Re: OT Re: virus warning

[andy turnbull andyt@xxxxxxxx]

Really? I thought all computers were magic -- which means that anybody who can make them do anything has to be able to spell.

On a more serious note -- they spell better in English than I do in Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian or
Hindi.

andy t



On 2011-06-19, at 1:32 AM, Jon P wrote:

> I am perpetually amused that hackers who can do really nasty things to hard drives, boot directories, etc., with a sophistication that defies antivirus software (I use the wonderfully paranoid Kaspersky), cannot spell.
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> QUOTE: The damage is essentially done if you unwittingly approve the faux Microsoft
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> security warning, which looks a lot like the real thing but contains a
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> misspelling or two and some awkward English syntax. If you've said yes to that,
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> unless you have mad skillz I don't have, hang it up and reformat.
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