On 2019-09-17 00:18:48 +0000, Straight Man said:
> Hello oto!
>
> I believe you. After I read your reply, I clicked on your first file
> (albeit in an isolation) and saw it was the beginnings of the book.
> Just as you stated.
>
> You have to understand where I'm coming from. The newsgroups came under
> attack, starting about 2009. The attacks were long-term. I estimate
> most attackers persisted for seven or so years. Because of the attacks,
> a lot of posters left.
>
> I believe the attacks came from numerous sources, each with its own
> agenda. After the attacks began, other attacks started by what I
> believe were copy-cats.
>
> It seems most of the attacks have stopped. I'm not sure why. Maybe
> social media now presents itself as a more attractive target. But
> still, after so many years of attacks, I'm a bit shelll-shocked.
> Perhaps even overly cautious.
>
> The attacks came in various forms, but mostly by bots. However,
> individual files, or small groups of files, were posted to look
> enticing. The goal of the attacker was to get someone to click on a
> file, which would be a link to a virus, a trojan, or some type of
> malware.
>
> I have attached a file, which is a panorama of three of the files you
> posted - images of what I saw. (Each image ends with the "Warning...."
> line.)
>
> The first, 3/11, is riseandfall-2. It is 356 KB.
>
> The second, 4/11, is riseandfall-4. It is 356 KB.
>
> The third, 11/11, is riseandfall-3. It is 62 KB.
>
> Some of the information I saw has been omitted. None of the omitted
> information is material to this discussion. Putting the files in
> numerical order, including their sizes, I saw:
>
> Posted Order File Name File Size Correct Order File Size
>
> 1/11 riseandfall 356 KB riseandfall 356 KB
> 2/11 riseandfall-1 356 KB riseandfall-1 356 KB
> 3/11 riseandfall-2 356 KB riseandfall-2 356 KB
> 4/11 riseandfall-4 356 KB riseandfall-3 62 KB
> 5/11 riseandfall-5 356 KB riseandfall-4 356 KB
> 6/11 riseandfall-6 356 KB riseandfall-5 356 KB
> 7/11 riseandfall-7 356 KB riseandfall-6 356 KB
> 8/11 riseandfall-8 356 KB riseandfall-7 356 KB
> 9/11 riseandfall-9 356 KB riseandfall-8 356 KB
> 10/11 riseandfall-10 356 KB riseandfall-9 356 KB
> 11/11 riseandfall-3 62 KB riseandfall-10 356 KB
>
> The files appear to be manually altered. It appears files were altered
> so that the last file was the smallest in size. It appears that files
> were altered to appear much like an ordinary post's order. Can you
> blame me for being suspicious?
>
> I never unequivocally said you are posting viruses. I said the files
> "look suspiciously like viruses. At minimum, they are all corrupt
> files, or a complete file in which the parts are out of order." As it
> turns out, it seems the latter is the case.
>
> To avoid such confusion in the future, allow me to suggest making the
> subject line a bit more descriptive. Something like: Rise and Fall of
> the Third Reich_book - "riseandfall.html" might avoid confusion. In the
> meantime, thank you for your contribution!
Not a problem at all. I've been in this game since 1980 with an Atari
800 and a 300 baud phone coupled modem. Hated the viruses and malware
too. I appreciate access on this board and am sorry for the concerns
and confusion.
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