Comments on: Bloatware = h@x0rdware http://mcwresearch.com/archives/559 Things I think I've thought about Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael http://mcwresearch.com/archives/559/comment-page-1#comment-4829 Michael Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:14:22 +0000 http://mcwresearch.com/archives/559#comment-4829 Here's another example of programs doing more than they should; <div class="sample">The process 'C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe' (as user SCRUBBED\joe.soap) attempted to initiate a connection as a client on TCP port 80 to 207.46.248.249. The operation was denied.</div> Why does the shell need to access a web page? Isn't that the job of the browser? Bash can't access the web, it needs curl or wget or some other tool. Here’s another example of programs doing more than they should;

The process ‘C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe’ (as user SCRUBBED\joe.soap) attempted to initiate a connection as a client on TCP port 80 to 207.46.248.249. The operation was denied.

Why does the shell need to access a web page? Isn’t that the job of the browser? Bash can’t access the web, it needs curl or wget or some other tool.

]]> By: LonerVamp http://mcwresearch.com/archives/559/comment-page-1#comment-4828 LonerVamp Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:27:17 +0000 http://mcwresearch.com/archives/559#comment-4828 I bet it saves those credentials too, right? ;) I bet it saves those credentials too, right? ;)

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