X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45B7C821.3010204@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:57:05 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Best Windows Malware Ever! References: <45B7C562 DOT 3080509 AT tlinx DOT org> In-Reply-To: <45B7C562.3080509@tlinx.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/