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Skriven 2005-11-17 22:40:00 av ROBERT FOWLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALAN ZISMAN
Ärende: Re: Lime Wire ?
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-=> ALAN ZISMAN wrote to JEAN PARROT <=-

 JP>         I have copied this note of yours to my daughter for her own
 JP>   daughter. As you mentioned, time to do moral is long passed and she
 JP>   can govern herself as to the relevancy of honesty here.  She has a
 JP>   user name as Administrator and another as limited and all at home
 JP>   are also on limited access. So, I told her that she can -if she
 JP>   wishes-, instal this application and her own daughter would not
 JP>   invite worms or virus. I set up this system as all limited and it has
 JP>   not frozen in the last year or so.

 AZ> No guarantees re. malware when using peer-to-peer software; while
 AZ> Limewire itself is reasonably benign, it's certainly not unknown to
 AZ> have malware files disguised as popular songs, pornography, etc (and
 AZ> remember, P2P software can be used to 'share' applications (or faux
 AZ> applications) just as easily as music, TV shows, or music...)

 AZ> As a result, P2P users can accidentally download and open malware while
 AZ> looking for music or other media files. As with computer virus
 AZ> attachments, naive users are more likely to run potentially suspicious
 AZ> files from questionable sources-- and the Windows default of not
 AZ> showing file attachments makes it easy to have a malware file named:
 AZ> Russian Tennis Star.jpg.exe or Rap Hit of the Week.mp3.exe

 AZ> The default Windows settings will display these as if they are JPG or
 AZ> MP3 files, increasing the likelihood that they get opened.

 All too true.  I'm way past the teenagers, except for grandchildren,
 but my observation is that they have their own world.

 When I perceived, for example, that I could access my neighbor's
 wireless LAN, which is totally unprotected,  I approached him
 about it, as he is a professional in the IT business.  He told
 me, "that's Braden's setup (his son), and he can do with it whatever
 he wants".  "He doesn't want any security on it, because it interferes
 with some of his downloads."  "I just told him that if he screws it
 up, don't come to me."

 He's probably got the right idea.  Get them their own system, rather
 than share. ;-)
 
 Regards,

 Robert Fowler

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