Dustin Cook wrote:
> ~BD~<BoaterDave@hotmail..co.uk> wrote in
> news:_uSdnT-CVv_jJ0LWnZ2dnUVZ7oidnZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> Jenn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I've seen the image.. it's not porn. It's silly Easter fun. I
>>> wouldn't put it on a ng that kids were on.. but I'm guessing kids
>>> don't use malwarebytes forum, either.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I genuinely felt (still feel) that the picture I posted was in no way
>> pornographic and *was* meant simply in fun - *not* intended to be
>> offensive.
>>
>> It was also in the *Honorary Members* group which is not, as far as
>> I'm aware, accessible by the general public or children.
>
> Honorary members was accessible to anyone who gained 50 posts or more.

>> Maybe that point will be acknowledged. What odds on that?
>
> Not much of a point really; as the general public is more than able to
> gain entry to the forum; once they create 50 posts

Indeed. Stats please. Just how many children have made 50 posts or more?

>> FYI - Malwarebytes is much sharper than Annexcafe - they *have*
>> identified me and blocked my registration under my 'new' posting name
>
> That is because you were dishonest, Dave. Your banning was an indication
> that they didn't want you on their site. You evaded it by creating a new
> userID. Did you think you could do that and actually get away with it?
> the forum software isn't usenet; it's not limited by the same ways. IE:
> ban evasion methods can be circumvented, as you have learned.
>
>> Am I /really/ trying to hide, do you think? ;-)
>
> You mistakenly think with the knowledge you posses that you could. I hate
> to burst your bubble, or maybe I don't... but, you can't hide with the
> limited knowledge you possess.

What *you* don't understand, Dustin, is that I didn't TRY to hide. I
even *told* you what I had done! All you have done now is drawn
attention to the fact that the Malwarebytes operation may *not* be what
it purports to be. I am no threat to anyone - my role has been to try to
identify those who may be misusing the Internet.

>> I think Dustin said somewhere that the posting of the picture wasn't,
>> in fact, the real reason for my exclusion - but I can't find that post
>> of his right now. It will turn up, never fear!
>
> I think when you bring that post up and read it, that isn't what was
> said. Happy digging tho.


As you know already, I found it on Scorched-Earth, viz:

>
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Subject: Re: Yer 'tis!
From: Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com>
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~BD~ <BoaterDave@hotmail..co.uk> wrote in
news:FJKdnVUbEbR2X0LWnZ2dnUVZ8sqdnZ2d@bt.com:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> Anyways, I have maintained all along that his nudie pic wasn't what
>> got him banned on it's own. It sure didn't help, it was the final
>> aspect, but *it wasn't what caused it*.
>
> I do wish I had a better memory!

Me too. Notice, the post of mine doesn't say "wasn't the real reason";
that's something *you* made up when you posted I'd said that.

> So - what is the *real* reason BD has been banned from Malwarebytes?

Several reasons. One, the comments on the blog, strike 1; unfounded
potentially harmful claims you left on the blog, actually. Posting a
nudie pic as an easter present to me, strike 2. Having the pic deleted,
told you had to have known that wasn't okay, and then posting it again;
strike 3. Result: your account was banned.

You have since taken it upon yourself to create a new account; knowing
you are not welcome (hence: banned). That account has also been banned.

This is not how you re-establish peaceful dialogue and get a ban lifted.
It's how you take a ban and make it permanent instead. You have much to
learn about the internet BD, and evidently; how not to treat people.

************************************************** ******************

Thank you for your comments, Dustin.

For other readers, this is what seems to have upset the apple-cart:-


I have been researching malware for over four years now (as a user, not
a guru!) and I now wonder how sure one can be that Malwarebytes is run
by /good/ guys.

What a super ruse it would be - to clear a machine of everyone else's
'nasties' but then, perhaps, leave their own package installed on the
user's machine. No one would ever suspect, would they?

Cybercrime has risen exponentially since Malwarebytes was first founded
in 2004.

See: http://www.malwarebytes.org/about.php

It's probably just a coincidence, eh?!! ;-)

Interestingly, Wikipedia says the launch of Malwarebytes was in January
2008.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?bl...57873401&pli=1

--
Dave - Fear not - the truth *will* out!