
On Thu, 31 May 2012, Andrew Worsley <amworsley@gmail.com> wrote:
On 30 May 2012 22:12, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Core-Launcher.aspx
Do they seriously mangle paths that badly?
Some one just made the point to me that googling Interfersoft’s Advanced Firewall Protector doesn't find anything - but also "Charles Carmichael" is an alias of a fictional character - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Bartowski
The standard practice on that site is to replace all names of people, products, and companies to prevent legal problems. Although in some cases it's probably possible for people in the relevant industry segment to work it out.
So perhaps some (all?) is made up or identities altered to protect the "innocent".
I don't think it's fiction, that would be too much work.
I do know that creating file called "CON" in Windows causes very strange things. It appears to be treated as a console driver or something...
That was Windows 7
Yes, back to MS-DOS version 3.30 and before. In BBS days there were some security issues with people creating zip files with file names such as "con" and other device drivers. Presumably Windows 7 still has some of the same issues. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/