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  • Re: Malwarebytes reports

    From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Jan 26 09:50:00 2024
    so contact them with your ip address. that's the thing that triggers the block
    g. hopefully you will get ahold of a real person.

    Their answer is that I need to add my site to my malwarebytes config, even though I told them (1) I am not the one running their software and (2) it
    is other people who are accessing my site and getting a false positive.

    I sort of figured I'd not find much joy there since I am not a customer.

    Meanwhile, I can see where they immediately helped someone else out who
    runs a commecercial website -- selling men's undergarments -- whose site apparently got blocked because it has the word "ass" in it.

    Maybe I should change my site name to "getsomeass.net" so they will fix it.


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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Fri Jan 26 17:12:25 2024
    Re: Re: Malwarebytes reports
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Jan 26 2024 09:50 am


    Their answer is that I need to add my site to my malwarebytes config, even though I told them (1) I am not the one running their software and (2) it
    is other people who are accessing my site and getting a false positive.

    I sort of figured I'd not find much joy there since I am not a customer.

    Meanwhile, I can see where they immediately helped someone else out who
    runs a commecercial website -- selling men's undergarments -- whose site apparently got blocked because it has the word "ass" in it.

    Maybe I should change my site name to "getsomeass.net" so they will fix it.

    yep looks like they arent the same malwarebytes from years ago.
    they are all about the money.

    not many people use it, so i wouldn't worry about it.
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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to MRO on Sat Jan 27 10:01:00 2024
    not many people use it, so i wouldn't worry about it.

    I've decided not to. Thanks!


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  • From Marc Lewis@1:103/705 to alt.bbs.synchronet on Tue Jan 23 20:34:36 2024
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    Hello All.

    <On 22Jan2024 05:51 MO wrote a message to All regarding Malwarebytes reports troj >

    From: "MRO" <mro@BBSESINF.remove-olj-this>

    By: Marc Lewis to alt.bbs.synchronet on Mon Jan 22 2024 03:34 pm

    Another useful one I've been using that's really easy on resources
    and easy
    to configure is Avast, both the freeware version as well as the
    professional
    version. Very little interference with all Windows programs. I am
    not sure
    if it is available on other OSes... Not sure. https://www.avast.com

    Best regards,

    wasnt avast caught selling our information?
    i just use the ms security essentials.

    There are specific settings in Avast under settings - personal privacy to turn off sharing. I'm sure that some folks will still not be convinced. I've been satisfied with its performance. I will check further and see. You may in fact be correct.

    Best regards,
    Marc

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Marc Lewis on Sun Jan 28 20:36:38 2024
    Re: RE: Malwarebytes reports troj
    By: Marc Lewis to alt.bbs.synchronet on Tue Jan 23 2024 08:34 pm


    There are specific settings in Avast under settings - personal privacy to turn off sharing. I'm sure that some folks will still not be convinced. I've been satisfied with its performance. I will check further and see. You may in fact be correct.


    if they did it once, they'll do it again.
    I wouldn't trust it.

    I just use the built in windows shit.
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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to MRO on Wed Jan 31 11:31:00 2024

    There are specific settings in Avast under settings - personal privacy to turn off sharing. I'm sure that some folks will still not be convinced. I've been satisfied with its performance. I will check further and see. Yo
    may in fact be correct.


    if they did it once, they'll do it again.
    I wouldn't trust it.

    I just use the built in windows shit.

    I was thinking it might have been AVG instead of Avast, but I often get
    those mixed up so there is that.


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