[access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:14:22 +0100
THis has been menitoned a lot on another mailing I've subscribed to, and
it turns out that there is a known issue with your screen reader and
spysweeper. I'm not sure what causes it, but I know it's a known issue.
The developers are aware of it as well.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:27:25 +0100, "Douglas Harrison"
<harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I booted up my lap top (not part of any network etc.) this morning and
> was
> in another part of the room when it reached the desktop. I heard the
> usual
> screen reader announcemen that it was on the desktop, and then shortly
> afterwards the words "Honey Pot", but when I got to the machine and
> investigated, whatever had caused the Honey Pot announcement had
> vanished. A software firewall is running as are Spysweeper and NOD32
> and regular sweeps/scans by the latter two programs give a clean bill of
> health.
>
> There is plenty of info on "Honey Pots" on Google, but much of it seems
> irrelevant to this particular situation.
>
> Perhaps it is nothing to worry about, but if anyone could suggest what
> might
> be happening I would be most grateful.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Douglas
>
>
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>
> Douglas Harrison
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