Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:37:59 -0600
By "legit source" I meant if you're at "website.com" and you
get a request (for an embedded video to play in the example I
gave), FROM website.com, that is probably legit to get the
video to play. If the request is from "UnknownDomain.com", or
to/from a port that has nothing to do with this, that may not
be legit.
That's nothing, you could have OE or Outlook set to operate in
the "Restricted Sites Zone (more secure)" option which can give
the warnings about going to a typical "http" webpage instead of
a "https" webpage, and you have IE options set to notify you
when redirecting to/from one source (non-secure or secure) to
the opposite (secure or non-secure) or vice-versa. Or, the
email was secure. The overwhelming vast majority of sites are
non-secure http (AKA unencrypted) because there's point in them
being secure (https), because no personal sensitive information
is exchanged. The only time a webpage needs to be secure is
when you give for example a credit card # to order something,
or to login to an account.
If all you were asked to give at the M$ webpage was name and
address, that's no big deal and normal, and they were correct
in saying "not to worry". But if you were asked to give a SSN,
credit card #, or other sensitive private information, that IS
a bid deal and the page then must be secure and that IS
something to worry about if it's not.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Grossman"
I no longer know what is meant by a "legit source," Clint.
If something appears (without my request) on my computer
screen, and it says
that it's from Microsoft.com, I really have no idea whether
it's REALLY from
Microsoft.com.
I recently clicked on a link in an email from Microsoft in
order to register
for a Microsoft conference. I received a message about being
transferred to
an non-secure (or whatever they called it) site.
I exited and contacted Microsoft, and they told me not not to
worry. I
thought that was a dumb answer, so I just attended the
conference without
registering. I had to talk my way into the conference, because
nobody at the
registration desk understood why I had made a fuss about the
link.
Apparently everybody else just ignored that warning message!
Microsoft.com should be a "legit source," shouldn't it?
If I got this message when registering for a Microsoft
conference - and then
I'm told to ignore it by somebody stupid at Microsoft - then
how do I know
which source is "legit?"
David Grossman
> Yes that is correct.
>
> That doesn't necessarily always mean that if you do NOT click
> deny anything is going to be "changed" or harmed (see my post
> again on that AMA site that has embedded videos), sometimes,
> although perhaps unusual, it's requests from a legit source.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Grossman"
>
>
> Dear Hugh and Clint.
>
> I see.
>
> Let's sum up the situation:
>
> "Deny" means that I want to deny access to the invasive
> malware
> or program.
> It does not mean that I am denying access to the AV program.
>
> The bottom line seems to remain the same, though. If I don't
> know what to
> do, I should click on Deny, right? In that way, my system
> remains the same,
> without change.
>
> Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding.
>
> I wonder whether I'm the only person who was confused by that
> terminology....
>
> David Grossman
>
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