Re: Startup Password - FMFD?

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: Startup Password - FMFD?
Date	10 Nov 2016 19:47:50 GMT
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On 2016-11-10, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <2016111010400132423-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>
>>>> I installed Folx for hot-diggity downloading.  I didn't care for it and
>>>> uninstalled it according to their website: Drag it to the trash, empty
>>>> trash.  Someone had sent me a link to a file for download through an
>>>> email.  A simple download.  I clicked on it.  It went to Safari and did
>>>> nothing.
>>> 
>>> it probably did, that being installing malware. you've been pwned.
>> 
>> Folx is malware?

Download managers are certainly *not* what I would consider to be
desirable or noteworthy software.

> clicking a link in email (that alone is a bad idea), safari launching
> which seemingly 'did nothing' followed by unusual things happening,
> such as being asked for your admin password, screams malware.

True. 

So what were these links to?

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Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 09:31 -0800
  Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 17:48 +0000
    Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:21 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 13:27 -0500
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:40 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 14:13 -0500
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:47 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:57 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:46 +0000
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:59 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:06 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:15 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:28 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:37 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:54 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 23:36 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 16:00 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-12 14:26 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-12 20:22 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-13 16:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-14 01:48 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 18:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-13 22:31 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 22:01 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 07:22 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-14 11:22 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 10:32 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-14 16:17 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:16 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:12 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-12 17:31 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:13 +0000
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:35 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 18:34 -0500

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