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From: Craig on 9 May 2010 11:30
On 05/09/2010 08:05 AM, Thip wrote:
> "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote:

>> So this inability to even virus scan the screensaver before installation
>> is by design, not a side effect of the publisher's desire to make the
>> installation painless for neophytes.

>
> Wow, great detective work! I'm not sorry I posted the link--hopefully it
> will keep people *away*.

Yea thanks. That was an interesting read.

--
-Craig
From: Zo on 9 May 2010 12:01

Thip expressed precisely :
> "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote in
> message news:99115ed78319a6c2255872f98a2a2f3f(a)remailer.privacy.at...
>> It's actually a bit more sinister than that. You can download the file
>> without starting the install, but extracting the resulting 'marine2.exe'
>> leaves three more files... autorun.txt, resource.0000.pkg, and
>> wrapper.xml. resource.0000.pkg is the "meat" of the thing, and you can
>> obtain a file list which includes the actual screen saver executables,
>> but it's password protected. And there's evidence in the .xml wrapper
>> that indicates the installer phones home for the password, as well as to
>> "register" the software. All without notifying you.
>>
>> So this inability to even virus scan the screensaver before installation
>> is by design, not a side effect of the publisher's desire to make the
>> installation painless for neophytes.
>>
>
> Wow, great detective work! I'm not sorry I posted the link--hopefully it
> will keep people *away*.

Great detective work? I think not. The Subject as I see it is "Deep
Water Screensaver" I just downloaded this screensaver and virus checked
with Avira (clean) without any problems. It appears that John
attempted to download the one from Freeze, "FREE Marine Aquarium
ScreenSaver" which gives you the results that he posted. Incidentally,
anyone downloading this Deep Water one will be mostly disappointed as
it is not 3D animated, but a slideshow type :(

--
Zo
CLIMATE: What you do with a ladder.


From: za kAT on 9 May 2010 13:14
On Sun, 09 May 2010 02:52:27 -0700, John Corliss wrote:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> Thip wrote:
>>
>>> !!!!!I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS!!!!!
>>>
>>> For all I know it's full of adware/viruses, but someone was asking about
>>> this type of screensaver:
>>>
>>> http://www.3d-screensaver-jam.com/deep-water-screensaver.html
>>
>> Last time I checked one of these, it had an adware component silenty
>> installed with it. YMMV
>
> Worse yet, when you go to the download page for the screen saver,
> there's a huge download button and underneath it, it says, "Clicking
> this Download button starts InstallIQ™, it manages your installation."
>
> That means you can't even download the setup file and run a scan on it.
>
> Guess I'll pass on that one.

Too many Prozac pills there, Johnny. lol
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From: John Corliss on 10 May 2010 09:14
Zo wrote:
>
> Thip expressed precisely :
>> "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote
>> in message news:99115ed78319a6c2255872f98a2a2f3f(a)remailer.privacy.at...
>>> It's actually a bit more sinister than that. You can download the file
>>> without starting the install, but extracting the resulting 'marine2.exe'
>>> leaves three more files... autorun.txt, resource.0000.pkg, and
>>> wrapper.xml. resource.0000.pkg is the "meat" of the thing, and you can
>>> obtain a file list which includes the actual screen saver executables,
>>> but it's password protected. And there's evidence in the .xml wrapper
>>> that indicates the installer phones home for the password, as well as to
>>> "register" the software. All without notifying you.
>>>
>>> So this inability to even virus scan the screensaver before installation
>>> is by design, not a side effect of the publisher's desire to make the
>>> installation painless for neophytes.
>>>
>>
>> Wow, great detective work! I'm not sorry I posted the link--hopefully
>> it will keep people *away*.
>
> Great detective work? I think not. The Subject as I see it is "Deep
> Water Screensaver" I just downloaded this screensaver and virus checked
> with Avira (clean) without any problems. It appears that John attempted
> to download the one from Freeze, "FREE Marine Aquarium ScreenSaver"
> which gives you the results that he posted.

Right, but my reply was mainly about the site rather than the
screensaver itself. Where were you able to download it from?

> Incidentally, anyone downloading this Deep Water one will be mostly
> disappointed as it is not 3D animated, but a slideshow type :(

--
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sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous
remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries
posted through them.

No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited,
trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: Zo on 10 May 2010 10:01

John Corliss wrote on 5/10/2010 :
>
>> Great detective work? I think not. The Subject as I see it is "Deep
>> Water Screensaver" I just downloaded this screensaver and virus checked
>> with Avira (clean) without any problems. It appears that John attempted
>> to download the one from Freeze, "FREE Marine Aquarium ScreenSaver"
>> which gives you the results that he posted.
>
> Right, but my reply was mainly about the site rather than the screensaver
> itself. Where were you able to download it from?

Downloaded it from the second link on the page for the "subject"
screensaver.

--
Zo
Hasten to laugh at life ... lest you be obliged to weep


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