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Paul Sutton wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/29/scareware_monger_sued/ > > What I found funny with these registry scanners is that they would pop > up, scan my hdd, and report a problem, even when I was using Linux, > > Paul > Thing is, they don't actually scan anything. The most basic ones just display either an animated GIF or Flash based message and at best they detect you're running Linux from the strings in the browser. I actually read an indepth review of one of these such applications. It actually looked pretty legit considering it was junkware. IIRC the article was also on The Register. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html