[ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL

  • From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:31:11 -0500

I know people who run it with Malwarebytes and they've been pretty safe, I
wouldn't rely on it alone, not without a malware tool.

Regards, D!J!X!

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:03 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL

I do have that and run it, but awhile back Microsoft released a statement
saying it's basic, and not to be thought of as a primary tool.

At 03:36 PM 2/19/2015, you wrote:
>Do you consider Microsoft's security essentials an antivirus? If so, 
>it's pretty minimalistic and easy to use, and *Last time I checked* 
>those things you mentioned were accessible.
>
>Regards, D!J!X!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 3:31 PM
>To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL
>
>Hi Chris,
>
>A difficult question to answer. One person may say XYZ is accessible, 
>while another may say it's not.
>
>ESET certainly get my vote for technical support here in the UK, but as 
>for accessibility I shall leave that to the experts.
>
>George.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart
>Sent: 19 February 2015 19:18
>To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL
>
>George, while I use Malware Bytes Pro here, I'm still looking for an 
>accessible antivirus solution. By accessible I mean not just the 
>scanning phaze is accessible, but the quarantine/removal of threats 
>phaze is accessible too.  (accessible to either Jaws 16 or NVDA). Do 
>you have any suggestions?
>
>
>At 05:26 AM 2/19/2015, you wrote:
> >Please consider the following carefully before you hit the delete key.
> >
> >As a commercial company who distribute software, we pay for a 
> >professional version of ESET security to protect our Windows server 
> >and Exchange server.
> >
> >We also have the full version of MalwareBytes installed.
> >
> >Last week, after some strange happenings, I noticed our system trying 
> >to access a particular IP address which MalwareBytes was blocking.
> >This address was in the Ukraine of all places!
> >
> >I contacted ESET, who took control of my system, an spent an hour or 
> >so on it.  During conversation with the support person, he explained 
> >that they are working full time, 24/7 to keep on top of fraud attempts.
> >Hackers have access to, and can test their efforts against all known 
> >anti-virus and malware programs.
> >
> >The fact that I am now seeing 2, 3, 4 or more ESET updates every day 
> >is pretty much proof of this.
> >
> >Fortunately in this case, things were spotted quickly enough to 
> >prevent the entire contents of our bank account from being 
> >transferred out - this time!
> >
> >Such malware attacks areas such as the boot sector, which copy 
> >protection software such as JAWS, Duxbury and such like read as part 
> >of their verification process, resulting in that software thinking it 
> >is an illegal copy.
> >
> >My advice therefore is to look very seriously at your system security 
> >- and look  at it NOW - don't put it off until the weekend or 
> >whenever you feel you have time.
> >
> >George.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Josh Stundon" <joshstundon@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:40 PM
> >Subject: [ddots-l] Serious Problem With Jaws.
> >
> >
> >Hello all.
> >It's been a while since I posted on here, but I've had some very 
> >strange problems with jaws recently. I use sonar 8.5 with cake 
> >talking
> >8.8 installed on a 64 bit machine. Ever since I got it in April of 
> >last year, I have not had any problems, until Monday. When I started 
> >up the computer on Monday, jaws asked me for the authorization code 
> >that came with the jaws cd, and it had never asked for that before 
> >until now. It said it was in demmo mode so I entered in the 
> >authorization code and everything seemed fine again. I wasn't on my 
> >computer yesterday so I couldn't check and see if the problem was 
> >sufficiently resolved or not, but I'm just after checking it again a 
> >while ago, and again when I started the computer, jaws told me that 
> >it was operating in 40 minute mode, even though I had activated it 
> >the other day using the authorization code that came with the jaws cd.
> >This is very frustrating as I have never come across this problem in 
> >the last 10 months since I have been using sonar, cake talking and 
> >jaws.
> >So now, I cannot use sonar and cake talking until I get this resolved.
> >I guess I will have to keep reactivating jaws for the moment.
> >Has anyone come across this before ? This may not be the right place 
> >for posting this information, but any help with this matter would be 
> >much appreciated.
> >
> >If all comes to all I can try get in contact with freedom scientific, 
> >but I am quite concerned about this since it has never happened before.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Josh
> >
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