"Mike" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:05:36 -0000, "someone"
wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-12-21 22:28:07 +0000, "someone" said:
"Mark" wrote in message
m...
someone wrote:
I just went to the Beeches Nursery U.K. website and was looking up a
dahlia
when my anti-virus program went into overdrive. Suggest you avoid
that
site.
someone
you can check an URL of a web site for Virus infection from here
http://online.us.drweb.com/?url=1
?http://www.beechesnursery.co.uk comes up clean
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I am happy to hear that none of you had any problems with an apparent
virus
on the Beeches Nursery site, however, it *did* happen to me on the 19th
December. I have Avira Anti-Virus and it has proved very reliable in
the
past couple of years. I grabbed a couple of screen shots of the
incident
and you can view them here on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12519030@N02/4204644002/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12519030@N02/4203887527/
I got out of the site, and got back into it a few minutes later and
still
got the same result. I haven't tried since.
I'm not trying to put any nursery down, I'm a real nursery enthusiast.
I
was just trying to alert people to a possible problem. I really do
think
that Sacha went over the top to "shop" me to my ISP, and I'm glad she's
alerted Beeches Nursery, maybe they can have a look at my flickr photos
as
well. For obvious reasons I have redacted my own name in my
screenshots.
There are no obvious reasons that I can see. If you're an outraged and
'damaged' customer, why hide your name while exposing theirs to doubt
and
ridicule? Why not check with them, your ISP and your anti-virus program
suppliers first?
I wish the Beeches Nursery well, and may look at their site again
sometime
when I'm in an internet cafe and not on my own PC.
Maybe I was just unlucky with the Beeches Nursery at that point in
time.
someone
If you're a genuinely concerned customer you'd go straight to the
Nursery
and tell them the problem. You would not dash straight to the entire
world - literally - and warn them off a web site without consultation
with
its owners. YOUR ISP is also MY ISP. You saw fit to post this
accusation anonymously which is very unfair to Beeches Nursery who do
not
have the luxury of the anonymity you've given yourself. It's not one
of
the most highly used or better known ISPs in newsgroup land, so I'm not
running the risk of some trouble-making idiot accusing me or another Zen
customer of doing this to Beeches Nursery, so OUR ISP will sort this
out.
You hide your identity but don't allow Beeches a quick and early chance
to
correct anything (that only *you* say is wrong) before you tell the
world
to avoid their web site! From what I could see they run a good and
professional organisation and you have put that at risk, most unfairly
and
unwisely. What Beeches Nursery does when they identify you is up to
them,
of course.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
You should calm down. I'm neither an "outraged" or "damaged" customer,
I'm
not even a customer, I'm just a person grazing nursery websites looking
for
a specific plant. If I get several warnings from my AV program, why should
I
go back to that site? I suppose I could write them a snail mail to tell
them about this, so I don't have to do it online and risk another virus or
whatever. OTOH, I guess you've done the work for me, alerting my ISP and
the nursery. Thanks.
Everybody who has any sense hides their real email address when posting in
forums. I was so stupid as a newbie back in 1994 I posted in forums using
my real email address, now I have 500 emails a day trying to sell me drugs
and viagra.
Ditto ... cept it was 1995 for me :-) .. and we were told in those
days, never put your real NAME in your email address .. now all seem
to do it !
I know a female who was tracked down to where she lived by that method
.. she was a very scared lady for a while.
Mike P
I had this problem in my naive early days with the WWW. After a problem
with a forum poster threatening me (we know your email address, your ISP,
where you live, etc.) I said I intended to phone the police, so then the
other poster contacted me and said "please don't do that, I was only having
a bit of fun with a newbie", and I haven't heard from the person again.
I've learned a few things since then.
someone