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Blocked Emails and Messed Up Computers
All this to me sounds a bit harsh.
I’ve just been reading something that seemed a bit odd. Apparently Microsoft has put several ISPs and any Apple’s Mail program on a blacklist for hotmail because of spammers sending from these ISPs and faking the Apple Mail headers to get round spam filters. All this to me sounds a bit harsh.
Microsoft are punishing people because of spammers taking over Windows computers and sending out lots of emails. Why should people be blocked from sending email to hotmail accounts because of security flaws in Microsoft products?
In other news, I’m sick of seeing the Windows 98 setup. My dad brought an old (circa 1999) Sony Vaio laptop home from work that randomly shut down after Windows had loaded. It never did it in Safe Mode, nor during any set up. I found this website saying that it was due to some capacitors around the processor having failed resulting in an unstable voltage to the CPU. Windows then detected this and shut down.
Apparently you can turn this off in Windows 98 and I followed the instructions to do so… No luck. It still randomly shuts down. So if anyone has any ideas for fixing a 6 year old Sony laptop which shuts down at random intervals after Windows has finished loading please leave your comments below.
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If it’s a problem with transistors, Nick’s solution is probably the only one left that would be any fun.
| Oct. 30, 2005 | |
| Liam | 2:54 pm |
Microsoft are punishing people because of spammers taking over Windows computers and sending out lots of emails. Why should people be blocked from sending email to hotmail accounts because of security flaws in Microsoft products?
This has nothing to do with any “security flaws”. Spamming typically doesn’t work that way. Spammmer have their own machines that they spam from which is why the messages are only coming from certian ISP’s. If they were spamming from randomly compromised computers then the messages would be coming from virtually every ISP-- they aren’t which suggests the scenario you described simply isn’t happening.
| Nov. 02, 2005 | ||
| 3:05 am |
I mean, I know you are a smart dude, KD, but you are starting to sound a lot like Rosyna when you post…
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+takes+on+spam +zombies/2100-7349_3-5917817.html
People absolutely have compromised machines that spammers hijack to send out their wares. Millions of them out there, and more every day.
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Here are three easy steps to fixing the laptop:
1) Take laptop upstairs to nearest window
2) Open Window
3) throw laptop out window