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Hello everyone,

IrCOm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app
does on a Mac when downloaded and run. This is purely for research rCo I
want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity, without
risking anyonerCOs main system.

Requirements:

Use a spare Mac or a macOS virtual machine.

Inspect the app bundle (Contents/MacOS, Resources, Info.plist).

Monitor filesystem changes (/tmp, /var/tmp, ~/Library/Logs) and process activity.

Monitor network activity (lsof -i -P, optional Wireshark/tcpdump).

Confirm whether any ports are opened or outbound connections occur.

Optionally, generate hashes of the app before and after running to check
for modifications.

Goal:

Identify files created/modified by the app.

Identify spawned processes.

Verify whether the app communicates externally without user consent.

Please do not share any personal/system-sensitive data rCo just report
file names, processes, ports, and network connections in general terms.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help safely test this!
--
David
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"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjckilFp5l1U1@mid.individual.net Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:52:21 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Hello everyone,

Heh, I don't think you have anyone here left who would be willing to do
this for you.

I'm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app
does on a Mac when downloaded and run. This is purely for research I
want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity, without risking anyone's main system.

This has already been done for you with two builds of the software.
Reverse engineering level research. Twice! Nothing malicious of any kind
was found. Stop lying to people, David. Stop trying to con them into doing what you aren't able to do. And stop besmirching the software and it's
author. It's bad form.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help safely test this!

I'm grateful that most likely nobody will waste the time to do this for
you. You continue asking the same thing. I already reverse engineered it
on two seperate occasions for you. I found nothing malicious either time.
I reported that to you, both times, too.

The regulars already know this has been done. Now the new comers are aware
of this too. So, hopefully they won't waste the time in assisting you to continue besmirching the software or it's author. Your issue is a personal one. The author realized you were a kook, and, instead of humouring you as
I shouldn't have done; they broke off comms with you.

You are not the honest person you are trying to portray yourself as.
You're a very dishonest individual. A royal POS. Your questions are not innocent. And the more you post your nonsense and other bullshit, the
clearer it becomes for them that you think you have a score to settle with
the author. Due to your own impotence though, you require someone else to
do it for you. Hopefully nobody does so.

I will email them, again, and encourage them to pursue you via legal
channels. You deserve that and so much more. You are not an investigator.
Your intentions are not pure. You're trying to snow people. Just like snit tries to snow people.

I don't write this lightly, but, you more than deserve to have your ears relocated around your face, David. You *deserve* to lose your home, too.
You will not stop on your own. A forceful intervention with dire
consequences for you must be taken into serious consideration and acted
upon. Reason doesn't work with you. You won't stop until someone steps on
your neck and applies pressure.

You think Snit is some kind of Apple expert, why don't you ask him to do
your dirty work for you this time? Oh, heh, that's right; you know for a
fact he's incompetent on his best days. You won't come out and tell him
that though, because you are *using him*.

You used Jenn and Eagle as well. You claimed to be their friend, but,
offered them nothing when I'd finally had enough of their bullshit and skullfucked them in both eye sockets. You assured them that wouldn't
happen. You *lied* to them. I bet you didn't even shed so much as a single tear when Jenn and eagle began posting that the party has started and they were in way over their heads. They begged you, multiple times to come save them. You didn't even try. You assured them they'd be just fine before it started too. They both found out how wrong you were and how stupid it was
of them both to fuck with me in the first place.

They trusted you, like snit does, and you let them both down. Both of them. You will do the same thing with snit. You encouraged them to fuck with me
too. Just as you have been doing with snit. You were no where to be found
when I responded to it. You ran like the bitch we both know you really are. And you'll do it again when snit realizes he fucked up.

The only reason I stopped with Jenn was of how GM approached and *asked me*
to do so. Initially, when we first met, he thought he could go toe to toe
with me. He learned that indeed, he didn't stand a snowballs chance in
hell. GM (may he RIP) is not going to be able to do that for snit, and I seriously doubt! anyone else is going to step up and say, okay, Gremlin, that's enough, you've made your point. He understands now, you can stop.

He'll understand for sure, but, stop I will not. Be smart for once in your life and give him a heads up; he's in the dark David. completely in the
dark. And he still has a chance to save his ass. All he needs to do is apologize for knowingly lying about me concerning that floodbot. It's such
a simple request. The same simple request was made of Jenn and Eagle too.
If you wish to attack me, attack me for things I actually did. Don't go
and make shit up about me like Jenn and snit both did. Jenn learned to
regret it, but it cost her dearly. Eagle too. Snit will. You know me well enough to know I'm not playing around and i'm not threatening him anymore
so than I threatened the others. I simply taught them both that actions
have consequences, and, you actually can be held accountable to suffer
those consequences. And suffer they both did, didn't they, boy.

Threats are made by people who are unable to follow thru. To do what they
said they'd do. I'm not one of those people, David. I don't waste my time
with threats. I tell you what's up, and then, I follow thru with it if you won't comply. It's that simple.

I know you've been using him the entire time you've know him. He will
learn you have. Yes, oh yes, he will. And he will also learn that his fun
on usenet does have consequences which reach well outside of usenet. Just
like they did.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government




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On Sep 22, 2025 at 9:33:43rC>PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjckilFp5l1U1@mid.individual.net Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:52:21 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Hello everyone,

Heh, I don't think you have anyone here left who would be willing to do
this for you.

I'm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app
does on a Mac when downloaded and run. This is purely for research I
want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity, without
risking anyone's main system.

This has already been done for you with two builds of the software.
Reverse engineering level research. Twice! Nothing malicious of any kind
was found. Stop lying to people, David. Stop trying to con them into doing what you aren't able to do. And stop besmirching the software and it's author. It's bad form.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help safely test this!

I'm grateful that most likely nobody will waste the time to do this for
you. You continue asking the same thing. I already reverse engineered it
on two seperate occasions for you. I found nothing malicious either time.
I reported that to you, both times, too.

The regulars already know this has been done. Now the new comers are aware
of this too. So, hopefully they won't waste the time in assisting you to continue besmirching the software or it's author. Your issue is a personal one. The author realized you were a kook, and, instead of humouring you as
I shouldn't have done; they broke off comms with you.

You are not the honest person you are trying to portray yourself as.
You're a very dishonest individual. A royal POS. Your questions are not innocent. And the more you post your nonsense and other bullshit, the
clearer it becomes for them that you think you have a score to settle with the author. Due to your own impotence though, you require someone else to
do it for you. Hopefully nobody does so.

I will email them, again, and encourage them to pursue you via legal channels. You deserve that and so much more. You are not an investigator. Your intentions are not pure. You're trying to snow people. Just like snit tries to snow people.

Well stated. You have summed up David, his insanity and his years-long stalking of this product's author very well.

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?
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On Sep 22, 2025 at 6:33:43rC>PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote <XnsB362DB56ED14HT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
...

You think Snit is some kind of Apple expert,

I at least know an Internet boot does not boot from the hard drive and know
the difference between a Profile and a Preference. LOL!

You love to brag about your skills... but you make MANY idiotic mistakes:

* Gremlin was ignorant about how his phone number could show
on my provider's logs.

* Gremlin incorrectly denied his number was in public databases
and could not understand that not all databases are the same.

* Gremlin thought Unicode letter-like symbols were a different font.

* Gremlin got confused over what degrees he says he has and what
they mean.

* Gremlin got confused over Preference files and profiles on macOS.

* Gremlin got all excited he used a mouse-less computer as if that
was impressive.

* Gremlin could not believe FirstClass could handle so many
simultaneous connections.

* Gremlin did not realize the risks of writing to APFS on Linux.

* Gremlin did not understand ASCII is a standard where "A" is
always 65.

* Gremlin was so ignorant of Linux he thought I was saying a DE
and distro are the same.

* Gremlin did not know that a floppy disk in a drive could stop a
machine from booting.

* Gremlin thought forwarding a Google Groups post gave headers it
did not.

* Gremlin thought he could best my chat bot but failed.

* Gremlin confused drag-and-drop with copy-and-paste.

* Gremlin thought an ugly superglue and baking powder hack for a
hinge was indicative of the work a "hardware repair shop" would do.

<675a4b34$1$2873014$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>
--
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:02:08 +0000, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Sep 22, 2025 at 9:33:43?PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjckilFp5l1U1@mid.individual.net Mon, 22 >> Sep 2025 09:52:21 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Hello everyone,

Heh, I don't think you have anyone here left who would be willing to do
this for you.

I'm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app >>> does on a Mac when downloaded and run.

Really? Then why not buy a second-hand box, spend a year in Computer
Science classes and do it yourself? That way you will *know* that
someone you trust has done the work. No one else would trust your
results but at least *you* would.

