Best Windows Malware Ever!

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Jan 24 20:57:00 GMT 2007


Linda Walsh wrote:
> Besides not being a cygwin util (as others have mentioned), whenever
> I see someone posting an unsolicited, out-of-any-context
> advertisement (spam) like this, my first thought is that someone is
> trying to induce me to install their new "trojan" (or keylogger,
> bot-sw, etc).
> 
> Of course if they post the source (which they never do), it might
> be different...but it is quite odd to post a non-cygwin related
> util, out of the blue, to a cygwin mailing list.
> 
> Do people still fall for these traps?
> 
> There's a reason why the software is "free"...(and closed source).
> -l
> 


And, as others have already stated, because it's not Cygwin-related, it's
off-topic for this list.  If anyone else would like to follow-up on this,
please do so on the *cygwin-talk* list.  You can join the riveting debate
going on over there, already in progress. ;-)


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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