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 >