No, spending time learning how to do stuff is not a waste of your
life. You have already spent decades on this subject. Taking out a
year or so to *ensure* the integrity of the work would be a final
solution to it.

It would *save* you time.

It might even be fun.

This is purely for research

You are lying. Again.

I want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity,
without risking anyone's main system.

So, do it on a trial box, unconnected to your main network. Make sure
nothing from the box can leap across to anything else. Even go so far
as to rent a second line (even if only a mobile hotspot) and to
install a second router (such as a mobile hotspot) accessing a second
ISP.

You could also Farady cage the beasty, leaving open only the wire
into the new Internet Service Provider.

That set-up wouldn't take a day to complete and a box could be bought
for a couple of hundred.

This has already been done for you with two builds of the software.
Reverse engineering level research. Twice! Nothing malicious of any kind
was found. Stop lying to people, David. Stop trying to con them into doing >> what you aren't able to do.

It's hardly rocket science. Learning how to test software on an
isolated box is not difficult. "Enemy Of The State" would give him a
vague starting pointer in what it looks like. YouTube probably has
tutorials by the thousand. Any decent C.S. class would eventually
cover such things as air-gapping and security.

He could even do the tests in a fucking Hotel! Miles, even countries
away from his home kit. He need not even have the evil, satanic, vile,
nasty, warped, corrupted, bad malware within miles of his home and its
devices. He could download it to the off-site box alone.

Yes, that illustrates a level of "safety first" that borders on
paranoia but the Original Poster is unlikely to have a Government
approved clean room so he'd have to manage as well as he could.

Oh. No taking his mobile 'phone nor his credit card into the town in
which he has set up the decoy device(s). He must have *nothing*
electronic, not even his car keys inside the city limits.

And stop besmirching the software and it's
author. It's bad form.

Not if he can learn the skills to do the work to prove it is *EVIL* *ZOMBIE-MAKING* *MALWARE* with super-hidden curses. You weren't able
to show the evilness but that may be due to you not knowing enough.
The O.P. may be able to take many courses at many institutions and to
become a real expert. He can, obviously, already type and access
Usenet, building on those talents only takes time and effort.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help safely test this!

I'm grateful that most likely nobody will waste the time to do this for
you.

Well, I might - *might* - use a hose to spray on him were he on fire
but that would mainly be to safeguard the environment and to stop the
noises. Anything else, possibly not :)

Though he did do one very nice thing for me so I think I owe him one.

You continue asking the same thing. I already reverse engineered it
on two seperate occasions for you. I found nothing malicious either time.
I reported that to you, both times, too.

You tested software that runs on thousands of boxes all over the
planet, in many languages? You, sir, have too much free time and
insufficient hobbies and girl friends. :)

I suppose that you know that the thousands and thousands of people
who have installed the 'ware have *also* tested it? By running it? On
their machines? In real time? Yes, of course you do. Unlike a certain
lunatic, you aren't fixated.

The regulars already know this has been done. Now the new comers are aware

"new-comers". It should be hyphenated. Separating the words gives it
a different feeling. Sorry.

of this too. So, hopefully they won't waste the time in assisting you to
continue besmirching the software or it's author. Your issue is a personal >> one.

Some people just can't let fixations go. Me, I am *HUGELY* and
*MASSIVELY* fixated in not allowing a noxious substance marketed under
the name "Marmite" into my house. I am also slightly fixated on making
friends with very canine larger than a rat that I pass in my Town
Centre. That one I *can* resist. Just.

The author realized you were a kook, and, instead of humouring you as
I shouldn't have done; they broke off comms with you.

You probably learned stuff while playing with the software. Also, you
helped the rest of us: now we don't need to do all of that work. So,
thank you.

You are not the honest person you are trying to portray yourself as.

Were I to describe him in 2020's nomenclature, I would call him a "Trumpanzee". It's the intellectual platform that creates MAGA's but
it isn't confined to politics.

I expect the term to feature prominently in "D.S.M. VI".

You're a very dishonest individual. A royal POS. Your questions are not
innocent. And the more you post your nonsense and other bullshit, the
clearer it becomes for them that you think you have a score to settle with >> the author. Due to your own impotence though, you require someone else to
do it for you. Hopefully nobody does so.

All typical Trumpanzee behaviours.

I do wonder *why* he has this hard-on for one or two specific
softwares and why those ones? Why not Win-10, which thoroughly
deserves hatred and vitriol? He would get many supporters, aides and
friends were he to go after that one. Or maybe Xitter?

I will email them, again, and encourage them to pursue you via legal
channels. You deserve that and so much more. You are not an investigator.
Your intentions are not pure. You're trying to snow people. Just like snit >> tries to snow people.

Good luck with that. A rapist with thirty-odd felony convictions is
the President of USAlia. The Law does not function. It never will
again.

True, Dave hasn't the resources of the Trumpanzee-In-Chief but it is
not likely that any libel, defamation nor slander suit would be
effective. Most Judges don't understand software.

Well stated. You have summed up David, his insanity and his years-long >stalking of this product's author very well.

True. But not viciously enough. Not that I'm supporting hurting
people, I *hate* that, but in this case smacking him over the face
with a few dead fish might wake him up.

Being rude and nasty could possibly work with some others I could
think of, too, :)

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He won't.

Because you people feed him.

At least he has been nice enough to be kind to me and to stop
shifting his 'nyms so often.

That was very kind of you, Dave, thank you.

However, you lot still reply to him. Please, do not. Ever. No matter
how tempting it is to correct any errors he may accidentally type. If
you stop replying, he *will* go away. Eventually.

It has worked with others.

Reasoning can never work with Trumpanzees and other fanatical
personality disorders. You can not reason someone out of a position he
did not reason his way into. Someone very smart said that, once. I
think it was me, a couple of sentences ago.

J.


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Tyrone <none@none.none>
news:URednVWD39Zdhk_1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@supernews.com Tue, 23 Sep 2025
04:02:08 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Well stated. You have summed up David, his insanity and his years-long stalking of this product's author very well.

Thank you. David and I have a bit of a history. He emailed me pretending to request help with an old Antimalware program I wrote known as BugHunter.
When I didn't respond to his emails in a timely manner to him, he created multiple threads in different newsgroups with the subject line is this your house Dustin and proceeded to include a google streetmap view link of where
he thought I lived. Placing anyone else at that address in potential Danger. Due to his stalking of me, he was fully aware of what he was doing the
entire time.

To hear him tell it though, I "misunderstood" his intentions; the fuck! I did.
The only thing I'm guilty of is refusing to break into two servers who's admins already told him to get fucked. When I took the the time to show him how a proper doxing is done, the bitch cried foul.

He goes so far as to claim he's one of the good guys but goes and does the shit I described and more. He assists Snit in his efforts to stalk and slime and when that's pointed out, he plays dumb.

He's the kind of guy who just needs hands placed upon him in such a manner that he requires a visit to his local hospital. I firmly believe it's the
only way he will learn that he can't do what he does with impunity. Actions
do have consequences. At some point, he's going to meet someone he pissed
off online and they will do what should have been done ages ago. People like David and Snit don't have the capacity to learn the easy way.

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He will take that as a challenge of some kind. He'll get a hinky feeling
about you and he'll proceed to attempt to stalk and otherwise harass you as he's done others, myself included. He is the poster child for fuckhead.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government




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On Sep 23, 2025 at 12:51:22rC>PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote <XnsB363A14C41332HT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:

Tyrone <none@none.none>
news:URednVWD39Zdhk_1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@supernews.com Tue, 23 Sep 2025
04:02:08 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Well stated. You have summed up David, his insanity and his years-long
stalking of this product's author very well.

Thank you. David and I have a bit of a history. He emailed me pretending to request help with an old Antimalware program I wrote known as BugHunter.
When I didn't respond to his emails in a timely manner to him, he created multiple threads in different newsgroups with the subject line is this your house Dustin and proceeded to include a google streetmap view link of where he thought I lived. Placing anyone else at that address in potential Danger. Due to his stalking of me, he was fully aware of what he was doing the
entire time.

To hear him tell it though, I "misunderstood" his intentions; the fuck! I did.
The only thing I'm guilty of is refusing to break into two servers who's admins already told him to get fucked. When I took the the time to show him how a proper doxing is done, the bitch cried foul.

He goes so far as to claim he's one of the good guys but goes and does the shit I described and more. He assists Snit in his efforts to stalk and slime and when that's pointed out, he plays dumb.

He's the kind of guy who just needs hands placed upon him in such a manner that he requires a visit to his local hospital. I firmly believe it's the only way he will learn that he can't do what he does with impunity. Actions do have consequences. At some point, he's going to meet someone he pissed
off online and they will do what should have been done ages ago. People like David and Snit don't have the capacity to learn the easy way.

