Re: Startup Password - FMFD?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Startup Password - FMFD?
Date	2016-11-10 21:28 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<e8k73kF34haU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2016-11-10, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2016-11-10 20:59:53 +0000, gtr said:
>
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Did Safari attempt to download the file? What showed up in the location
>>> bar (URL)?
>> 
>> It flashes the link very briefly and is gone--quicker than my ability 
>> to see it. I've been trying to figure out how to "see" what it 
>> processed, but don't know how to analyze it.
>
> I should add that if I simply copy and paste this link into the Safari 
> URL field it downloads it like regular.  Folx apparently does some kind 
> of intercept (I'm guessing, as it did this initially with this link), 
> and is may well be continuing to intercept but doing nothing with it 
> since it's no longer there or operational.

I seems like Folx is still active and not completely removed from your
computer. Apparently they told you only to remove the application by
dragging it to the trash, but not how to remove the supporting software
package(s).  But there apparently is a built-in "Uninstall" function in
the app. So if I were you I would try installing it again, and this time
go into the Help menu and choose Uninstall to let the app remove itself
(and hopefully all of it).

>>> What was the link? Did Safari even attempt to connect?
>
> I'm reluctant to give the real link publicly, since it's this guys beta 
> software but it is simply:
>
> http://downloads.[company].com//[foldername]/ProgramBeta.zip
>
> I'll be glad to send it to your email, if it will help.

No need.

-- 
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JR

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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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