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From: 4s00th <4s00th@hushmail.com>
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Subject: Ping: Ronin -- I miss the great puzzles!
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:58:00 -0400
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I was actually able to locate a slightly older version of the program,
and am currently going through some of the included puzzles. I plan to
make some of my own for this group. AND I MISS YOURS!
I don't care what a few over-cautious idiots say -- I think you are a
reliable source. That's not to say I don't check your stuff with my AV
software -- that's basic. But there are ways of dealing with possible
threats! Antivirus software, anti-malware software, running programs
in sandboxes, etc.
And while we're on the subject -- has it occurred to anyone that it's
damn easy to stick viruses or other mal-ware in archive files? Most AV
programs will search inside archives -- make sure that yours does, and
make sure you check.
And -- here's another tip I've learned from torrent downloads. When
you have a .exe file, check to see whether it is genuinely a .exe file
or a self-extracting archive. Such files are pretty common in Torrent
downloads. You open the file in WinRAR and see that there are two
files in there -- the proper one and a small one that shouldn't be
there. If you open the self-extracting archive -- the malware
activates and infests your system. Instead, use WinRAR to extract the
good file and then delete the original. You'll probably need to rename
the file.
-- 4s00th@hushmail.com
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