From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 08:36:52 MST
Loree Thomas wrote,
> I got it the same way everybody else did... Have you
> been reading what I write? I downloaded KaZa.
You just don't understand. This isn't about you. It was never about you.
It sounds like you have never run into the problem I am describing. I'm
happy for you. However, this product is bundled into dozens of other
freebie downloads and gets installed without users knowing about it. This
is a security concern.
> You are a security professional... at least that is
> what is says in your sig. I trusted you. I went to
> that website on your recommendation... My trust is
> now less than before.
>
> Save the "Security Alert"s for actual security
> hazards. Using it this way merely dilutes your
> credibility.
>
> I think you don't know anybody who had TopText on
> their PC. I think all of the information you have
> about it you got from the garbage website.
>
> The guy lied. Plain and simply. He felt that TopText
> was cutting into whatever scam HE had going so he
> fought back. You've been had.
I'm sorry you don't believe me, but that is no reason for you to attack my
credibility. Simply do a Google search and read the news from a source you
will believe.
Salon.com
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/02/parasite_capital/index.html>
CNN <http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/05/stealth.ads.idg/index.html>
San Francisco Chronicle
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/30/BU231339.DTL>
Wired <http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,49430,00.html>
Optimum Online
<http://www.optonline.net/Home/Article/0,7350,channel%3D54%26article%3D21698
6%26type%3Dreg,00.html>
ICON
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/05/stealth.ads.idg/index.html>
ZDNet
<http://www.zdnet.com/smartbusinessmag/stories/all/0,6605,2677309-12,00.html
>
BizReport <http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?id=1990&width=1280
PC World <http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,57064,00.asp>
e-Week
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2807753,00.html
>
MSNBC <http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/618966.asp>
C|net <http://news.com.com/2008-1082-272563.html?legacy=cnet>
Forbes <http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/1127/0324138a.html%20>
New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0-10
05-200-6986199.html&OQ=searchpvQ3Dcnet>
Associated Press
<http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/241/econo
my/Online_ad_trade_group_battles_:.shtml>
Herald Tribune <http://www.iht.com/articles/30976.htm>
Chicago Tribune
<http://chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0108270012aug27.story?coll=chi%2Dt
echnology%2Dhed>
Internet News <http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_874391,00.html>
Channel 7
<http://www.channelseven.com/adinsight/commentary/2001comm/comm20010907.shtm
l>
Editor&Publisher
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/artic
le_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1031119>
ClickZ <http://www.clickz.com/media/buy_101/print.php/876451>
SF Gate
<http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/sf.gate/biz;sect=biz__art_topban;zip=;kw=ADVE
RTISING+BUSINESS+COMPUTERS+TEC+ONLINE+SERVICES+SOFTWARE+FIN;width=468;height
=60;sz=468x60;ord=17169?>
Builder Buzz <http://buzz.builder.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.eeb2d1e>
etc...
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant, Newstaff Inc. <www.Newstaff.com> Board of Directors, Extropy Institute <www.Extropy.org> Cofounder, Pro-Act <www.ProgressAction.org>
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