Blooddoll opened this issue on Oct 11, 2002 ยท 34 posts
Blooddoll posted Sat, 12 October 2002 at 1:39 PM
As exe files are rare in freebies, and are often associated with viruses. I was conserned. Myself not knowing the user who uploaded it, simply posted a note to warn others to use caution before downloading. (Mind you it was my bad for not investigating who the user was by going to their homepage gallery and following all of the links etc. I admit that I was in a bit of a hurry on my way to a lovecraft filmfest..) Why? Because of the posts I've seen here in the various forums and discussions in chats about people finding various viruses in freebies here and there through out the months. Because I do isp tech support for a living and see all of the viruses that are comming in through email and downloads and that you should never asume that someone has anti-virus protection just because they seem to have a clue about everything else. I've seen to many people have their systems crashed because they where unaware or not paying attention, or just thought that they knew everything and there for they could never get a virus and did not need protection. (If you do tech support of any kind or even customer service you know these people that Im talking about, they are the ones that make you want to rip your hair out...) I didn't say it WAS a virus I suggested that one use caution because exe's for the most part are rare in freebies. Because sadly not everyone does use anti-virus software. I was happy to be informed by wyrwulf that no this is a merchant and they use exe files as opposed to zip files. GREAT! Im happy thats the case. What I don't get is the extreme offense that some have taken over a friendly warning to those who don't pay attention to things they download who don't have anti-virus programs, who don't know who every single Merchant is in MP. Frankly I think its silly. I don't know about the rest of you. But Id rather be warned about something so I can investigate it and make up my own mind about what to do with the situation, even if it turns out that nothing is wrong, than to not be warned download something with out paying attention because my mind is elsewhere and then end up having to pay the consequences later because that ONE time that no one spoke about their conserns, it was a nasty file that destroys who knows how many hours worth of work. Anyway I'm done with this conversation I've said my peace. It seems my best intentions have gotten the better of me once again. I'll remember to keep concerns to myself in the future.