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Comment on Hover Hubris by Second That

Second That — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:53:40 +0000

^^^^ Second that.

Comment on Ammyy Scam by Alfred Ayache

Alfred Ayache — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:16:15 +0000

@Iris: Thanks for your comment, and sharing your experience with us. *Please* find a reputable service shop and ask them to remove the Ammyy app from your machine. I think this basically gives a key to your front door to unscrupulous strangers.

An alternative would be to reimage your computer and start from scratch. But this would mean re-installing all your software. If you do go this route, remember to backup your content (photos, documents, and so forth), so you can restore them afterwards.

Best of luck.

Comment on Ammyy Scam by Alfred Ayache

Alfred Ayache — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:10:14 +0000

@Eugene: Thanks for your comment. I must tell you I don’t think your company, *assuming* it is NOT associated with the outfit using your software to infiltrate peoples’ machines and work their nefarious purposes, is doing everything it can to stop this form happening.

For instance, you could have large red WARNING!!! signs on the download page, next to the download links. I realize this wouldn’t be great for sales, but we’re talking about protecting innocent users here.

But you’ve yet to prove to us that your company is *NOT* associated with the scammers. And posting without a last name or contact info doesn’t help your case.

Comment on Colliding Collations in MySQL by Alfred Ayache

Alfred Ayache — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:01:49 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Scott. I’ll have a looksee, and possibly update the post.

Comment on Colliding Collations in MySQL by Scott Noyes

Scott Noyes — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:33:47 +0000

Note the ALTER TABLE…CONVERT TO syntax. A little easier than specifying all your columns all over again.

Comment on Ammyy Scam by Iris Shepherd

Iris Shepherd — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:37:40 +0000

It’s just happened to me. I believed the caller and allowed access. I haven’t bought anything or downloaded anything, but now I am worried that they have just done something to my computer that will start to cause me problems. Incidentally, they are calling me back in 30 mins as I said I had to attend to my baby when the caller started the sell. Do I need to take my computer to a technician?
Thanks

Comment on Ammyy Scam by Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:06:53 +0000

Dear users of Ammyy Admin

Unfortunately, there are some cases of malicious use of our software noticed. Please be attentive and never grant access to people you don’t know personally or whom you don’t trust.

!!! If you receive a phone call claiming to be from ‘Microsoft’ or someone claiming to work on their behalf, telling you that you have a virus on your computer or some errors which they will help you to fix via Ammyy Admin, it is definitely a scam.

Ammyy Admin itself absolutely safe software but due to its ease of use and free availability it may be used by scammers.

If you became a victim of scammers please see the link which may help http://www.ammyy.com/en/admin_mu.html

Kind regards
Eugene
Ammyy Inc. Team

Comment on Firefox 8: What the Blinking Cursor!? by Alfred Ayache

Alfred Ayache — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:26:10 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, Wiz. Where does webplayer.exe come from? How do you uninstall it? Does this mean the other 3 apps you listed aren’t strictly necessary?

Comment on Colliding Collations in MySQL by Alfred Ayache

Alfred Ayache — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:15:35 +0000

Thanks Achala, I’m delighted it was helpful, and I appreciate the feedback.

Comment on Colliding Collations in MySQL by Achala

Achala — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:26:28 +0000

Thanks man. I thought this was the problem and chaged the coalition using both phpmyadmin and workbenches options yet it didnt work out. this sql did it. great job.