{"id":341,"date":"2005-02-03T19:48:16","date_gmt":"2005-02-03T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2005-02-03T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2005-02-03T19:58:36","slug":"no-shit-sherlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"No Shit Sherlock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blueyonder have sent me a wonderful email today. All I can say is I’m amazed that they have the temerity to send this mail out now, after months of inactivity, and seemingly not giving a rat’s ass<\/a> about the hundreds of spywared, virused, trojaned zombie spamnet MS Windows PCs connected to their network.
\n<\/p>\n

\nDear Customer,<\/p>\n

Recently, Telewest have received a significant number of calls from our customers about a security threat called Spyware, which can cause poor performance of your Internet connection and hinder your online experience. <\/p>\n

Spyware is software that gathers information on your Internet usage. It often installs itself on your PC without your knowledge, usually disguised within software you have downloaded\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(p0rn)<\/p>\n

or hidden behind web pages you have viewed.<\/p>\n

As this software runs on your PC, it can cause slow performance whilst you access the Internet, but also a number of other issues including:<\/p>\n

* Redirecting you to websites you hadn’t intended to visit
\n* Installing toolbars in your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer)
\n* Generating “pop-up” windows
\n* Monitoring key strokes you make to try and capture your passwords or credit card information
\n* Installing “rogue dialler” software that can cause you to dial a number you hadn’t intended to, often at a premium rate. <\/p>\n

Whilst Spyware is a serious issue that causes problems for Internet users, there are counter measures that can be taken to protect your computer.<\/p>\n

We recommend that you run up to date anti-Spyware software, as covered on our website:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.blueyonder.co.uk\/spyware<\/p>\n

Once you have installed anti-Spyware software, you should run it frequently (at least once a week), and also you should install firewall and anti-virus software <\/p>\n

Please note: Spyware is not a matter covered by the blueyonder broadband service and hence our technical support team cannot assist you with regard to the use or support of Spyware removal tools.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also won’t do anything about disconnecting you, so everyone suffers. Ha! Spam away, losers!<\/p>\n

However, our PC Help team is available should you require further assistance.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At a suitably large fee…….<\/p>\n

\n

Lines are open between 11am and midnight, 7 days a week. Call 0906 991 0001 (Calls charged at ?1 per minute. Calls from mobiles may be higher).<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p>\n

The team at blueyonder\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blueyonder have sent me a wonderful email today. All I can say is I’m amazed that they have the temerity to send this mail out now, after months of inactivity, and seemingly not giving a rat’s ass about the hundreds of spywared, virused, trojaned zombie spamnet MS Windows PCs connected to their network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-rants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}