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He will take that as a challenge of some kind. He'll get a hinky feeling about you and he'll proceed to attempt to stalk and otherwise harass you as he's done others, myself included. He is the poster child for fuckhead.

Wow. Can you tell this story another 200 times?
--
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On Sep 23, 2025 at 3:51:22rC>PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He will take that as a challenge of some kind. He'll get a hinky feeling about you and he'll proceed to attempt to stalk and otherwise harass you as he's done others, myself included. He is the poster child for fuckhead.

He has already tried that. He went into his "I'm super friendly" mode in an attempt to get me to discuss where I live or what my real name is. He thinks everyone is as stupid as he is.

Then he will ignore me for a while. But then a few weeks later he will reply
to me as if there is no history between us. Someone here commented - a few years ago - how great it must be to wake up every morning and have each day be brand new, with no memory of what happened yesterday.

Which perfectly describes drunken, delusional, brain-dead David.
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On Sep 23, 2025 at 1:31:08rC>PM MST, "Tyrone" wrote <qcSdnQHk-8YRnk71nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@supernews.com>:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 3:51:22rC>PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He will take that as a challenge of some kind. He'll get a hinky feeling
about you and he'll proceed to attempt to stalk and otherwise harass you as >> he's done others, myself included. He is the poster child for fuckhead.

He has already tried that. He went into his "I'm super friendly" mode in an attempt to get me to discuss where I live or what my real name is. He thinks everyone is as stupid as he is.

You are mad he is... friendly. LOL!

Then he will ignore me for a while. But then a few weeks later he will reply to me as if there is no history between us.

Are you using the same sock name?

Someone here commented

What? You forgot a name, too? LOL!

- a few
years ago - how great it must be to wake up every morning and have each day be
brand new, with no memory of what happened yesterday.

Which perfectly describes drunken, delusional, brain-dead David.

You enjoy trying to harm others.
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On 23/09/2025 18:37, John wrote:

On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:02:08 +0000, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Sep 22, 2025 at 9:33:43?PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjckilFp5l1U1@mid.individual.net Mon, 22 >>> Sep 2025 09:52:21 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Hello everyone,

Heh, I don't think you have anyone here left who would be willing to do
this for you.

I'm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app >>>> does on a Mac when downloaded and run.

Really? Then why not buy a second-hand box, spend a year in Computer Science classes and do it yourself? That way you will *know* that
someone you trust has done the work. No one else would trust your
results but at least *you* would.

No, spending time learning how to do stuff is not a waste of your
life. You have already spent decades on this subject. Taking out a
year or so to *ensure* the integrity of the work would be a final
solution to it.

It would *save* you time.

It might even be fun.

This is purely for research

You are lying. Again.

I want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity,
without risking anyone's main system.

So, do it on a trial box, unconnected to your main network. Make sure nothing from the box can leap across to anything else. Even go so far
as to rent a second line (even if only a mobile hotspot) and to
install a second router (such as a mobile hotspot) accessing a second
ISP.

You could also Farady cage the beasty, leaving open only the wire
into the new Internet Service Provider.

That set-up wouldn't take a day to complete and a box could be bought
for a couple of hundred.

This has already been done for you with two builds of the software.
Reverse engineering level research. Twice! Nothing malicious of any kind >>> was found. Stop lying to people, David. Stop trying to con them into doing >>> what you aren't able to do.

It's hardly rocket science. Learning how to test software on an
isolated box is not difficult. "Enemy Of The State" would give him a
vague starting pointer in what it looks like. YouTube probably has
tutorials by the thousand. Any decent C.S. class would eventually
cover such things as air-gapping and security.

He could even do the tests in a fucking Hotel! Miles, even countries
away from his home kit. He need not even have the evil, satanic, vile,
nasty, warped, corrupted, bad malware within miles of his home and its devices. He could download it to the off-site box alone.

Yes, that illustrates a level of "safety first" that borders on
paranoia but the Original Poster is unlikely to have a Government
approved clean room so he'd have to manage as well as he could.

Oh. No taking his mobile 'phone nor his credit card into the town in
which he has set up the decoy device(s). He must have *nothing*
electronic, not even his car keys inside the city limits.

And stop besmirching the software and it's
author. It's bad form.

Not if he can learn the skills to do the work to prove it is *EVIL* *ZOMBIE-MAKING* *MALWARE* with super-hidden curses. You weren't able
to show the evilness but that may be due to you not knowing enough.
The O.P. may be able to take many courses at many institutions and to
become a real expert. He can, obviously, already type and access
Usenet, building on those talents only takes time and effort.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help safely test this!

I'm grateful that most likely nobody will waste the time to do this for
you.

Well, I might - *might* - use a hose to spray on him were he on fire
but that would mainly be to safeguard the environment and to stop the
noises. Anything else, possibly not :)

Though he did do one very nice thing for me so I think I owe him one.

You continue asking the same thing. I already reverse engineered it
on two seperate occasions for you. I found nothing malicious either time. >>> I reported that to you, both times, too.

You tested software that runs on thousands of boxes all over the
planet, in many languages? You, sir, have too much free time and
insufficient hobbies and girl friends. :)

I suppose that you know that the thousands and thousands of people
who have installed the 'ware have *also* tested it? By running it? On
their machines? In real time? Yes, of course you do. Unlike a certain lunatic, you aren't fixated.

The regulars already know this has been done. Now the new comers are aware

"new-comers". It should be hyphenated. Separating the words gives it
a different feeling. Sorry.

of this too. So, hopefully they won't waste the time in assisting you to >>> continue besmirching the software or it's author. Your issue is a personal >>> one.

Some people just can't let fixations go. Me, I am *HUGELY* and
*MASSIVELY* fixated in not allowing a noxious substance marketed under
the name "Marmite" into my house. I am also slightly fixated on making friends with very canine larger than a rat that I pass in my Town
Centre. That one I *can* resist. Just.

The author realized you were a kook, and, instead of humouring you as
I shouldn't have done; they broke off comms with you.

You probably learned stuff while playing with the software. Also, you helped the rest of us: now we don't need to do all of that work. So,
thank you.

You are not the honest person you are trying to portray yourself as.

Were I to describe him in 2020's nomenclature, I would call him a "Trumpanzee". It's the intellectual platform that creates MAGA's but
it isn't confined to politics.

I expect the term to feature prominently in "D.S.M. VI".

You're a very dishonest individual. A royal POS. Your questions are not
innocent. And the more you post your nonsense and other bullshit, the
clearer it becomes for them that you think you have a score to settle with >>> the author. Due to your own impotence though, you require someone else to >>> do it for you. Hopefully nobody does so.

All typical Trumpanzee behaviours.

I do wonder *why* he has this hard-on for one or two specific
softwares and why those ones? Why not Win-10, which thoroughly
deserves hatred and vitriol? He would get many supporters, aides and
friends were he to go after that one. Or maybe Xitter?

I will email them, again, and encourage them to pursue you via legal
channels. You deserve that and so much more. You are not an investigator. >>> Your intentions are not pure. You're trying to snow people. Just like snit >>> tries to snow people.

Good luck with that. A rapist with thirty-odd felony convictions is
the President of USAlia. The Law does not function. It never will
again.

True, Dave hasn't the resources of the Trumpanzee-In-Chief but it is
not likely that any libel, defamation nor slander suit would be
effective. Most Judges don't understand software.

Well stated. You have summed up David, his insanity and his years-long
stalking of this product's author very well.

True. But not viciously enough. Not that I'm supporting hurting
people, I *hate* that, but in this case smacking him over the face
with a few dead fish might wake him up.

Being rude and nasty could possibly work with some others I could
think of, too, :)

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He won't.

Because you people feed him.

At least he has been nice enough to be kind to me and to stop
shifting his 'nyms so often.

That was very kind of you, Dave, thank you.

However, you lot still reply to him. Please, do not. Ever. No matter
how tempting it is to correct any errors he may accidentally type. If
you stop replying, he *will* go away. Eventually.

It has worked with others.

Reasoning can never work with Trumpanzees and other fanatical
personality disorders. You can not reason someone out of a position he
did not reason his way into. Someone very smart said that, once. I
think it was me, a couple of sentences ago.

J.

I appreciate your advice, John.

Thank you. EfOe

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On 23/09/2025 02:33, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjckilFp5l1U1@mid.individual.net Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:52:21 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Hello everyone,

Heh, I don't think you have anyone here left who would be willing to do
this for you.

I'm looking for someone to safely verify what the official EtreCheck app
does on a Mac when downloaded and run. This is purely for research I
want to confirm file changes, processes, and network activity, without
risking anyone's main system.

