Krevco’s Comments

• Dec 29th, 2009 @ 8:17am

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  on After Five Years, Apparently The Mobile Virus Flood Is Really Coming This Time
  Is it a virus flood? In my experience it is more of a case of peopel accidentally introducing malware to their devices because of external devices and memory cards, or getting malware from bad apps. I have not heard of any real virus issue on any mobile devices..
• Dec 29th, 2009 @ 6:53am

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  on How Do You Enforce An EULA On Malware?
  Pretty sick stuff when they pack the EULAs with stuff that, although not binding, ATTEMPTS to lock you in to years worth of purchases. I can see the call to support, "Hi, I have malware all over my computer." "Well, since you have agreed to buy all future upgrades, you are now required to buy one if you want this fixed." Sweet deal. Very cool customer relations strategy...
• Dec 28th, 2009 @ 7:56am

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  on Is The IndiaTimes Website Bombarding Visitors With Malware?
  I have a hard time believing that any reputable company, especially a news site, would be the host of an intentional malware attack. Doing that on purpose would just be public relations suicide. it is more likely that they got some good bids on ad space, and unwillingly invited in some malicious code. In this case, they deserve only some of the blame.
• Dec 28th, 2009 @ 7:52am

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  on Connecticut Still Wants To Try Julie Amero
  The fact that they are still pursuing this case SUGGESTS that they don't know what they are doing, but COULD mean that they know more than they are letting on. It could very well be that the malware found on the computer was not totally responsible for the content that was present on the machine, but may only be a coincidence. I am just saying, we should keep an open mind on this one until more facts come out...
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 2:21pm

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  on Time Warner Says People Want Metered Billing; Cablevision Says People Hate It
  Haha..yah, people WANT metered billing. I am DYING to see the study that showed this to be the case. I can think of no situation where people would WANT metered billing, unless they are incredibly light users. I wonder, do any of these limits apply to uploading? I am wondering if receiving tech support via remote pc access software would run up my quote to the limit...
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 2:18pm

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  on Time Warner Cable Experimenting With Overage Charges For Top Users
  I mentioned it before but it is worth mentioning in this post as well. A pal of mine often uses remote control software to do tech support from his home. A month or two ago his internet bill came and he had a ridiculous charge on it because he went over his monthly allotment. I guess he forgot to take all that bandwidth into account...that was a costly error..It's a shame he even has to look out for that. My service provider (Verizon) has no limits...thankfully.
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 2:07pm

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  on Study: Internet Users Using The Internet
  I don't think PC remote access is what you would need for that. What you would need is a DeLorean and some plutonium!
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 2:02pm

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  on Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police
  This is James Bond stuff. Stick the USB in, wait a minute, and all the computers encrypted files are now yours for the taking. Why not upload some remote access software so you can just take the info dynamically?
  
  Now you're talking! That's not even James Bond though. That's Bourne Identity stuff!
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 1:56pm

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  on Comcast Officially Caps Broadband That It Had Already Secretly Capped
  I had a friend who had his monthly quota go over because he was using some remote desktop software to give tech support. Apparently the downloading of the person's information was enough to overwhelm his cap. He forgot to take it into consideration when measuring his allowance. I think he had to pay over $200 in fees. I cannot believe that limits on downloading still exist...
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 1:52pm

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  on Study: Internet Users Using The Internet
  I love looking back at these old articles.
  
  Imagine..people using the internet to research schools! What a concept. If only we had some PC remote access software that could travel back in time and let users get a peek at the things that await them...They might be shocked to see how truly little has changed. I mean, beyond bandwidth, what has changed in the last 3 years on the web? Nada, if you ask me..
• Nov 12th, 2009 @ 1:49pm

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  on Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police
  This is James Bond stuff. Stick the USB in, wait a minute, and all the computers encrypted files are now yours for the taking. Why not upload some remote access software so you can just take the info dynamically?