigh, 2-years of playing carefully and this has really driven the point home that anti-viruses still are pretty much a requirement. PrinzPH ( talk) 20:58, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Addendum: for the likes of dalahäst who seems to be interested in the specifics of this attack they published the source here: http://ideone.com/6Jm1u PrinzPH ( talk) 21:01, 2 August 2012 (UTC)