This has already been done for you with two builds of the software.
Reverse engineering level research. Twice! Nothing malicious of any kind
was found.

[....]

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update
system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom
malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by
an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of EtreCheck?
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Tyrone <none@none.none>
news:qcSdnQHk-8YRnk71nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@supernews.com Tue, 23 Sep 2025
20:31:08 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 3:51:22rC>PM EDT, "Gremlin" <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

Hey David. Fuck off. OK?

He will take that as a challenge of some kind. He'll get a hinky
feeling about you and he'll proceed to attempt to stalk and otherwise
harass you as he's done others, myself included. He is the poster child
for fuckhead.

He has already tried that. He went into his "I'm super friendly" mode in
an attempt to get me to discuss where I live or what my real name is.
He thinks everyone is as stupid as he is.

That's exactly what he does. I actually have a complete copy of the emails between David and myself, if you'd ever like to see the side of David that some people here haven't seen. He can't even claim they're forged or that he didn't do exactly as I've described. It's just under 200k or so zipped. I pulled them in the order of events from my email client. He was into using HTML (the fuck) with his client where as mine was always plain text. So, advanced warning, it has html as well - because I didn't alter a single
thing. None of the HTML generated trash came from my client though. It was
all on his.

Then he will ignore me for a while. But then a few weeks later he will
reply to me as if there is no history between us. Someone here
commented - a few years ago - how great it must be to wake up every
morning and have each day be brand new, with no memory of what happened yesterday.

Sounds familiar. That might have been me. Quite possible though it's someone else and I just thought it. :)

Which perfectly describes drunken, delusional, brain-dead David.

Yep, that's him! You have him pegged. No question about that.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government




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"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue,
23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by
an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked
you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in
the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass.

We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec, Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific
and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons
I ask. :)
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government




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On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue,
23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update
system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom
malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by
an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in
the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass.

We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of
EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec, Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific
and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons
I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.
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"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net Wed,
24 Sep 2025 02:40:35 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

More than one employee offers more than one opportunity to do as you have already implied. I should be surprised to see you not deny that you have
been singling them out. I'm confident you have ulterior motives in being so 'honest' about this all of a sudden though. It's not like you.

They've done nothing to you. I did nothing to you when you emailed me and proceeded to lie right off the bat about your reason for doing so. I have
done things to you since then, but, it was in self defense. You aren't
going to be able to use me to do things to others for your entertainment
or benefit.

Instead of pretending to seek assistance with my program as well as lying
to me about the targets serving malware to unsuspecting users, you should
have told me what was really going on. That you and the admins had a
falling out and you wanted to do something about it. I would have been
willing to reach out to them and try to work things out for you, one time.
I would have done that for you, despite knowing a lot more about you than
you realized.

Despite what I learned about you, I continued answering your questions.
Even your personal ones, to a point. I would have continued doing so, had
you not tried to dox me all over usenet to get my attention. That wasn't
the right way to go about getting my attention, David. That's how you go
about getting the wrong kind of attention from me; as you learned.

Have you noticed that snits list for me (I'm honored, previously it was
just SC) has been questioned and torn to shreds already? So much for those receipts he claims to bring. And so much for the honest person he claims
he is. An honest individual doesn't have to repeatedly claim they are;
it's already known. Dishonest people like you and snit have to repeat it; hoping some n00b will believe it. His list for SC is just as much bullshit
as the one he has been working on for me, but, you already know that, too.

It was amusing to read another poster, one I do not know, rip my list to shreds in front of everyone who lurks/replies here. Snit is just fucked,
and we all know it. Nothing he writes is going to change that for him.

He isn't honest as he repeatedly has to post about himself. An honest
person doesn't have to remind people that they are; it's already known.
Snit has to do this because it's known (well known) that he isn't. I am enjoying his lack of creativity as he proceeds to try and insult me and
work so hard to make me appear to be anywhere near as incompetent with
tech as he's already shown he is.

He's finally given up? on wanting to be seen as a peer. He never would be,
you realize that, right? He hasn't put the time in, he hasn't earned the
right to be one of my peers. He's used to cheating his way through life,
but, that doesn't work here. You have to put the time in to gain the knowledge. There's no way to fast track it. :)

He was claiming that it was a group effort diagnosing the issue with his supposedly dead computer. It wasn't a group effort. It was me and me alone
who diagnosed it, properly the first time, I'll remind you. He stopped
with the group effort nonsense for the most part when I requested an MID
from another individual who also stated the HD was the issue. He couldn't
find one, because, I was the *only one* who diagnosed that as being the
issue. And he stalled me (just as he did with the most generic apology as
he could) with your two sentence reply on another thread, both of which
were bold faced lies. He danced around it for days. I've got the entire
thread saved if you'd like to refresh your alcohol damaged memory.

I have no doubt that he was rather irritated when the SMART results came
back and confirmed my diagnosis too. I would have loved to have been a fly
on the wall to see the expression on his face. Masters degree in IT but doesn't even know one of the first things you should do when checking a machine out for an issue. He didn't earn that degree David. It either came from a paper mill, or, someone else did *all of the work* and let him take
the credit for it. I'm going to take an educated guess and say his former
wife did it. And it was all done online so it wouldn't have been difficult
for her to impersonate him.

His family are grifters, they've been playing the system to live on my and others tax dollars for a long fucking time. I have little doubt his wife
also took the time to teach their offspring how to live on other peoples
hard work for free. Little doubt in my mind.

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec,
Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What
specific and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the
reasons I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

As I wrote previously, and is left above, you can't provide a reasonable answer. You never could. I won't indulge you further with this, and, I seriously doubt anyone else will either. Are you enjoying having your
threads either go without any replies, or, replies from snit, or a reply
like this from me? :) I am. I really am. The software is clean. It
contains no malicious code of any kind in either of the two builds of it I examined. I doubt the author is going to try coming after me for violating
his unenforceable licensing agreement by reverse engineering his software, either. You really are an idiot for so much as suggesting he could in the first place. You know fuckall about licensing agreements. What is/what
isn't actually enforceable. I bet you think the agreement you click to
install Microsoft Windows would hold up completely in court too, don't you?
It wouldn't. It reads like it would though doesn't it? :)

You're a dumb ass, David Brooks. Truly, a dumb ass.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government
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On Sep 23, 2025 at 10:26:54rC>PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote <XnsB364EBBD3FFBHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net Wed,
24 Sep 2025 02:40:35 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

...

Have you noticed that snits list for me (I'm honored, previously it was
just SC) has been questioned and torn to shreds already?

No. Nor have you. I am not saying I am above making a mistake. Maybe there is an error. But not a single error has been pointed out by you and your sad little trolling buddies.

I. Bring. Receipts.

Where do you think has been SHOWN to be wrong? Note I back them in the MID at the bottom:

* Gremlin was ignorant about how his phone number could show
on my provider's logs.

* Gremlin incorrectly denied his number was in public databases
and could not understand that not all databases are the same.

* Gremlin thought Unicode letter-like symbols were a different font.

* Gremlin got confused over what degrees he says he has and what
they mean.

* Gremlin got confused over Preference files and profiles on macOS.

* Gremlin got all excited he used a mouse-less computer as if that
was impressive.

* Gremlin could not believe FirstClass could handle so many
simultaneous connections.

* Gremlin did not realize the risks of writing to APFS on Linux.

* Gremlin did not understand ASCII is a standard where "A" is
always 65.

* Gremlin was so ignorant of Linux he thought I was saying a DE
and distro are the same.

* Gremlin did not know that a floppy disk in a drive could stop a
machine from booting.

* Gremlin thought forwarding a Google Groups post gave headers it
did not.

* Gremlin thought he could best my chat bot but failed.

* Gremlin confused drag-and-drop with copy-and-paste.

* Gremlin thought an ugly superglue and baking powder hack for a
hinge was indicative of the work a "hardware repair shop" would do.

<675a4b34$1$2873014$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>

You cannot refute ANY of that because it is ALL true. You can claim it is wrong. Other trolls can CLAIM it is wrong.

But you you lied when you said it was torn to shreds. Nope. It is true. It is honest. It is backed.

I bring MIDs and quotes.

And you hate it. LOL!

So much for those
receipts he claims to bring. And so much for the honest person he claims
he is. An honest individual doesn't have to repeatedly claim they are;
it's already known. Dishonest people like you and snit have to repeat it; hoping some n00b will believe it. His list for SC is just as much bullshit
as the one he has been working on for me, but, you already know that, too.

Note: not one but of evidence I am wrong. Not one.

YOU. HAVE. NONE.

It was amusing to read another poster, one I do not know, rip my list to shreds in front of everyone who lurks/replies here. Snit is just fucked,
and we all know it. Nothing he writes is going to change that for him.

