From: "Steve Gibson" <support@grc.com>
> > Newsgroups: optout
> > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:40 PM
> > Subject: A troubling discovery Folks . . .
> >
> > > Following up upon some posts here, I took a close look at one of the
> > > 'GetRight' component files: MSIPCSV.EXE
> > >
> > > I don't know about you, but *I* would feel somewhat uncomfortable if I
> > > found the following block of text in an executable program that has
> > > been installed into and can be run by my machine:
> > >
> > > //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\
> > >
> > > In its feet, because if it steps on you, you're fucked! Where is an
> > > elephant's sex organ? My girlfriend is a naemad, excepting the
> > > Dionysian rituals, of course. Sesquipedallion fever, baby! I'm
> > > losing my perspicacity! Defenestration is your friend. If you're
> > > reading this, you're probably pretty smart. Llamas and aardvarks and
> > > bunnies, oh my! Caffeine, despite its negative reputation in the
> > > medical community, is actually quite good for you. Mike is a studly
> > > programmer. Recent studies indicate that certain kinds of
> > > grapefruit juice have strong drug interactions.
> > >
> > > //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\
> > >
> > > This is a block of text directly out of one of GetRight's files,
> > > "MSIPCSV.EXE". You can see it yourself by simply opening the
> > > indicated EXE, if you have it, in wordpad or (under NT) notepad.
> > >
> > > If nothing else, it does not suggest the sort of programmer in whose
> > > maturity I'd be willing to place my faith ... or my personal
> > > information!
> > >
> > > I'm going to need to take a CLOSE LOOK at "GetRight". The file *does*
> > > indeed have a lot of "interconnection" with Aureate, although it
> > > doesn't appear to be a piece of Aureate it per se.
> > >
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> > > Steve Gibson, Gibson Research Corporation < http://grc.com >