Photos on this newsgroup?

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You can do whatever you want because this is a free world where yanks can
bomb anybody they don't like.

Have you got nice photos of naked women sucking a lolipop? Please post them
here because porn and Microsoft operating system has worked in tandem for
decades. no wonder everybody loves to hate M$.

Hope this helps.
 
: You can do whatever you want because this is a free world where yanks can
: bomb anybody they don't like.

Your neighborhood may be next ;-)
 
Ken Blake said:
Regardless of who makes the rules here, and regardless of what you may
think makes perfect sense, must of us here will not open attachments,
because of the danger that they contain malware. So attaching things
hardly ever helps you.
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OK, lets say that opening attachments is dangerous. By not mentioning
whether it is equally dangerous to click a link to one of the 'free' places
to park such things, I get the feeling that you don't think clicking those
links is in any way dangerous.

Do you run software that makes clicking links less dangerous than
downloading attachments, and if so, what is it? Or is there something
inherently different in the two processes?

I'm just trying to learn how well you have thought this out and whether I
should change my ways.

-Paul Randall
 
Say, John, where are you sitting right now? I'm feeling the
overwhelming urge to blow the crap out of something. And seein' how
you're a might testy, you'll do. The next thing you hear will be
"Boooooooooom"!!!!! :)
 
Paul said:
OK, lets say that opening attachments is dangerous.
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That statement is too broad. If you are expecting a spreadsheet entitled
budgetfy10.xls, and you receive it, I doubt it would be dangerous to
open it. Furthermore, you can always download it and scan for malware
before you open it.

For those who are unsophisicated, certain attachments (usually ones that
have the .exe extension) are obviously dangerous to open. Furthermore,
unsophisticated users often have known file type attachments hidden, so
even if they had an idea that they maybe shouldn't open an executable,
if they see a file name like vacation.jpg, if the .exe (true extension)
is hidden, they will likely be duped into running the misleading
executable.
By not mentioning
whether it is equally dangerous to click a link to one of the 'free'
places to park such things, I get the feeling that you don't think
clicking those links is in any way dangerous.
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It's safe to assume that the volunteers who help answer questions are
sophisticated enough to practice safe hex, which would mean using a safe
Web browser and an up-to-date antivirus program as well as having the
latest Windows security patches. Also, sites like photobucket.com are
known to be safe. So this would not be dangerous!

If you want to be 100% safe, you should never go online in the first
place. Otherwise, practice safe hex and make sure you regularly back up
your system (preferably by imaging or cloning).
 
I can see the logic of "no attachment" at all on the newsgroup.

Although, on my other post - I attached a screen shot in "paint" which I had
zipped up.

The person it was to "could not" see it, but I could see it this end.

Any ideas why it was "on the server" and I could see it, but she could not.
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Not everyone uses the MS Usenet server and MS has no control over what
is posted to this group from NON-MS servers.

What you see depends on the client you use to see, same for the other
person.

One should NEVER post attachments TO someone, this is a PUBLIC forum and
not an email system.
 
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