Not one bit was "torn to shreds". A sock jumped in to whine about it.

But evidence matters.

He isn't honest as he repeatedly has to post about himself. An honest
person doesn't have to remind people that they are; it's already known.
Snit has to do this because it's known (well known) that he isn't. I am enjoying his lack of creativity as he proceeds to try and insult me and
work so hard to make me appear to be anywhere near as incompetent with
tech as he's already shown he is.

Note you lash out... but not a shred of evidence from you.

You go on and on with ... nothing.

I bring receipts.

He's finally given up? on wanting to be seen as a peer. He never would be, you realize that, right? He hasn't put the time in, he hasn't earned the right to be one of my peers. He's used to cheating his way through life,
but, that doesn't work here. You have to put the time in to gain the knowledge. There's no way to fast track it. :)

More of your ego and lashing out.

Where me... I bring receipts.

He was claiming that it was a group effort diagnosing the issue with his supposedly dead computer. It wasn't a group effort. It was me and me alone who diagnosed it, properly the first time,

MID?

Quote?

More of your blathering.

All sizzle. No steak.

I'll remind you. He stopped
with the group effort nonsense for the most part when I requested an MID
from another individual who also stated the HD was the issue. He couldn't find one, because, I was the *only one* who diagnosed that as being the issue.

Why would you want a soldering iron for that hard drive issue?

And off you run.

You. Me. David. Even Carroll.

You just want all the credit.

And keep in mind, this was done FOR YOU.

And he stalled me (just as he did with the most generic apology as
he could) with your two sentence reply on another thread, both of which
were bold faced lies. He danced around it for days. I've got the entire thread saved if you'd like to refresh your alcohol damaged memory.

No MID.

No quote.

You again claim I lie in ways that cannot be quoted.

Meanwhile I bring receipts.

I have no doubt that he was rather irritated

You have bizarre fantasies.

when the SMART results came
back and confirmed my diagnosis too. I would have loved to have been a fly
on the wall to see the expression on his face. Masters degree in IT but doesn't even know one of the first things you should do when checking a machine out for an issue.

You thought an Internet boot was booting from a hard drive. LOL!

He didn't earn that degree David. It either came
from a paper mill, or, someone else did *all of the work* and let him take the credit for it. I'm going to take an educated guess and say his former wife did it. And it was all done online so it wouldn't have been difficult for her to impersonate him.

Your ego. Your poor, poor ego. LOL!

His family are grifters, they've been playing the system to live on my and others tax dollars for a long fucking time. I have little doubt his wife
also took the time to teach their offspring how to live on other peoples
hard work for free. Little doubt in my mind.

Notice how you feel the need to lie about me. Shows you see me as ABOVE you.

You treat me like the market leader. Time and time again.

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec,
Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What
specific and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the
reasons I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

As I wrote previously, and is left above, you can't provide a reasonable answer. You never could. I won't indulge you further with this, and, I seriously doubt anyone else will either. Are you enjoying having your
threads either go without any replies, or, replies from snit, or a reply
like this from me? :) I am. I really am. The software is clean. It
contains no malicious code of any kind in either of the two builds of it I examined. I doubt the author is going to try coming after me for violating his unenforceable licensing agreement by reverse engineering his software, either. You really are an idiot for so much as suggesting he could in the first place. You know fuckall about licensing agreements. What is/what
isn't actually enforceable. I bet you think the agreement you click to install Microsoft Windows would hold up completely in court too, don't you? It wouldn't. It reads like it would though doesn't it? :)

You're a dumb ass, David Brooks. Truly, a dumb ass.

You seek to harm people... because you hate yourself.

You are a self-loathing ego-maniac who deep down knows you are a nothing. You make threats and try to control by fear because you know you have nothing to offer. You are more often than not all sizzle and no steak.

And I bring receipts. I show MIDs. I show quotes.

This is fun. :)

Oh, and since you brought up degrees... you lying fool, here are your comments about your claimed degrees:

* You have two degrees, both in CS and you did not know IT was different.
* You have two degrees, both in IT.
* You have two degrees, one in IT and one in CS.
* You blame me for you confusing IT with IS though you offer no evidence.
* You cannot decide if you have "two" degrees or "several".
* TheyrCOre "honorary" except when you "did the work and took the tests."
* You project your confusion and dishonesty onto me.

All trivial to show:

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAB593FA1DFBDHT1@MjEwUG.BDMbgpk>:
-----
Well, I have two Masters myself, but they are in CS I
wasn't aware CS and I.T were/are seperate entities now.
-----

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
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Unlike yourself snit, I hold two honorary masters in IT
-----

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
-----
We discussed at length previously his masters in IS, and
mine in IT and the differences between them. He was quite
adamant that he had a masters in IS, *not* IT as is mine.
-----

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC75C8B08FCD2HT1@dcFn0WjC2iFiA86fj2h.35Y>:
-----
One is in CS, the other is in IT.
-----

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsB31E2432CF33FHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
-----
I have several honorary degrees,
-----

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsB31E2432CF33FHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
-----
I actually did the work and took the tests to earn them
-----

And the most ironic accusation of yours:

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
-----
I'd also like to know how Snit could be so confused
concerning which degree he has.
-----

Oh, you really have no leg to stand on. Jus pathetic.
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On Sep 23, 2025 at 7:40:35rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote <mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue,
23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update
system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom
malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by >>> an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked >> you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the >> same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a
response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software
companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a >> very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in
the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass.

We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of
EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec,
Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific
and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons >> I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

I just posted a whole bunch of evidence to back what Gremlin says. MIDs. Quotes.

He claims I am wrong.

But he can't show it.

How pathetic of him.
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On 24/09/2025 07:07, Brock McNuggets wrote:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 7:40:35rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote <mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue, >>> 23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update >>>> system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom >>>> malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by >>>> an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked >>> you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the
same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a
response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software
companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a >>> very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in >>> the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass.

We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of >>>> EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec,
Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific >>> and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons >>> I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

I just posted a whole bunch of evidence to back what Gremlin says. MIDs. Quotes.

He claims I am wrong.

But he can't show it.

How pathetic of him.

I've just thanked you for doing so in another thread! Well done you!

Are you familiar with Bacon's cipher?


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On Sep 24, 2025 at 1:46:56rC>AM MST, ""David B."" wrote <mjhpg0Fl3idU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 24/09/2025 07:07, Brock McNuggets wrote:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 7:40:35rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue, >>>> 23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update >>>>> system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom >>>>> malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by >>>>> an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked >>>> you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the
same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a >>>> response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software >>>> companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a >>>> very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in >>>> the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass. >>>>
We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of >>>>> EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec, >>>> Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific >>>> and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons
I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

I just posted a whole bunch of evidence to back what Gremlin says. MIDs.
Quotes.

He claims I am wrong.

But he can't show it.

How pathetic of him.

I've just thanked you for doing so in another thread! Well done you!

Are you familiar with Bacon's cipher?

I am not -- though just looked it up... but the code you posted was AZ Code. A simple substitution cypher (though how the substitutions are created was determined with some math I forget).
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:46:56 +0100, David B. wrote:

On 24/09/2025 07:07, Brock McNuggets wrote:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 7:40:35rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue, >>>> 23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update >>>>> system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom >>>>> malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by >>>>> an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked >>>> you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the
same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a >>>> response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software >>>> companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a >>>> very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in >>>> the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass. >>>>
We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of >>>>> EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec, >>>> Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific >>>> and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons
I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

I just posted a whole bunch of evidence to back what Gremlin says. MIDs.
Quotes.

He claims I am wrong.

But he can't show it.

How pathetic of him.

I've just thanked you for doing so in another thread! Well done you!

Are you familiar with Bacon's cipher?

Snit sock alert!
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On 24 Sep 2025 06:07:41 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

On Sep 23, 2025 at 7:40:35rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote <mjh413Fhn0mU1@mid.individual.net>:

On 23/09/2025 23:53, Gremlin wrote:

"David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> news:mjghtoFequdU1@mid.individual.net Tue, >>> 23 Sep 2025 21:31:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Lets just clear up a couple of things.

What? No bullshit attempts at denial this time around David?

After the various accreditations and certifications declaring the
software 'clean' and 'safe' have been gained, could the software update >>>> system be used to introduce extra functions to the code such as custom >>>> malware or virus code?

Also, could the software update system be used to malicious advantage by >>>> an unscrupulous developer?

Please advise.

