Sabotage

[~Rita]

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Sabotage

What is sabotage?

My old dictionary states that it is as an act of malicious
damage or destruction, as one intended to obstruct the production of war
material by the enemy.

Then the subject of computers enters the picture. I believe
that in 1998 the United States Government with all its lawmakers and
politicians knew that China had the computer technology that could destroy
the United States' technology. It was a simply question as to how that
technology would be delivered to the unsuspecting common people for simple
usage.

I assume that every person in the United States remembered the
poisoned cough syrup. Oh, let me work my memory. I think that it was about
15 years ago. I remember seeing it on television. Yes, it was only once,
and I've heard it said that the blame was placed on the non-English speaking
user. Just because the United States people have forgotten about the
poisoned cough syrup, doesn't mean that the dead child disappeared from the
family's hearts.

September 16, 2005, I decided to purchase a new laptop. I can't
email my friends and family a virus, knowing that my computer has one.
First I drove to the mall and then to Circuit City. The store was
out-of-business. I did some grocery shopping, then stopped at a second
computer store. The store had two computers on sale today. There wasn't a
salesperson around when a second handsome, dark-haired stranger spoke with
me. He explained the difference between the two computers. The stranger
even had a little clippie thing that he placed into the computer. The small
silver clip contained his downloads, so that he didn't have to go onto the
Internet for virus and worm fixes. Immediately, I thought that I wanted
this machine and one of those silver clippie things. My question was should
I buy the computer today or tomorrow.

I thanked the nice man. He turned to walk away with a limp.
"Hey," I thought to myself, "I'm on a roll. I'm buying this puppy-computer
today!"

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Rita: PLEASE stop posting things like this to our newsgroup. The purpose of
this newsgroup is for questions about Access, the database product that's
part of Office Professional. You've already been told other newsgroups that
your posts would be on-topic in: if you must continue posting, please post
there!

For the record, you are posting text only to this newsgroup (look near the
bottom of the Send tab under Tools | Options: I'm sure your News sending
format has been set to Text). You cannot send a virus in a text-only post
unless you include an attachment.

 

[~Rita]

Thank you Douglas
I understand your concern with Microsoft's name on it
September 19, 2005

Purchased 9-16-05 Sony wireless laptop

With Windows XP - Home Edition

WHKWX-66JCW-3KRDD-RKXK7-BRMTD

To Whom it May Concern:

On 9-16-05, I drove to Best Buy in Orion Twp to purchase a clean laptop
computer. For the past 2 years, I had been emailing my friends and family
viruses, and etc from my Dell laptop computer not realizing that I was doing
it. Apparently, Dell "Made in China" have a big problem with the browser and
Hard Drive.

I was looking at two $899 computers. They were both on sale, and I didn't
know very much about either on. I had a second computer Compaq Laptop, but
it was severely saturated with viruses, worms, Spyware and spybots. When I
had ran an Ad-aware program, the figure was 400 removed and 400 in quartine
(Mis-spelt). When the Compaq crashed, all the virus, and Spyware software
froze. Then the 400 items disappeared back into the file. When I rechecked,
none of the 400 items were reported anywhere. The only item that gave a High
Alert Spyware was Automatic Microsoft Update. My first thought was Sabotage.
It was rumored that the Chinese had computer technology that could cause an
airplane's computers to shut down. A few years ago, I spoke with a Chinese
person, asking what would be done with a saboteur in China? The reply was
that the saboteur would be shot, immediately. Since then I began asking,
"What would happen to a saboteur in the USA?"

One reply was that the Authorities would take care of them. I couldn't
agree, so I replied, "Sabotage used to be every American's concern. Canada
doesn't want saboteurs in their country, and South America doesn't either."

Anyway, I detected sabotage. When I stopped to purchase the Sony, all I
wanted was a low-priced clean computer to email friends and family. I
purchased the Sony, because I was suppose to receive a $300 rebate. I still
have my sales receipt. I have no registration form. When I began to type in
Works, a Product Identification number appeared: 76032-0EM-0400003-00000. I
submitted the registration with the information on the computer bottom.
Windows XP - Home Edition WHKWX-66JCW-3KRDD-RKXK7-BRMTD and the registration
stated no such number.

September 16, 2005, I purchased the computer. I set it up to see how it
worked. A registration Screen appeared, but I wasn't on line, so I couldn't
sent it in. I called Comcast, my Internet provider. The line was busy, busy
and busy. So I drove to Clarkston to speak with a real person, who could
give me only 1 of the 2 numbers needed, then I drove home to call Comcast
again. I spoke with the technical specialist who told me that I had to call
Linksys - Router. The Router was Linksys and not Comcast. I had noticed the
double-clicks on a High Alert Spyware, and came to the conclusion that it
was Linksys Router and not Comcast. I had also noticed that the factory
installed Windows XP had a High Alert Spyware. The name was on the Ad-aware
report sheet from the Compaq laptop before it crashed. I was disappointed
that the box the Sony computer was packed in only contained an AOL/Time
Warner CD disk. There was no Windows XP re-store disk. I returned to the
Orion Best Buy store with the new purchase. A service man plugged the Sony
in, saying that the Norton Anti-virus was running. I insisted that the
Norton Anti-virus had crash. It said that it was expired. Expired means
Dead. The IT manager stated that I would be charged $59.00 for a virus
check. Since the computer box was scanned, I assumed that the computer
number was on the box.

