what may have happened is that too many accesses to the public link?


At 07:44 PM 06/30/13, you wrote:
>Warnings associated with dropbox?  I must have missed those, what's up?
>Something else to keep me up at night?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:31 AM
>Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.
>
>
> > Evidently you are not aware of the warning that was published quite some
> > time ago warning us against problems associated with DropBox.
> >
> > I'm not trying to stir up some huge fight or controversy. If you don't
> > agree with my caution, then, simply ignore it. If being cautious saves
> > your
> > computer from being taken over by some kind of virus or spyware, then,
> > that
> > is all the better.
> >
> > Ron, K8HSY
> >
> >
> > At 08:50 AM 6/30/2013 -0500, you wrote:
> >>It was quite clear, it is a dropbox link.  For some reason, when I
> >>forwarded
> >>the message to friends, they couldn't open the link, but I could.
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:33 AM
> >>Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Just to give you a heads-up... by just giving us a URL or address to go
> >>> to
> >>> without any more information to tell us what we are going to is not a
> >>> good
> >>> idea. Many of us are extremely suspicious of such emails, thinking they
> >>> could lead us to some virus or spyware or something dastardly. This is
> >>> not
> >>> simply paranoia; it happens all of the time, and it is not any kind of
> >>> accusation about Curtis or anyone. A very good friend of mine got
> >>> something
> >>> on his computer a few weeks ago that ended up taking over his computer,
> >>> sending out messages to everyone in his address book and to every email
> >>> address it found on his computer. He didn't know anything about it until
> >>> several of us contacted him, asking him if he intentionally sent out
> >>> messages with just an URL in them saying something like: "Check this
> >>> out:"
> >>> followed by an URL. He reported back that he knew nothing about it;
> >>> though
> >>> the message came from his computer. It turned out to be a piece of
> >>> spyware
> >>> that also spread to everyone else's computer that clicked on and went to
> >>> the URL in his message.
> >>>
> >>> Caution is the smartest course of action!
> >>>
> >>> Ron, K8HSY
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> At 10:50 PM 6/29/2013 -0700, you wrote:
> >>>>Hey guys, check this out, this is quite a neat thing my friend has
> >>>>shown me. I put it in my public drop box.
> >>>>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4910953/A%20Few%20of%20My%20 
> Favorite%20
> >>> Things%20About%20ARRL%20Field%20Day%202013.flv
> >>>>
> >>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
> >>> Ph: 270-782-9325
> >>> Email: [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> >>>
> >>> Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
> >>> (MMS) Committee
> >>>
> >>> President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)
> >>
> > Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
> > Ph: 270-782-9325
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> >
> > Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
> > (MMS) Committee
> >
> > President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)