• Crowdstrike

    From Phil@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 12:57:57 2024
    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it for
    me...

    --
    Phil B

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Phil on Fri Jul 19 13:30:05 2024
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7dkc6$2vmro$1@dont-email.me> Phil wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it for
    me...

    How to become famous overnight :-)

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    By the time you can make ends meet they move the ends

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Fri Jul 19 18:05:20 2024
    On 19/07/2024 14:30, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7dkc6$2vmro$1@dont-email.me> Phil wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it
    for me...

    How to become famous overnight :-)


    I thought the internet was supposed to be robust and distributed?

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  • From Pancho@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 18:19:15 2024
    On 19/07/2024 18:05, GB wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 14:30, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7dkc6$2vmro$1@dont-email.me> Phil wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it
    for me...

    How to become famous overnight :-)


    I thought the internet was supposed to be robust and distributed?

    The internet remains intact and all over the place.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Pancho on Fri Jul 19 20:22:57 2024
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7e76k$2uu4a$3@dont-email.me> Pancho wrote:

    On 19/07/2024 18:05, GB wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 14:30, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7dkc6$2vmro$1@dont-email.me> Phil wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it for >>>>me...

    How to become famous overnight :-)


    I thought the internet was supposed to be robust and distributed?

    The internet remains intact and all over the place.

    The answer seems to be Windows 3.1:

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/windows-version-1992-saving-southwest-171922788.html

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Most people have heard of Karl Marx the philosopher but few know of his
    sister Onya the Olympic runner.
    Her name is still mentioned at the start of every race.

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  • From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to Phil on Sat Jul 20 13:35:25 2024
    Phil wrote:
    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it for
    me...


    and after you boot into safe mode and delete the Clownstrike file, is
    your business workstation less protected? I imagine bad actors are going
    90 to the dozen, looking for vulnerabilities.

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  • From Dan@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 20 09:12:18 2024
    On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:57:57 +0100, Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid>
    wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix it for
    me...



    If tech "support" has been handed over to india, then yes.

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Jul 20 09:36:06 2024
    On 19/07/2024 21:22, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7e76k$2uu4a$3@dont-email.me> Pancho wrote:

    On 19/07/2024 18:05, GB wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 14:30, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 in message <v7dkc6$2vmro$1@dont-email.me> Phil wrote:

    Just waiting for the call from the scammers now, offering to fix
    it  for me...

    How to become famous overnight :-)


    I thought the internet was supposed to be robust and distributed?

    The internet remains intact and all over the place.

    The answer seems to be Windows 3.1:

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/windows-version-1992-saving-southwest-171922788.html


    I'm playing with fire, but today someone else's house is on fire?

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 20 09:10:23 2024
    When all the fuss and speculation has died down I would appreciate a
    summary of what Crowdstrike is, presumably not equivalent to AVG or Malwarebytes?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Thanks for teaching me the meaning of plethora, it means a lot.

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  • From Ian@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sat Jul 20 09:55:10 2024
    On 2024-07-20, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I would appreciate a summary of what Crowdstrike is, presumably not
    equivalent to AVG or Malwarebytes?

    I don't think it does AV, but think it *is* roughly a Malwarebytes for corporates.

    It's corporate nannyware. Basically antivirus and a load of things that can lock your machine down tighther than a gnats chuff so you can only do company-approved things on it, and they can monitor everything you do (including SSL m-i-t-m). Not something you'd have on a personal system.

    Fortunately our company use a different falvour of the same poison, so we
    got a let on this round.

    --
    Ian

    "Tamahome!!!" - "Miaka!!!"

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Jul 20 10:39:01 2024
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I would appreciate a summary of what Crowdstrike is, presumably not equivalent to AVG or Malwarebytes?

    I don't think it does AV, but think it *is* roughly a Malwarebytes for corporates.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Ian on Sat Jul 20 10:27:39 2024
    On 20/07/2024 in message <slrnv9n2bu.d29.${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if@vm46.home.jusme.com>
    Ian wrote:

    On 2024-07-20, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I would appreciate a summary of what Crowdstrike is, presumably not >>>equivalent to AVG or Malwarebytes?

    I don't think it does AV, but think it is roughly a Malwarebytes for >>corporates.

    It's corporate nannyware. Basically antivirus and a load of things that can >lock your machine down tighther than a gnats chuff so you can only do >company-approved things on it, and they can monitor everything you do >(including SSL m-i-t-m). Not something you'd have on a personal system.

    Fortunately our company use a different falvour of the same poison, so we
    got a let on this round.

    Many thanks :-)

    Tighter than a duck's arse - and that's watertight?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Jul 20 17:55:02 2024
    On 20/07/2024 11:27, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 20/07/2024 in message <slrnv9n2bu.d29.${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if@vm46.home.jusme.com> Ian wrote:

    On 2024-07-20, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I would appreciate a summary of what Crowdstrike is, presumably not
    equivalent to AVG or Malwarebytes?

    I don't think it does AV, but think it is roughly a Malwarebytes for
    corporates.

    It's corporate nannyware. Basically antivirus and a load of things
    that can
    lock your machine down tighther than a gnats chuff so you can only do
    company-approved things on it, and they can monitor everything you do
    (including SSL m-i-t-m). Not something you'd have on a personal system.

    Fortunately our company use a different falvour of the same poison, so we
    got a let on this round.

    Many thanks :-)

    Tighter than a duck's arse - and that's watertight?


    But, not shit-proof!

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