Msg from our own Damsel

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts
today (or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge
hunks of my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of
posting right now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Nice vibes and thoughts and here's a tip... run A/V software and also a
firewall (I use Macafee) and Ad-Aware (freeware) and also Spyware Doctor
(minimul fee). Run scans on a regular basis. Keep up with what is going on
with your PC. I'm rather lax about backups but my 2006 resolution is to get
back on track with those.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts
today (or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge
hunks of my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of
posting right now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Nice vibes and thoughts and here's a tip... run A/V software and also
a
firewall (I use Macafee) and Ad-Aware (freeware) and also Spyware
Doctor
(minimul fee). Run scans on a regular basis. Keep up with what is
going on
with your PC. I'm rather lax about backups but my 2006 resolution is
to get
back on track with those.

Yep! We run our computers from an old one used as a server and I also
run Ad-aware and Spyware Doctor

O

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts
today (or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge
hunks of my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of
posting right now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Nice vibes and thoughts and here's a tip... run A/V software and also a
firewall (I use Macafee) and Ad-Aware (freeware) and also Spyware Doctor
(minimul fee). Run scans on a regular basis. Keep up with what is going
on
with your PC. I'm rather lax about backups but my 2006 resolution is to
get
back on track with those.

A good free A/V is Avast, I used to use AVG, but have found Avast even
better.

Jen

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Poor dear. :-(
Will indeed send good vibes her way!!!!!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

On Sun 08 Jan 2006 02:30:41a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

Quoted message said:

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts
today (or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge
hunks of my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of
posting right now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Nice vibes and thoughts and here's a tip... run A/V software and also a
firewall (I use Macafee) and Ad-Aware (freeware) and also Spyware Doctor
(minimul fee). Run scans on a regular basis. Keep up with what is
going on with your PC. I'm rather lax about backups but my 2006
resolution is to get back on track with those.

Jill

I think Spybot Search and Destroy is just as good and it's free.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

On Sun 08 Jan 2006 01:51:49a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ophelia?

Quoted message said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

That's awful! I'm so sorry. Carol didn't need anything else added to her
plate to deal with.

Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Oh, poor damsel!
Hope your computer gets better soon.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Ophelia said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts
today (or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge
hunks of my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of
posting right now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

Nice vibes and thoughts and here's a tip... run A/V software and also
a
firewall (I use Macafee) and Ad-Aware (freeware) and also Spyware
Doctor
(minimul fee). Run scans on a regular basis. Keep up with what is
going on
with your PC. I'm rather lax about backups but my 2006 resolution is
to get
back on track with those.

Yep! We run our computers from an old one used as a server and I also
run Ad-aware and Spyware Doctor

O

A message to Damsel & Crash... don't run a PC as a server unless you have
something commercially licencend to be accessed. By this I mean people
paying to access the server for a legitimately licenced product.

Don't give away movies, music, etc. You can be prosecuted for such
activities. A guy in Memphis a couple of months ago was hit with a lawsuit
for using his PC as a server to allow people to d/l music freebies to the
tune of several million dollars. It's not worth it.

Jill

jmcquown said:

A message to Damsel & Crash... don't run a PC as a server unless you have
something commercially licencend to be accessed. By this I mean people
paying to access the server for a legitimately licenced product.

Don't give away movies, music, etc. You can be prosecuted for such
activities. A guy in Memphis a couple of months ago was hit with a lawsuit
for using his PC as a server to allow people to d/l music freebies to the
tune of several million dollars. It's not worth it.

Test message (crossing fingers).

No server here. I have no clue as to how to set something like that
up, and I don't have anything that anyone would want, anyway. I'm
curious as to how this relates to my computer being hacked.

Carol

"Ophelia" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Ophelia

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ good vibes on the way to Dams.

Michael

--
Pics aren't great but here are 2 of my 4 brats.
Hoot about to [censored] the snack out of my mouth:
http://tinypic.com/jtrw3o.jpg

Ramsey ever curious about electronics breaking into the TMobile bag:
http://tinypic.com/jtrwgn.jpg

One time on Usenet said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Oh dear! Best wishes on a quick and easy repair, Carol...

Hugs - Jani :-)

Ophelia said:

"Could you post to the group that my
posts aren't being propagated by Google? I've made several posts today
(or yesterday - whatever), and non have shown up. I lost huge hunks of
my system to a hacker, so I don't have any other way of posting right
now."

Poor lamb she is very down about it. Do send her nice vibes and
thoughts please

Also tell her about firewalls! ZoneAlarm is free.

Hugz to Damsel

--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

Ophelia said:

Yep! We run our computers from an old one used as a server and I also
run Ad-aware and Spyware Doctor

You said "hacker". None of those will stop a hacker - you need a
firewall for that.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

Damsel in dis Dress said:

No server here. I have no clue as to how to set something like that
up, and I don't have anything that anyone would want, anyway. I'm
curious as to how this relates to my computer being hacked.

I'd like to know how it was hacked with a decent firewall up!
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

jmcquown said:

A message to Damsel & Crash... don't run a PC as a server unless you
have
something commercially licencend to be accessed. By this I mean
people
paying to access the server for a legitimately licenced product.

Don't give away movies, music, etc. You can be prosecuted for such
activities. A guy in Memphis a couple of months ago was hit with a
lawsuit
for using his PC as a server to allow people to d/l music freebies to
the
tune of several million dollars. It's not worth it.

Test message (crossing fingers).

No server here. I have no clue as to how to set something like that
up, and I don't have anything that anyone would want, anyway. I'm
curious as to how this relates to my computer being hacked.

Hey welcome back🙂 The point of the server is that a hacker can't get
through it to your computer.

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Ophelia said:

Yep! We run our computers from an old one used as a server and I
also
run Ad-aware and Spyware Doctor

You said "hacker". None of those will stop a hacker - you need a
firewall for that.

Yes we do indeed have a firewall

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel in dis Dress said:

jmcquown said:

A message to Damsel & Crash... don't run a PC as a server unless you have
something commercially licencend to be accessed. By this I mean people
paying to access the server for a legitimately licenced product.

Don't give away movies, music, etc. You can be prosecuted for such
activities. A guy in Memphis a couple of months ago was hit with a lawsuit
for using his PC as a server to allow people to d/l music freebies to the
tune of several million dollars. It's not worth it.

Test message (crossing fingers).

No server here. I have no clue as to how to set something like that
up, and I don't have anything that anyone would want, anyway. I'm
curious as to how this relates to my computer being hacked.

Carol

Don't post your real e-mail here...

It's one of the many reasons I changed identities!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Don't post your real e-mail here...

It's one of the many reasons I changed identities!
--
Om.

I have had my real email here for over 10 years. No problems yet.

Christine

In article <[email hidden]>,

Christine Dabney said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Don't post your real e-mail here...

It's one of the many reasons I changed identities!
--
Om.

I have had my real email here for over 10 years. No problems yet.

Christine

I get spam galore......

and 419 scams by the dozen whenever I post my real e-mail for contact
purposes. :-(

The 419 scam letters are on the upswing, and have gradually evolved too
into more and more clever schemes.

Now I'm getting people from China looking for "agents" to collect owed
funds. I've not followed up on those. It almost sounds like money
laundering!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson