Another Hacker Warning

xeerex wrote: Well that's typical...You guys are trying to force me to say all computer users are dumba--es aren't ya?????

Aren't they/we?
computer user = dumbass - to one degree or another.

We're all stupid about something regarding computers. It's just that some of us are more stupid about more things.

xeerex wrote: theSCIENTIST wrote: Right, you do that, and they will then totaly neglet knowing about where to step on next, why should they bother finding out, when someone will eventualy show them? Besides you do that, you may find yourself with not much of a life for yourself. MadDog wrote: People don't care until something actually bad happens. Wrong on both counts. How do I know? Simple. I make most of my living from "fixing" security problems for both home and small business users... ...Keep trying guys. Real community spirit and faith there...

Wrong on both counts from your prespective, from your own experiences, but not from where I stand, from my experiences people neglet computer security, they don't use the same common sense as they do for other things in life, again, they assume they are safe, or that if somethings happen, it won't be much of a loss as opposed to leaving the car open outside.

xeerex wrote: ...You guys are trying to force me to say all computer users are dumba--es aren't ya?...

Not all computer users, only those that don't use common sense, maybe they even hear in the news about viruses, hacked places, spyware, fraud and all the rest of it, and still try to defi the nature of the beast assuming it won't happen to them, no one needs to tell them, they must use common sense, the warnings are all around us, so read, take the time to protect yourself, now, not tomorrow or when the security consultant visits next week.

dpyers wrote: Perhaps it would be better if the mdb file were not "pre-intalled" by the zip but had it's own procedure for installation.

Check what I said regarding that a bit earlier:

theSCIENTIST wrote: ...As for the board creators, there is still something that could be done, for instances, the Access version, why distribute and MDB with the package, when the MDB can be created, saving distro size, and while you are at it, dinamically create it with a unique name (ie. ddmmyyhhmmss_Forum.mdb), also, and this works for both Access and SQL, after DB creation, the default.asp should delete the DB creation script files the first time the forum run, all this operations should be included on the instructions.

This is very easy to do, and I beleive it can only benefit the whole newbie/security issue.

xeerex wrote: MadDog wrote: Yup, im a dumbass... OMG -- I'm gonna frame that on my wall now!!

You guys love each other don't you?