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  1. 02-27-1999 12:44 AM #1
    lec169
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    Web Sites Controling Your Printer

    Maybe I am still learning after 20+ years in Computers. I was at a web site and it decided that it wanted print things out to my printers. Has this happened to anyone else? Just Curious

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  2. 02-27-1999 08:16 AM #2
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    Never happened to me...weird.
    I'd run a good virus scan about now, though.
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  3. 02-27-1999 06:39 PM #3
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    Sounds like you have Netbus or Back Orifice. They're trojans which allow outside users to control your computer - even down to the CDROM drawer. It's funny at first if it starts opening and closing by itself, but it gets "old" real quick .

    Visit http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html and look up the info on these trojans, if this sounds like your situation.

    HTH
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  4. 02-27-1999 10:01 PM #4
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    Jackal,

    I had something like that at one point. I didn't think it was funny at all... S.O.B. stole my AOL password files.
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