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Blunderov
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RE: virus: Blunderov's BBS Blues
« on: 2004-09-03 03:02:16 » |
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[Blunderov]
Dear David:
'Well I logged on to the BBS this mornin' But my chickens wouldn't lay, Logged on to the BBS this mornin' But it wouldn't let me play - Everythin' is broken And gettin' in my way. Blunderov, po' Blunderov, ...'
And so forth.
I can log in to the main BBS page ok. (Somewhat to my surprise, I discover there is a message of welcome to our newest member 'squooker@mweb.co.za'- that's me! I'm him!)
But whenever I open another page I suddenly become a guest again. I reformatted my system recently, installed SP2 (and firewall) and I almost never allow cookies anymore. Is it possible that my Virus account no longer recognises my machine, or my IP, because of this?
Best regards.
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Walter Watts
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Re: virus: Blunderov's BBS Blues
« Reply #1 on: 2004-09-03 07:02:51 » |
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Have you tried a different cologne?
Walter
Blunderov wrote:
> [Blunderov] > > Dear David: > > 'Well I logged on to the BBS this mornin' > But my chickens wouldn't lay, > Logged on to the BBS this mornin' > But it wouldn't let me play - > Everythin' is broken > And gettin' in my way. > Blunderov, po' Blunderov, ...' > > And so forth. > > I can log in to the main BBS page ok. (Somewhat to my surprise, I > discover there is a message of welcome to our newest member > 'squooker@mweb.co.za'- that's me! I'm him!) > > But whenever I open another page I suddenly become a guest again. I > reformatted my system recently, installed SP2 (and firewall) and I > almost never allow cookies anymore. Is it possible that my Virus account > no longer recognises my machine, or my IP, because of this? > > Best regards. > > --- > To unsubscribe from the Virus list go to <http://www.lucifer.com/cgi-bin/virus-l>
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David Lucifer
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RE: virus: Blunderov's BBS Blues
« Reply #2 on: 2004-09-03 19:53:28 » |
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Quote from: squooker@mweb.co.za on 2004-09-03 03:02:16 But whenever I open another page I suddenly become a guest again. I reformatted my system recently, installed SP2 (and firewall) and I almost never allow cookies anymore. Is it possible that my Virus account no longer recognises my machine, or my IP, because of this?
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Bingo. You need to accept a cookie to remain logged into the BBS.
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RE: virus: Blunderov's BBS Blues
« Reply #3 on: 2004-09-04 03:39:42 » |
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David Lucifer Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 1:53 AM Bingo. You need to accept a cookie to remain logged into the BBS.
[Blunderov] Thank you David. All is now sweetness and light.
Walter: My new fragrance is essence of wolverine. I am determined that the crackers will not, if I can help it, avail themselves of my bandwidth.
I was amazed to see, courtesy of the 'Black Ice' firewall, the number of attempts that were made, on a daily basis, to access ports on my machine. Apparently these guys are especially on the lookout for broadband accounts that they can exploit in order to bypass caps imposed on download volumes. Some useful (free!) software that I found: look@lan http://www.lookatlan.com/
This software will trace the route of an IP that is showing an unseemly interest in your machine. Doing this a number of times in a row seems to encourage the cracker to move on.
Best Regards.
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