HI Tom, Well, I missed my chance to get a firm handle on the filename, because I was so eager to click Cancel on the download dialogue while I heard Jaws speaking a progress bar as if something was happening already despite my not having yet permitted it. So I don't know. But I will look more carefully if such a thing ever happens again. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lange" <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:21 PM Subject: Re: something is trying to download to my system! Hi, Yardbird, since you say that the file started with j, perhaps it's java-related. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: something is trying to download to my system! > Since you don't know what it is and cannot recall requesting a download > find out if there's a way to cancel it. Your anti-virus program might > have some good advice for you. JB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:35 PM > Subject: something is trying to download to my system! > > >>I keep being interrupted by a download dialogue that asks me if I want to >>go >> ahead with my download of some file I never heard of and never requested >> or >> anything. Is this some kind of self-activating thing that has happened >> because I received that crack message? Is anyone else experiencing this? >> >> -- >> JFW related links: >> JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ >> Scripting mailing list: >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com >> JFW List instructions: >> To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >> jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. >> Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw >> >> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >> the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather >> contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx