I'm scared! Have I been caught? HELP ME!

Gleasonator · June 15, 2007, 12:21:33 AM

Quote from: "DeVS"Were not gonna turn this thread into a "how to properly steal software" thread.

I agree with the Kaspersky comment, it is the best anti virus out there. Norton gets away with charging an arm and a leg because they USED to be good, but now they have a bloated piece of crap software suit.

Stealing? Where did I say that? I want to use Usenet for legal files! Like pictures of ponies!

Shinster · June 15, 2007, 01:29:02 AM

Quote from: "Gleasonator"
Quote from: "DeVS"Were not gonna turn this thread into a "how to properly steal software" thread.

I agree with the Kaspersky comment, it is the best anti virus out there. Norton gets away with charging an arm and a leg because they USED to be good, but now they have a bloated piece of crap software suit.

Stealing? Where did I say that? I want to use Usenet for legal files! Like pictures of ponies!

this is teh rofl.

Gleasonator · June 15, 2007, 02:27:14 AM

I am honored to have made you rofl, Shinster.

But now I feel as though I should contribute to this topic, as all of my posts in it have been off-topic and roughly spam. Well, here it goes:

Hi, Hi, I know not what to say.
Because it's already been said:
they wont take you away.

VoX · June 15, 2007, 05:10:19 AM

This is comlete crap, My dad download An Incovinent Truth via Bit Torrent and they tracked our ip and sent us an email saying if we didn't delete it they would sue us or somthing but we never did delete it and they continued to send emails till one day that stopped and we havent hear from them since

jmr · June 15, 2007, 05:51:16 AM

in the uk at the moment theres a law firm (Davenport lyons) thats working on behalf of some software companys from around the world
they are demanding money from P2Ps for downloading there software or they will sue heres some articles
http://www.legalbanter.co.uk/uk-legal-legal-issues-uk/35693-letter-claim-p2p.html
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31051

fexo · June 15, 2007, 08:07:37 AM

Thanks for that link- I read it and downloaded "Peerguardian 2" to see what it was like.

Although I'm not doing any P2P or other download stuff, there were a couple of blocked sites (which are trying to keep check of me) within a few minutes....I'm impressed!

jmr · June 15, 2007, 09:13:23 AM

ive always use protowall & blocklist manger myself http://www.bluetack.co.uk
peerguardian always used to many resources on my computer

plus Methlabs had a lot of trouble a couple of years ago getting the servers highjacked LOL
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14191

fexo · June 15, 2007, 10:14:12 AM

Having tried to do a few things now, I may remove Peerguardian as it blocked me getting into the BBC homepage!

Opera has also got totally screwed up too- it's stuck on a page "Cawaboom.biz" which appears, from what little I can find out to bee some sort of Trojan (the page is blank though). I can't seem to get rid of it and I have done a scan with Avast Pro, Spybot and AVG anti-spyware but the machine is clean.

Oh well....I would have been fine if I hadn't read this post while eating my lunch.

darkuni · June 15, 2007, 11:06:05 AM

Couple of contributions here...

First, Norton is pure and simple ass. There are great alternatives mentioned here, but my picks are the Grisoft line of products - being AVG antivirus and spyware. Let's get one thing straight - NOTHING catches everything. NOTHING cleans everything. The #1 BEST way to combat this stuff is EDUCATION and REDUCTION IN RISK. Stopping it from coming in is easier than getting rid of it. Don't use IE. Don't use Outlook. Don't download stuff from risky websites (you know, like cracks and warez and porn). Fact is; you lose the risky behavior and using swiss-cheese security holed software, you probably won't NEED AV/ASW software or a firewall.

Second, stealing a neighbor's wifi? Man, karma is just gonna love you.

Third, Usenet. Check this out: http://monroeworld.com/pchelp/usenet/1.php (mods - nothing illegal here - just the facts) Should answer all your questions.

Finally -- fear is having your line tapped after blueboxing for a year.

The 80s ruled.

jmr · June 15, 2007, 11:23:43 AM

Quote from: "darkuni"
Finally -- fear is having your line tapped after blueboxing for a year. The 80s ruled.

LOL i never done it myself but know people who did
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box

NT · June 15, 2007, 11:45:29 AM

Quote from: "darkuni"Couple of contributions here...

First, Norton is pure and simple ass. There are great alternatives mentioned here, but my picks are the Grisoft line of products - being AVG antivirus and spyware. Let's get one thing straight - NOTHING catches everything. NOTHING cleans everything. The #1 BEST way to combat this stuff is EDUCATION and REDUCTION IN RISK. Stopping it from coming in is easier than getting rid of it. Don't use IE. Don't use Outlook. Don't download stuff from risky websites (you know, like cracks and warez and porn). Fact is; you lose the risky behavior and using swiss-cheese security holed software, you probably won't NEED AV/ASW software or a firewall.

Second, stealing a neighbor's wifi? Man, karma is just gonna love you.

Third, Usenet. Check this out: http://monroeworld.com/pchelp/usenet/1.php (mods - nothing illegal here - just the facts) Should answer all your questions.

Finally -- fear is having your line tapped after blueboxing for a year. The 80s ruled.

For modern computing, nothing beats AVG and Newsleecher.

Perseid · June 15, 2007, 11:46:29 AM

I switched from Symantec Antivirus to AVGFree and had a noticeable increase in overall system speed. When Norton meant Norton Utilities for DOS they kicked ass but those days are long gone and now they are just, well, ass.

fexo · June 15, 2007, 12:09:13 PM

I switched from Norton to Avast Pro (for work, the free version at home). I scanned today and it checked 56Gb in less than 15 mins. With Norton it would have been 1-2h.

The only thing wrong with Avast is the continual automatic updates!

darkuni · June 15, 2007, 01:44:48 PM

Quote from: "jmr"
Quote from: "darkuni"
Finally -- fear is having your line tapped after blueboxing for a year. The 80s ruled.
LOL i never done it myself but know people who did
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box

I was only traced - never "busted" but I personally knew a couple of people that were. Those were the old days of trading C64 games to and from Europe.

Funny enough, my girlfriend in Seattle (couple hundred miles away) - I used to call her via blueboxing all the time - called me at work one time, pretending to be an AT&T operator - saying the company was on to me and I should expect a visit from the FBI as well as a full tally bill of all the calls I'd made in the last 8 months.

THAT, my friends, is fear.

darkuni · June 15, 2007, 01:45:41 PM

Quote from: "Perseid"I switched from Symantec Antivirus to AVGFree and had a noticeable increase in overall system speed. When Norton meant Norton Utilities for DOS they kicked ass but those days are long gone and now they are just, well, ass.

Damn, those were the good ol' days. Norton Batch Enhancer ... ALLLLL RIIIIGHT.