We've already had this discussion, if, you wanted to call it that. I asked >>> you why you didn't hold other companies, Apple and Microsoft as well, to the
same standard. Unless I'm mistaken; I heard the sound of crickets as a
response to them. So I'll ask again, why don't you hold other software
companies to this same standard? Will you again play dumb and not answer a >>> very simple question? You aren't helping yourself by putting your head in >>> the sand when I ask. Sometimes, no response is a response... Dumb ass.

We both know (likely more than just us at this point) why you haven't
answered it before. You *are singling them out*

All of the organisations you mention have more than one employee.

And if the answer is 'yes' - WHO has actually checked out that side of >>>> EtreCheck?

I'll ask you, again. Why aren't you holding Apple, Microsoft, Symantec,
Mcafee, etc etc etc to this same line of questioning David? What specific >>> and legitimate reason do you have for excluding all of them?
I know you can't provide a reasonable answer to it; it's one of the reasons >>> I ask. :)

Etresoft Inc has just two Directors.

I just posted a whole bunch of evidence to back what Gremlin says. MIDs. Quotes.

He claims I am wrong.

But he can't show it.

How pathetic of him.

He doesn't have to.
You are the one making the claims so the onus is on you to prove your posts
and as far as I can see your proof actually proves his points.
You claim it's evidence.
I see a person who is unable to read. That would be you snit.
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On 24/09/2025 22:33, Nippy wrote:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:46:56 +0100, David B. wrote:

[....]

Are you familiar with Bacon's cipher?

Snit sock alert!

Nope! :-P
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On Sep 24, 2025 at 2:43:44rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote <mjj70gFsgl6U2@mid.individual.net>:

On 24/09/2025 22:33, Nippy wrote:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:46:56 +0100, David B. wrote:

[....]

Are you familiar with Bacon's cipher?

Snit sock alert!

Nope! :-P

"Nippy" is clearly a sock.

I bring receipts... the Usenet Riders bring trolling.
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Nippy <nippy@byteme.moc> news:1w3fx8v2bj7ck.1svnnxckksel1.dlg@40tude.net
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:33:51 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Snit sock alert!

He's not a sock. He's actually a real person. David Brooks of Devon, UK.
I've known him, unfortunately, for a very long time now. He tried to
mislead me into breaking into some servers for him; the admins banned him (again) and he took it very personally. He researched me, asked some
respected people questions about me, they confirmed who I was and he
thought he could trick me into using a specific skillset to his advantage.
He's pissed off because I opted to teach him what an .NFO file was; well
after he tried to dox me for not responding to his emails in a timely
manner (to him). I did include his details (accurate details) with the
.NFO file. I found a nice picture of his kids gravesite and included that
on a postcard I created for him, providing all of his contact details
along with his picture and that of his wife. His cell number, his landline number, obviously his street address. The typical stuff. He mistakenly
thought I couldn't find that information. Oops.

I then proceeded to destroy, irl, destroy two people he used to call
friends on alt.politics.scorched-earth. One Jenn from Oklahoma and one
Eagle. I put Jenn under so much stress, she was in the hospital and nearly
died from it. She had no idea what could be done to a persons real life
from a keyboard on the internet, but I taught her. I went old school with
her to make a point. I put his friend Eagle in a nursing home after I took
a very modified track truck he was proud to have owned, along with his
fucking house. I told him, I warned him, he continued to press; so he got
what he asked for.

I also went for his family members...Found out the majority were living on section 8 while he was bragging about his financial success. That didn't
sit well with me. Why am I and others who work jobs that take taxes out
for a living having to pay for your family members when you could be
helping them out yourself? That wasn't the primary reason I opted to go
for eagles family members though. David already initiated by abusing what
he learned due to an unexpected death in my family. I lost my dad in 2013
and the family members where he was from exposed themselves via an
obituary post. David Brooks, the sorry fuck he is, took full advantage of
that. So...

So, I did some things, he lost his house his truck, everything important
to him. A very targetted attack. I'm quite candid and blunt about it too -
so much so, it could easily be mistaken for bragging. It really pisses
David off when I share such details. What you know I did and what you can
prove I did are two entirely different things. The impotence he suffers
with concerning me makes his blood boil.

David has tried to get even for that with me ever since, but, he's always managed to fall on his ass. He would have anyway, he has a serious
drinking problem. He drinks alcohol faster than my modified s10 guzzles
the gas when I put the hammer down. He's tried to get people he knows in
real life to come after me over the things I've done to him and his
friends. He tried to get an entire newsgroup to help him hang me out to
dry; and they almost took the bait, too. Almost. They decided to check me
out first, and wisely made the decision not to involve themselves in our 'dispute' Just like his real life friends did; instead of helping him out,
they told me about his drinking problem and loss of a friendship over it.
A friendship he valued dearly.

So, one day, being the prick I can be, I asked him openly about it, and
instead of deny deny deny, the fucking idiot proceeds to tell me his side
of the story. *Confirming* what I told him and the newsgroup alt.politics.scorched-earth I had succesfully done; breached his very own
real life inner circle from across the pond. What a tool, right? LOL!

He also knows for a fact that I'm a former virus writer. An infamous one
at that, and, I wasn't put into jail or prison for any of it. That also
pisses him off. He doesn't think I should have 'gotten away' with it.
Truth be told, I didn't - I paid for it, just not in a way he is capable
of understanding due to years of excessive alcohol consumption.

I haven't always been a dick towards him though; occasionally I have
helped him out with technical issues. He's complimented me several times
for my technical expertise. He flips and flops around like a fish though.
He cannot ever be trusted to be honest. And my knowing that and openly
telling others, it really tends to piss him off. <G>

He's also rather upset about me concerning snit. He knows at some point
I'm going to skullfuck the little bastard in both eye sockets. Just like I already did Jenn and Eagle. Due to a language barrier issue with him, he doesn't actually know what I mean by the statement. So funny. So fucking
funny.

He couldn't do fuckall for them. I even provided a play by play as I was
doing my thing. Inviting him to make good on his promise to protect them
from me. They learned the hard way that he couldn't do anything for them
and they were fucked two ways from sunday. He had to watch them openly
begging for me to stop doing what I was doing - what he assured them I
couldn't possibly actually do. He encouraged them to step, promised them
he had their backs; that I was harmless. I wasn't, and, he didn't.

I took great pleasure in making him do that. I don't even try to deny it.
They and he more than had it coming. He's one of those people who doesn't
learn from history or his past mistakes, so, he has to repeat them. It's
been his life story. He's a total and complete failure; he had to bury one
of his kids because of medical neglect on his part. He hates it when I
remind him, but, I owe him that; he learned of some of my family due to an unexpected loss of my dad; he's the kind of sick fuck who reads
obituaries. Well, you go after mine, I'm coming after yours. That's how it works. He's a coward, doesn't focus on me, the individual he created his
own problems with, instead, he went after people who had nothing
whatsoever to do with our issue. So, I responded in kind. It's the
secondary reason I went after Eagles, too. I knew it would hurt David. Had
he not done that, I would have left Eagles alone and just gone for him.
But, David wanted to remind me of that loss; so I decided he should share
in some of the pain via a friend. Someone who trusted him and had for
years; I made them feel what I felt and David is the reason for it. I
enjoyed watching Eagle beg and David being completely powerless to do
anything about what was going down.

I refer to myself as a Grayhat, not a Whitehat, for a reason. David
learned what that reason was some years ago. Snit is his latest bitch
who's already way in over his head, but, he's far too stupid to realize
it.

Sorry for the long reply, but, it should pretty much answer any questions
you may have concerning the issues between myself, David, and, Snit.
--
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government




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On Sep 24, 2025 at 5:57:24rC>PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote <XnsB364D52F0DDCEHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:

Nippy <nippy@byteme.moc> news:1w3fx8v2bj7ck.1svnnxckksel1.dlg@40tude.net
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:33:51 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

Snit sock alert!

He's not a sock. He's actually a real person. David Brooks of Devon, UK.
I've known him, unfortunately, for a very long time now. He tried to
mislead me into breaking into some servers for him; the admins banned him (again) and he took it very personally. He researched me, asked some respected people questions about me, they confirmed who I was and he
thought he could trick me into using a specific skillset to his advantage. He's pissed off because I opted to teach him what an .NFO file was; well after he tried to dox me for not responding to his emails in a timely
manner (to him). I did include his details (accurate details) with the
.NFO file. I found a nice picture of his kids gravesite and included that
on a postcard I created for him, providing all of his contact details
along with his picture and that of his wife. His cell number, his landline number, obviously his street address. The typical stuff. He mistakenly thought I couldn't find that information. Oops.

