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jaysunb

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8. I got an email from Will Pitt today

Reply to Hestia (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 02:08 PM

Oct 2014

Although I've known him on this board since 2001, and briefly met him once, I knew he wouldn't be sending me an email at my personal address.

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Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose [View all] tomm2thumbs Oct 2014 OP

They're getting clever with the emails, as well... C Moon Oct 2014 #1

I'm getting Your Gas Bill is Overdue, or Your Mother's Obituary. I just delete them and don't click. Hestia Oct 2014 #3

I got an email from Will Pitt today jaysunb Oct 2014 #8

never really dropped eSata PatrynXX Oct 2014 #2

A translation for the non-technical folks eggplant Oct 2014 #4

Its possible to protect your computer ... cprise Oct 2014 #7

I don't think that qubes would be immune, either. eggplant Oct 2014 #10

Like UEFI, Qubes can use a TPM to detect BIOS tampering. cprise Oct 2014 #17

Agreed. eggplant Oct 2014 #18

I bought a Sanyo smart television and Uncle Joe Oct 2014 #12

I honestly have no idea. eggplant Oct 2014 #13

I was mistaken anyway, it's a Samsung. Uncle Joe Oct 2014 #20

Your response is Soylent Brice Oct 2014 #26

As a non-technical person - a question maybe you can answer? enlightenment Oct 2014 #27

Short answer, maybe. eggplant Oct 2014 #28

Ah. I think I understand. enlightenment Oct 2014 #31

The code ate my homework. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #5

Thank you NSA Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #6

Um, sure. eggplant Oct 2014 #14

Remember Heartbleed? Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #22

oh man this sucks navarth Oct 2014 #9

There's always dropbox... ;-) n/t eggplant Oct 2014 #15

Sneakernet baby Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #23

OK everybody... defacto7 Oct 2014 #11

Damn, and I just tossed my USB-to-parallel cable. (really!) eggplant Oct 2014 #16

I noticed defacto7 Oct 2014 #24

The solution is cheap and simple especially if you are handy… Agony Oct 2014 #19

What is it? n/t A Little Weird Oct 2014 #21

The butterfly effect! defacto7 Oct 2014 #25

It is the computer equivalent of sticking a fork into a light socket. eggplant Oct 2014 #29

''Can't infect paper with a virus.'' Not yet, perhaps. Octafish Oct 2014 #30