UC7

VGN - FS630/W

100 - 240V

P-28198249-P

S01-3818703-G

POS BAR CODE

0 27242 68128 6

POUR UTILISATEUR

September 17, 2005

I purchased Trend antivirus and Spy Sweeper. Again no explanation was given
as to why there was no windows XP - home edition disk. I knew the Norton
wasn't working, so when the Spy Sweeper software froze, I packed up the Sony
and drove to the Summit mall Best Buy store. The Summit Mall IT expert had
the Sony computer in his hands, looked at the $1500 that was charged to
plastic, he knew that that Sony was purchased. I feel that he saw that the
serial numbers were not written down. The IT expert then looked into the
programs, saying this computer was built in 2003. That made sense. When the
computer crashes, it goes back to the original setting. The IT expert then
stated that I had installed the Spy Sweeper. If the IT expert had read the
Sony 216-page User's Guide, he would have known that Spy Sweeper did NOT
install. Again, I feel uncomfortable without a signature Bill Gates
Microsoft back up disk.

September 18, 2005

I purchased Norton Antivirus, because I had to shut the Internet down to
avoid the sending of High Alert Spyware with Hubby's name. As I was typing,
the red shield alerted: Your computer might be at Risk. Trend Micro
Antivirus might be out of date. Click this balloon to fix this problem.

Immediately, I thought, "I'm not on the Internet. There is something wrong
here."

At that moment, a second notice appeared: Trend Micro Update. New components
detected! Do you want to Update?"

I returned to Best Buy, asking for a signature Bill Gates Microsoft Windows
XP - home edition back-up. I was then told that I was in the Big Buck repair
shop, because I broke the computer. I have $1700 in a $899 Sony Laptop, and
I can't send in the $300 Sony Laptop refund, because I don't have a purchase
form. Five people have touched this Sony Laptop and nobody wrote the serial
number down.

Any suggestions about how I'm suppose to register this Sony with Windows
XP - Home Edition, please inform.

Thank you in advance,

 

[BruceM]

There are many adult-education programs and other resources that can help
you understand computer security. Your difficulties are of your own
creation. They are not about sabotage. If you prefer to believe otherwise,
there are groups where people with fears and concerns similar to your own
can pass stories back and forth. Please leave this group to those with
questions and answers about Microsoft Access.
You should know that Microsoft provides the space for this forum, but if
Microsoft employees are posting here they are doing so on their own. This
group is for users of the Microsoft relational database program called
Access.

 

[~Rita]

Thank you Bruce,
After I return my frozen Sony,
And pay the repair bill.
I will remember your advice, and take a class.
I was so upset last night, that I had a dream
I would like to share it with you
Last Night's Dream September 20, 2005

When I woke, I cried, cried, and cried. I'm having my first cup
of coffee now. I'm getting ready for reality. I believe that God would
want every Best Buy student to have a Sony. Why?

Because when we teach our children the song, "God bless
American", I would like the children to know that God, the creator, is a
God of truth. When I used to try to sell jewelry, "Wear what you sell" was
the cliché.

I believe that the Sony has a corrupt version of Microsoft
Windows XP. I had made several errors while trying to use my new Sony
purchased September 16, 2005. One of which was printing out the 216 page
User Guide. I'm glad I did. When I did something else wrong or something
froze, the Computer switched itself to the hibernation mode. That's a sleep
mode that is deeper than the "Sleep mode". I would have been totally lost
if I didn't have a manual. I had the Sony down to 32KB web client that kept
popping up in the Disk Clean-up. When I purchased this Sony, all I wanted
was a clean Computer to that I could e-mail my brother in Connecticut before
he had his surgery today. All I can say about Sony is that the Sony is
sabotaged beyond the human imagination. When I clicked on the silver item
icon, which was the feature that I saw that I wanted, the printer clicked on
to print a 50 page description of Windows XP. My new HP printer ran out of
ink. So I have to thank HP for NOT giving enough ink in the printer that
would enable me to print out the needed items. The last page printed was
page 41. The HP printer did flash "Ink Low" after I had printed the User
Guide. I thought that I would have enough to print a page or two more. I
thought that I had all the useless icons gone. I thought that the silver
icon didn't do anything, but that was why I purchased the Sony. So I
clicked Properties and there was a print button. I was hoping for useful
information about how to unfreeze the system. I had to turn the printer
off; I had no ink by page 41. The HP printer is new to me. I had to read
the instructions before I could go on.

Back to the song "God bless America"

Second verse: "Land of the free.

I live in the United States of America. I'm 63 and I have never
had the right to Antibiotic Treatment of my choice. I believe that the
French would have gotten a Nobel Prize for the 1908 discovery of the BCG
tuberculosis vaccine. It was used throughout the world, but never in the
United States of America!

Of course, the USA Government did studies that proved chemicals
were better.