I then proceeded to destroy, irl, destroy two people he used to call
friends on alt.politics.scorched-earth. One Jenn from Oklahoma and one
Eagle. I put Jenn under so much stress, she was in the hospital and nearly died from it. She had no idea what could be done to a persons real life
from a keyboard on the internet, but I taught her. I went old school with
her to make a point. I put his friend Eagle in a nursing home after I took
a very modified track truck he was proud to have owned, along with his fucking house. I told him, I warned him, he continued to press; so he got what he asked for.

I also went for his family members...Found out the majority were living on section 8 while he was bragging about his financial success. That didn't
sit well with me. Why am I and others who work jobs that take taxes out
for a living having to pay for your family members when you could be
helping them out yourself? That wasn't the primary reason I opted to go
for eagles family members though. David already initiated by abusing what
he learned due to an unexpected death in my family. I lost my dad in 2013
and the family members where he was from exposed themselves via an
obituary post. David Brooks, the sorry fuck he is, took full advantage of that. So...

So, I did some things, he lost his house his truck, everything important
to him. A very targetted attack. I'm quite candid and blunt about it too -
so much so, it could easily be mistaken for bragging. It really pisses
David off when I share such details. What you know I did and what you can prove I did are two entirely different things. The impotence he suffers
with concerning me makes his blood boil.

David has tried to get even for that with me ever since, but, he's always managed to fall on his ass. He would have anyway, he has a serious
drinking problem. He drinks alcohol faster than my modified s10 guzzles
the gas when I put the hammer down. He's tried to get people he knows in
real life to come after me over the things I've done to him and his
friends. He tried to get an entire newsgroup to help him hang me out to
dry; and they almost took the bait, too. Almost. They decided to check me
out first, and wisely made the decision not to involve themselves in our 'dispute' Just like his real life friends did; instead of helping him out, they told me about his drinking problem and loss of a friendship over it.
A friendship he valued dearly.

So, one day, being the prick I can be, I asked him openly about it, and instead of deny deny deny, the fucking idiot proceeds to tell me his side
of the story. *Confirming* what I told him and the newsgroup alt.politics.scorched-earth I had succesfully done; breached his very own real life inner circle from across the pond. What a tool, right? LOL!

He also knows for a fact that I'm a former virus writer. An infamous one
at that, and, I wasn't put into jail or prison for any of it. That also pisses him off. He doesn't think I should have 'gotten away' with it.
Truth be told, I didn't - I paid for it, just not in a way he is capable
of understanding due to years of excessive alcohol consumption.

I haven't always been a dick towards him though; occasionally I have
helped him out with technical issues. He's complimented me several times
for my technical expertise. He flips and flops around like a fish though.
He cannot ever be trusted to be honest. And my knowing that and openly telling others, it really tends to piss him off. <G>

He's also rather upset about me concerning snit. He knows at some point
I'm going to skullfuck the little bastard in both eye sockets. Just like I already did Jenn and Eagle. Due to a language barrier issue with him, he doesn't actually know what I mean by the statement. So funny. So fucking funny.

He couldn't do fuckall for them. I even provided a play by play as I was doing my thing. Inviting him to make good on his promise to protect them
from me. They learned the hard way that he couldn't do anything for them
and they were fucked two ways from sunday. He had to watch them openly begging for me to stop doing what I was doing - what he assured them I couldn't possibly actually do. He encouraged them to step, promised them
he had their backs; that I was harmless. I wasn't, and, he didn't.

I took great pleasure in making him do that. I don't even try to deny it. They and he more than had it coming. He's one of those people who doesn't learn from history or his past mistakes, so, he has to repeat them. It's
been his life story. He's a total and complete failure; he had to bury one
of his kids because of medical neglect on his part. He hates it when I
remind him, but, I owe him that; he learned of some of my family due to an unexpected loss of my dad; he's the kind of sick fuck who reads
obituaries. Well, you go after mine, I'm coming after yours. That's how it works. He's a coward, doesn't focus on me, the individual he created his
own problems with, instead, he went after people who had nothing
whatsoever to do with our issue. So, I responded in kind. It's the
secondary reason I went after Eagles, too. I knew it would hurt David. Had
he not done that, I would have left Eagles alone and just gone for him.
But, David wanted to remind me of that loss; so I decided he should share
in some of the pain via a friend. Someone who trusted him and had for
years; I made them feel what I felt and David is the reason for it. I
enjoyed watching Eagle beg and David being completely powerless to do anything about what was going down.

I refer to myself as a Grayhat, not a Whitehat, for a reason. David
learned what that reason was some years ago. Snit is his latest bitch
who's already way in over his head, but, he's far too stupid to realize
it.

Sorry for the long reply, but, it should pretty much answer any questions
you may have concerning the issues between myself, David, and, Snit.

Did you say anything new or interesting there?

I mean we get it... you are a pathetic, immature, ego-driven, toddler who pushes insults and threats when you are in over your head.

So?

That is not new.

If you could debunk what I have shown about you then you would. But you never will.

* Gremlin was ignorant about how his phone number could show
on my provider's logs.

* Gremlin incorrectly denied his number was in public databases
and could not understand that not all databases are the same.

BACKING THE TWO ABOVE ----------------------------------------------------------------------

<XnsAC34A629C8F3DHT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
-----
Prior to my giving you that cell number, there was no way
at all for you to link it to me in any possible way shape
or form. it doesn't come up in any records search on me.
It is using a recycled number, but damn near everything is
these days so that doesn't count as public information,
snit.
...
As in, the cell doesn't come back to me, wouldn't ever
come back to me, therefore the fact *I* have that cell
number is NOT public information. I find it very hard to
believe that even you'd have difficulty understanding this
concept.
-----

<XnsAC34A62ACDF8HT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
-----
Regardless of where the number shows up, it doesn't tie
itself to me, and you cannot associate the number with me
via a google search, OR any number of free/paid public
records searches. Therefore, that is PRIVATE information
that you think you're holding over my head, not public as
you erroneously think here.
-----

<XnsAC1D794DE5AD5HT1@889n4Sx8GWE.MNnkz50hZNVS.fh0SYyRp>
-----
They are relevant to the fact YOU INSERTED the phone
number I provided you verbally into a bogus call log video
you've taken the time to create. When I use the cell I
provided you the number for to make outbound calls, It
*ALWAYS* reports Kingsport, TN. Not one single time has it
ever, nor would it have any reason to report Johnson City.
It doesn't pick cities at random, it doesn't go by my
present location, either. That's actually fixed, as is the
number assigned to the phone.
-----

<XnsAC17C66D49387HT1@4uMkH0FFER6s72gSy7J8N4B67.Mht3WTC373bt67J31gn>
-----
You didn't even score the right city, Snit. And, the
correct city is common, public knowledge with the regulars
here. The moment you unblocked 'Johnson City' in your
videos, you were busted.
-----

<XnsAC212DEE4D1DCHT1@gt3i2B7y.5N0FOv3e210vLOej4O4doj8b>
-----
David, every single Address you've posted that's supposed
to be mine has been Kingsport. Not Johnson City. Don't you
think you should tell snit that was a fuckup on his part
by now? :)
-----

<XnsAC21106DF6C20HT1@3R4NM89td0T86C.231IPkH>
-----
His response to that was to file a report with the
kingsport,tn police. Well hell, why not the johnson city
ones? That's where he claimed the call said it originated
from. :)
-----

<XnsAC32ADC5A8EECHT1@VoX89Pwp95.083.GODrcd>
-----
I've only been sharing whats available via a public
database. You haven't. :)
-----

<XnsAC34A62BCD27FHT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
-----
You cannot find any link to that number to me on any
database. Which makes it private. not public as you
incorrectly assume.
-----

<XnsAC34A62CD62DDHT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
-----
> Your number, even tied to your name, is in a public
> database.

No, it's not. You already tried to link the two of us
previously.
-----

<XnsAC34A62EE3F39HT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
-----
It's not a publically known number that links to me. And
he knows that.
-----

<XnsAC34A62BCD27FHT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
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The number is NOT TIED TO ME in any public database, in
any way shape or form. You cannot get the number aside
from my having provided it to you via a google search or a
public records search.
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<XnsAC34A62A42D90HT1@1b2yUZpg51V1q.6EF009.jKrc>
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It's not, running my name doesn't provide that cell
number. The two are not linked in any way shape or form.
The number itself as is the case with any recycled number
is in all kinds of databases, but it's not linked to me;
therefore, that IS PRIVATE information that you can't get
via a google search or a paid public records search.
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* Gremlin thought Unicode letter-like symbols were a different font.

<XnsAB71E34305C94HT1@5X40MEzgnn1982sRxYGhQ1dvm7V9MV2Z64U.TM6M5Igc40qPeP.gaV5b

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And unlike your silly code tests you've tried to do
recently, AZ doesn't require any specific fonts, ...
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* Gremlin got confused over what degrees he says he has and what
they mean.

