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Offline wrag

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Trojan on your HD!
« on: November 22, 2007, 12:50:00 PM »
Going to all the trouble to get anti-spyware stuff off your machine and then you see stuff like ............

this particular drives comes with it's own Trojan already installed courtesy of the manufacturer.


http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58819


and it makes you wonder if there is any tie in to this................


http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071122/NATION/111220068/1001
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Offline 4XTCH

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Trojan on your HD!
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2007, 02:37:42 PM »
:noid

hmmmm
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Offline Vulcan

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Trojan on your HD!
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2007, 02:46:28 PM »
It's not that uncommon, Creative and Apple have both shipped spyware/trojan's on their mp3 players (accidentally).
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Offline eskimo2

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Trojan on your HD!
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2007, 08:09:01 PM »
Whew!

I thought maybe I had to put a condom on my HD...
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Offline Halo

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Trojan on your HD!
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2007, 08:26:38 PM »
You should.  Always practice safe computing.  Abstinence makes the hard grow yonder.
« Last Edit: November 22, 2007, 08:29:09 PM by Halo »
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Offline Jackal1

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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2007, 07:13:58 AM »
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Originally posted by eskimo2
Whew!

I thought maybe I had to put a condom on my HD...


Had me a little worried also.
I knew the chick that I gave a ride on my Harley was ugly......................but trojan ugly?
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