[meteorite-list] The History Channel asteroids episode

From: Jerry Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:41:58 -0400
Message-ID: <3C01E0EA5013414B9102970293F395AE_at_ASUS>

I'm in total agreement Sterling, speaking from personal experience.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Bob Loeffler" <bobl at peaktopeak.com>; "'Meteorite List'"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The History Channel asteroids episode


> Hi, Bob, List,
>
> I don't say this from any wish to be quarrelsome,
> but if there is a site mentioned here that is a danger
> to any user, it is McAfee itself, a struggling rolling
> disaster attempting to cling to declining market share
> with decrepid and faulty software whose marketing
> tactic is and has been for years to intentionally terrify
> their users with false reports of danger (particularly
> in their web server software).
>
> Long term use of McAfee with constant so-called
> upgrades and updates will bring any PC to a state of
> total operational destruction. I've encountered "problem"
> PC's that ran so slowly as to be unusable for which
> McAfee software was responsible. Uninstalling and
> burning all traces of McAfee from them restored them
> to normal operation.
>
> Various alerts from McAfee have (falsely) identified
> Abode Flash as a Trojan Horse, also several key components
> of both Windows XP and Vista. They often target their
> competitors' products for such false warnings (surprise).
> All such software has some false alarms, but it appears to
> be a pattern with this company. (Libel suits are welcome.)
>
> Longtime members of this List may recall being
> victimized some years ago by a McAfee "warning storm"
> of hundreds of "security warnings," one accompanying
> each and every post from the List they received. I got
> about 300 of them. There was, of course, no virus and
> nothing wrong with any of the List postings... McAfee
> is more than just worthless junk, though. It has a
> history of eating its users' machines. That's far more
> than an annoyance.
>
> As far as Sendspace is concerned, I have used the
> site for years without any problem. (It's true that they
> have increased ad content lately. Times are tough; you
> may have heard.)
>
> You're in far more danger from McAfee than Sendspace.
> (And no, I don't work for Symantec, or Sendspace either.)
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Loeffler" <bobl at peaktopeak.com>
> To: "'Meteorite List'" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The History Channel asteroids episode
>
>
>> Hi Darren and list,
>>
>> My McAfee SiteAdvisor threw up a HUGE red flag for that website. You can
>> read about it here:
>>
>> http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/banner.adtrgt.com/cpi.jsp??showInterS=false
>>
>> Can the asteroids episode be found anywhere else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Darren
>> Garrison
>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:13 PM
>> To: Meteorite List
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] The History Channel asteroids episode
>>
>> If you weren't able to watch it on TV, here's a download link:
>>
>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/93kele
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