* You have two degrees, both in CS and you did not know IT was different.
* You have two degrees, both in IT.
* You have two degrees, one in IT and one in CS.
* You blame me for you confusing IT with IS though you offer no evidence.
* You cannot decide if you have "two" degrees or "several".
* TheyrCOre "honorary" except when you "did the work and took the tests."
* You project your confusion and dishonesty onto me.

All trivial to show:

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAB593FA1DFBDHT1@MjEwUG.BDMbgpk>:
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Well, I have two Masters myself, but they are in CS I
wasn't aware CS and I.T were/are seperate entities now.
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Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
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Unlike yourself snit, I hold two honorary masters in IT
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Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
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We discussed at length previously his masters in IS, and
mine in IT and the differences between them. He was quite
adamant that he had a masters in IS, *not* IT as is mine.
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Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC75C8B08FCD2HT1@dcFn0WjC2iFiA86fj2h.35Y>:
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One is in CS, the other is in IT.
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Diesel / Gremlin <XnsB31E2432CF33FHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
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I have several honorary degrees,
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Diesel / Gremlin <XnsB31E2432CF33FHT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
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I actually did the work and took the tests to earn them
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And the most ironic accusation of yours:

Diesel / Gremlin <XnsAC703AA7A6220HT1@tkRp4lHo04W6T4lOY83W.tuvxq31.7>:
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I'd also like to know how Snit could be so confused
concerning which degree he has.
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* Gremlin got confused over Preference files and profiles on macOS.

<XnsACA2266D9357HT1@b61h2qa58gRz40SbioSFbq.6IDI>:
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Did he really tell you that after deleting your profile for the
photos program (when it's not running - I shouldn't have to make
sure you understand that, but, you are David Brooks and well, you
aren't exactly the brightest bulb in the pack.) you should restart
your machine to be sure the effect worked? David, y2k called and
they'd like their technology back if that's really the case. rofl.

Ensure no processes are running that program uses, ensure the
program itself isn't running, whack your profile. Start the
program, don't restart your machine or logoff/login again to 'fix'
it without first seeing if it's okay after whacking the profile.
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<XnsACA22716D09FHT1@b61h2qa58gRz40SbioSFbq.6IDI>
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Do you have anything you care about under that profile
that you want to retain? If you do, and this includes any
customizations you've made to the GUI then you have to
determine if it's worth retaining, or just scrapping and
starting over. Do you have any user data specifically tied
to that account that would be lost if you purged it?
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* Gremlin got all excited he used a mouse-less computer as if that
was impressive.

<XnsABEF47D94EFACHT1@rSNu6VvwL.gxU66>:
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My first computer didn't even know what a fucking mouse
was. You really are playing games with the wrong one.
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* Gremlin could not believe FirstClass could handle so many
simultaneous connections.

<XnsAB5313CBDCEE6HT1@2sAL9.E04>
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Yes, you had a modem bank, tied into a network, not a
single workstation. A single workstation back then
wouldn't have had the cpu power to deal with one hundred
concurrent connections on it's own. That's a shitload more
cpu power required than you seem to realize, here, Snit.
...
Uhh, I don't care what code optimizing tricks they used,
there's no fucking way they were able to support one
hundred people, at one time, on one machine. No fucking
way, Snit. You had alot more hardware involved.
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* Gremlin did not realize the risks of writing to APFS on Linux.

Snit <hb707bFgcm6U1@mid.individual.net>:
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I did not know if Linux handles APFS. It does but warns
you to use it read only or risk damage. I suspect other
Linux based rescue disks would be much the same.
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Context here is damage to the APFS file system by the Kaspersky tools.

David <9ss3G.298226$ls7.44481@fx40.iad>:
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I most certainly don't wish to damage my iMac!
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Context here is STILL damage to the APFS file system by the Kaspersky
tools. And David shows understanding that using it in write-only mode
can cause damage. He may not understand the details of why and how,
but that is not relevant and not something to attack him for. But look
how Diesel responds:

<XnsAB6D6ED5F0B7HT1@3dOIZISX3.IwU6R1OH8iz29MMTN26bF08TPFtT157gyFB5>
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Yet another example of you not understanding something,
David.
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David clearly understood there was a risk of damage he did not want to
take! It is not a competition to see who understand the exact nature
of the damage the tool warns about! But Diesel goes on:
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Worst possible case scenario, if you allow write
access and it borks; the file it was working with may be,
damaged. Or, another area of the hard disk might contain
data that was intended for that file. If nothing was
present in that area, no harm no foul. If there was used
data in that area, well, something just got stomped on.
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But a LOT more than just harming a file is possible. There can be much
worse data loss that what Diesel tries to present. Hell, even with
with what he says if you override key areas to a filesystem you can be
in trouble. Diesel should understand this!

Here is the exact warning provided by the tool:

https://imgur.com/gNWmphL.png
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Apple filesystems are working in journaling mode. Linux
filesystem driver has limited support for this mode.

Press SKIP to mount volumes in "read-only" mode. Malware
isn't being disinfected in this mode!

Press CONTINUE to try to mount volumes in "read-write"
mode. This procedure may cause damage to the filesystem!
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Note, not just to a file... but to the filesystem itself. Diesel can
claim an "out" in that this does not likely cause any PHYSICAL damage
to the drive (would be bizarre if it did) but it can cause you to lose
access to any and ALL data on that drive (or at least that volume).
This is BAD and would generally lead to you restoring from back up.
And it undoubtedly is damage David, or others, would not want to risk
on a main system!

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* Gremlin did not understand ASCII is a standard where "A" is
always 65.

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Set A1 and A2 variables at the ascii value for A (On
the IBM platform that value is 65) Set counter to 0.
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* Gremlin was so ignorant of Linux he thought I was saying a DE
and distro are the same.

<http://techrights.org/TechBytes/techbytes0056.mp3>

rCo At 9:54 I make it clear when I am speaking of a specific
issue with KDE I am speaking of how it is on one specific
distro by default. It is absolutely clear I know the DE and
the distro are not the same.

rCo At 12:15 I again speak of how I am referencing KDE on one
distro as it comes by default, and how I realize the
defaults can be changed, and how it is different on other
distros.

rCo At 30:50 or so I speak about how you are using not just a DE
(KDE, specifically) but a distro, and the distro is a lot
more than just the DE.

Yet you concluded:

<XnsACDA1EDB99E5CHT1@1k.r4QzV.C>:
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Snit is evidently unaware of the fact the distro itself and the DE
are not one in the same thing.
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* Gremlin did not know that a floppy disk in a drive could stop a
machine from booting.

<XnsACC9F360B2F6CHT1@z9kfcl9n7KHDpF0eI.64L>
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Yea, I call bullshit on that. Driver media doesn't have a valid
boot sector present. As a result, the machine wouldn't have
refused to reboot because the disk was left behind.
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* Gremlin thought forwarding a Google Groups post gave headers it
did not.

Gremlin: <XnsAD2BC46FF4F29HT1@933VkZG.MON0.dYW>
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Since nobody here seems to know about this trick, or nobody has
mentioned it, you can see the full headers, login to your google
account, pick the message you want to know more about, forward it
to yourself. [g]
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<XnsB245C704B5DC4HT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>
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Google altered the functionality of the services multiple
times. I'm not the only one who knew google did at one
point do that. Stop trying to weasel and bullshit your way
into attacking me here, dude. If you're going to try
coming at me, do so with shit that's actually true.
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* Gremlin thought he could best my chat bot but failed. Then he said
he would show me if I merely lied to him:
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I *have offered* to let you interact with it, but under a
condition you pretend doesn't exist. You *knowingly told a
hell of a bullshit story about me and the floodbot*. I
want an apology for it! When you give me what you know you
rightfully owe me (everybody else does too, Snit.
Everybody else does too) then you can pick the IRC network
and channel name; I'll send the bot right to you in a
disarmed state. It's a warbot as I told you. It was
designed to go on channel raids with me and my crew.
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See: only if I pretend he is not lying, and even jump in and lie FOR
him will he say he can get his chat bot to beat mine. In short, he
lied his ass off. Again.

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* Gremlin confused drag-and-drop with copy-and-paste.

Tied to dragging a URL to VLC.

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* Gremlin thought an ugly superglue and baking powder hack for a
hinge was indicative of the work a "hardware repair shop" would do.

<XnsB2C6A1ADDC86HT1@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
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You're denying that you ran a computer repair business out of your
home?

And there's no proof of any kind? Nothing? Uhh..

Message-ID: <67fe7342$0$19$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>

That's just the most recent. Would you like to re-read what you
wrote about what you did for a customer? Or what you specialize
in?

You really don't think things thru before you try the denial
routine, Snit.
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More here!

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