Hello, I'd like to understand why I am in copy on these messages?
I have sent a support request once my pidgin does not accept the diacritics for Portuguese language, and I receive a reply that there is nothing to do with my enquire... Could you please focus on my question? Thank you, Marcus Taveira AVAST Software s.r.o. Budejovická 1518/13A 140 00 Prague, Czech Republic www.avast.com 2014-07-23 3:04 GMT+02:00 Barrett, William (Bill) <[email protected] >: > Mark, > > Sorry - right, the details of a Viral download could be helpful - > it took me a while to piece it together - still not certain exactly what > happened. > The issue is related to ads, which change, > so I can't really get the same pages on a repetition. > CNet and Java demonstrate this draconian approach - > I also feel bad about missing it - I let my guard down at Source Forge. > > The paradigm of my "illness" begins with workflow psychology: > 1: I click "Download good.software", > and then I switch attention, expecting the download to take a while > 2: Next, the network stalls [somewhere] for some reason > 3: I "glance" back at the screen some time later, > and see zero progress, it's not yet on the browser status bar > I see the expected: "If Download Fails to start then click ..." > so I click the nearest "Download" button, [did I this time? I don't > know], > maybe click twice as it seems to not accept the first click, > - (I once caught some script playing that game) > 4:Finally, a flurry of downloading starts, so I bounce to other work > 5: Now a few other windows pop up, looking like install windows, > and offer other software - see Sun/Oracle downloads - > I attempt to steer through this - oddly still not alarmed, [my bad > again] > 6: However, If a bounced <Enter> or <click> gets in (see 3 above), the > virus gets invited > 7. I honestly don't recall adding any downloads, > but the pigin install was intermixed with these other windows -.... > 7. BUT, the point is that this has become a dangerous site > one which deploys a framework which is exploited to launch a virus. > > I'm not incensed and I somewhat understand how this can happen - > although there is definitely at least one bad guy there - > I just want to avoid her/him/them for now. > > The neighborhood was much nicer and safer before they put up the > billboards - you know? > But, need the revenue, sigh... > Kindly, > - Bill > )O( > )O( Bill Barrett > )O( Qualcomm - Engineer, Sr Staff > )O( [email protected] > )O( 949-444-1465 > )O( > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Doliner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 4:33 PM > To: Barrett, William (Bill) > Cc: Dennis Carr; Daniel Atallah; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Virus and Malware city!! > > Hi Bill. It's still not clear to me what happened. > > If indeed something (e.g. a malicious advertisement) redirected you from > the SourceForge website to a malicious website then please inform > SourceForge. With steps on how someone might reproduce the problem, if > possible. Maybe a screenshot of the malicious ad, operating system and > browser name and version, etc. > > If this isn't what happened then please provide us with more information. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support >
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