Hi John, You are correct. No idea whether or not the attacker(s) are blind or sighted, but it probably doesn't matter at this point.
Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CSSA, Network+! Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha and sign the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition today! Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by another person. Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "john G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:13 AM Subject: Re: Beware: AudioMagic, public domain sound editor software... > So, folks, let me get this right, these are individuals, perhaps some > blind themselves, deliberately targetting blind computer users with > virus programs, correct? > At 10:22 18/03/2006, you wrote: >> I was extremely suspicious when I saw the file size so I didn't >> download >>it and was about to send a message warning people. As usual, Daryl was >>already on top of it. >>That definitely wasn't Robert. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 3:39 AM >>Subject: Re: Beware: AudioMagic, public domain sound editor software... >> >> >>Hi Darrel >>Unless we're talking aout the same person, make it 2 people. I got a >>phone call from a close friend of mine who also ran this and received >>a boot sector virus. >>Folks, be careful with this one, it sounds dangerous. >> >>At 11:24 PM 3/17/2006, you wrote: >> >Hello everyone, >> > >> >I would urge you all to be very careful when downloading and >> >installing new software, especially if claims are being made that >> >might sound too good to be true. At the same time, I don't want to >> >be the guy who wrongly trashes someone's reputation. I'll just lay >> >out the facts and everyone will decide for themselves: >> > >> >* Fantastic claims of a new accessible sound editor may be too good >> >to be true. >> >* The e-mail address is "jokerdog" on the fastmail.fm domain. >> >* The domain name is roachhost.com. >> >* The software has already been reported to have crashed one >> >person's computer! >> > >> >In late November of last year, I accepted a person's claim that he >> >had found a way to defeat Google's visual verification to make it >> >accessible to blind users. I downloaded and ran an executable file >> >that promptly trashed not only my computer, but also all the data on >> >a backup drive connected to another computer on our network here in >> >the Accessibility Command Center! Watch out my friends! >> > >> >Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! >> >Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! >> >A+, CSSA, Network+! >> >Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha and sign the Google Word >> >Verification Accessibility Petition today! >> >Information should be accessible to us without need of translation >> >by another person. >> >Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com >> >_______________________________________________ >> >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other >> >lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >>offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other >>lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
