I just have a thought for you, whenever I put anything into a dropbox folder, I always send the person who is the recipient in email explaining what I put in two their folder just so that they know that the file is indeed legitimate. I know that most of my friends are just like me, any file that we didn't request or we did not know who it's coming from, or what it is. Will it probably automatically be deleted by hand. I guess what I'm getting at here is the same rule that applies to email if you get a file, that you don't know where it came from, or who it came from, or what it really does then delete it immediately. Basically better safe than a large repair bill if you're running Windows. And a bit of a nuisance to running a Mac, in most cases. Just my two cents worth, Maurice, kd0iko.
On Jun 30, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Nope, Howard, it isn't quite clear.
>
> Yes, it is a dropbox link, but you don't know to what it is linking? It
> could be a file that executes a script or puts a rootkit or other spyware on
> your computer.
>
> The only thing you know from that link is it is something on the dropbox
> server. You don't know what it is or what type of file it is.
>
>
>
> Steve, K8SP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.
>
>
>> 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%20Favorite%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)
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