new 100 watt leds warning this is a joke

[raggie33]

and also some led for flashlight. i was told i should tell you that this is a joke link ***link removed by Sasha... as it turns out, this link tries to drop a trojan on to the computer that clicks on it. Please do not /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif on raggie for this! My guess is that he was completely unaware!! However, let this be a lesson to ALL... some things that appear to be funny... aren't at all... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon6.gif

Additonal information: this trojan DOES NO HARM to the computer!! It is simply a "minor"... one of those pesky things that will try to gather information from your system for the purpose of email SPAM. Don't panic!! In reality, this is harmless... but can be very annoying and can trip your anti-virus warning bells.

 

[PaulW]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Tsk tsk, Raggie. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Paul

 

[Darkaway]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Paypal sent.

 

[TrevorNasko]

Re: new 100 watt leds

raggie i dunno= that link if found by sasha could be bad for you. its that sort of thing that would get you a warning at least. thats jmo tho so tioli.

at least warn people pls

sorry to rain on your party

 

[LukeK]

Re: new 100 watt leds

[ QUOTE ]
Aragorn said:
raggie i dunno= that link if found by sasha could be bad for you. its that sort of thing that would get you a warning at least. thats jmo tho so tioli.

at least warn people pls

sorry to rain on your party

[/ QUOTE ]

I disagree. Seems rather harmless to me. But of course that's my opinion too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[jtice]

Re: new 100 watt leds

geee what a tight wad Ara has become. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
hehe j/k

 

[Greta]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Ummmmm... ok... here's the deal. raggie, my dear, when posting links to things like that, it is highly recommended that you also post a disclaimer. Yes, I know that it takes the "fun" out of the joke but that's just the way we really do need to keep things here. There are some who will not appreciate the joke and will get pissed off. Likewise, there are some who will be offended by the language. We do try to avoid that kind of thing around here. So in the future, please remember these guidelines (read: LAWS!)... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Now carry on... and raggie... just for good measure... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/whoopin.gif<---raggie

 

[James S]

Re: new 100 watt leds

In case anybody clicked on that link and now thinks they have a virus, you don't. Honestly, the alert that popped up from those with Macafee was trying to warn you that you were viewing a URL that was designed to be deceptive. In this case it was designed to fool you into thinking you were looking at news.yahoo.com when in reality you were getting sent to a joke site.

That is what the warning was about as I understood it. There is no trojan, there is no virus, there is no reason to be alarmed /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

This same technique is used by the people that send you links to fill in your paypal data into their scam websites. That is why it is flagged for you by Macafee to warn you that you may not be on the site you think you are.

But there is no danger beyond that. I can do the same thing by creating a link like this:

http://www.cnn.com:[email protected]/

if you just glance at that you'll think it's a link to cnn, but if you click on it everything before the at sign gets sent as if I was trying to log into a protected part of a website and it goes to cpf.

Thats all, nothing else /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

now move along, nothing more to see here.

 

[Sigman]

Re: new 100 watt leds

I received an email from an observant member, unaware of the "results" I clicked on the link...THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN!

Yes, I'm one that can become VERY IRRITATED at someone who pulls one as this! Sasha - thanks for nipping it in the bud, James - THANK YOU for the explanation and for calming me down!

raggie...what can I say? I've said it, we all need to practice safe computing as well as mutual respect for others! No harm done "THIS TIME", but please ground yourself and/or take away a favorite food or television show and think about how your actions can affect others! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Negeltu]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Alot of people who use the internet are not aware of such risks.

 

[TrevorNasko]

Re: new 100 watt leds

not a tight wad but a cpfer thats been banned 2 times. once for a serious problem once out of a missunderstanding. besides in less than 48 hrs sasha will be close enough to sic her dogs on me! i play smart.

 

[raggie33]

Re: new 100 watt leds

well i am very sorry ,ifeel that i should remove my self from group i meant this as a joke nothing more.so soon as i figure out how to im leaveing group .take care everyone and have a nice day

 

[LukeK]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Don't worry about it. Lesson learned, nothing else to it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

 

[BlindedByTheLite]

Re: new 100 watt leds

bullsh*t Raggie you ain't taking yourself outta nothing! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif

no blood--no foul!

 

[LED-FX]

Re: new 100 watt leds

Don`t think anyone holds Raggie responsible, in any way, at all, so no one is ragging on you Raggie :-)

McAfee has somewhat of a chequered history and personally would never reccomend it, think how it reacted to this is a prime example.

Good time to remind everyone that they should have these FREEWARE
things installed on any computer they use:

Zonealarm firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

Either or both of

Adaware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

SpyBot search and destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org

and Competent, which excludes McAfee, Anti Virus protection.
Free AVG:

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Adam

 

[raggie33]

well i am still very sorry i never ever do something intenaly that would cause hard.or offend someone.iwill be way more carefull on my jokes and links.ty for understanding everyone would be cool if there was a 100 watt led though.maybe someday,tillthen i use flourescent for home lighting

 

[Negeltu]

raggie... You didn't do anything wrong. A very easy and common mistake to make. No harm done. People sometimes react more strongly than they should.

 

[mobile1]

Well so we all learned something and got a litle smarter (the @ thing). I personally think thats ok. There are so many topics out there that are just bla and you read and read and read, and at the end you feel more stupid then before....

 

[geepondy]

Hey could somebody clearify whether there is or is not a trojan. In the original post, Sasha edited it to say there was one but it was a harmless one and then later on James said there there wasn't any at all. I clicked on it from work and would like to know the true scoop. I didn't get any warnings when I clicked on it.

 

[raggie33]

i used to go there all the time. i dont use a scaner.or firewall since my router died it never gave me no problems .i just used a online scaner called housecall system is clean . i think some scaners are ust warning you that it wasnt a real website. once again im sorry. humer is a tricky thing what may be funny to me may be offensive to others . something i realy should of worked on. i didnt see the bad word on the last site. and for sure didnt know it gave false poisitives.once again im sorry.but i assure ya the site is safe my pc runs 24/7 months at a time i have no problems. but i do recomend for most people to use a GOOD scaner. and a good firewall.