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Old 04-18-2006, 02:03 PM
warlock warlock is offline
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Default Re: Stars catches a bot and it\'s........my mom

Nah. The 6 tabling part is easy. The things the computer unsavy find hard are the things they have no reference frame for. Trying to explain to my Mum where email came from was one of my more memorable discussions with her. (So you send your email to your ISP, what's an ISP?, who sends it?, why do they need to see it? I'm not sending my email to somebody I don't know, ....)

Given enough motivation, (gambling, free music, etc.) they'll figure out how to do specific tasks, but the general stuff like security, viruses, and such like is something you need a fair amount of exposure to, to really understand. Witness just how many people on these forums have problems with that stuff.

Personally i'm voting for trojan here, but that's just me. If you want some help with the forensics Teddy, drop me a PM.