A little while ago, I got a call from the "Windows Service Center" telling me that something was wrong on my Windows computer and that I had malicious software on it. I played along with the fellow for several minutes, typing the keys and clicking and right-clicking on things as he instructed me. He wanted me to bring up the "Run" window by various means, starting with typing ctrl-R, then trying the start menu, then clicking on "My Computer" on my desktop.
When all of that didn't work, he handed me off to another fellow who asked me to right-click on computer. I read him off what I found: Open, Browse Folder, Cut, Copy, Make Link, Rename, Move to Trash, Stretch Icon, Restore Icon's Original Size, and Properties. He then had me click on the start menu button. I read off what I found there: Accessories, Edutainment, Games, Graphics, ... He cut me off and said to click on Accessories and tell him what I saw there. I read off: Calculator, Character Map, Dictionary, GNU Privacy Assistant, KArm, Kandy, Take Screenshot, Terminal, Vi IMproved. After a few seconds, he came back and asked, "You run Linux?" I replied, "Yes, and I'm so glad I can waste your time, too." He hung up. So why can't the NSA use their information and go after guys like this? Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
