RE: [suse-kde] Leaky KDE? Spontaneous SPAM as screensaver.
Not so much a virus as a quirky screen saver. Have you checked your screen saver? Is it set to random? -----Original Message----- From: C.Huijgen [mailto:c.huijgen@casema.nl] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:40 PM To: suse-kde@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-kde] Leaky KDE? Spontaneous SPAM as screensaver. Steve Kratz and Dan Freed, greetings I will not repeat everything that was written, as the suse-kde site is ordered by thread. This way I win some space. Of course it is partially lost by this explanation and by writing "greetings" in stead of "hi". Anyway, I thank you, especially Steve Kratz, for your reply. Long ago I suffered from a virus that manifested itself by slowing down the system. So when I noticed such an effect on KDE (still unexplained!) I did not like it much. It now appears that SuSe build in an innocent virus by way of practical joke. C.Huygen -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help@suse.com Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e
Have you checked your screen saver? Is it set to random?
Yes, some of those screensavers effectively cause a DoS of the system. The simple one which just moves some text across the screen has unfortunately been removed in favour of much fancier cr*p. Make sure it's not set to "random" if you keep your computer busy while you're away from it. The screensaver test function works well. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
On Friday 06 August 2004 04:16, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Have you checked your screen saver? Is it set to random?
Yes, some of those screensavers effectively cause a DoS of the system. The simple one which just moves some text across the screen has unfortunately been removed in favour of much fancier cr*p. Make sure it's not set to "random" if you keep your computer busy while you're away from it. The screensaver test function works well.
Hi Volker, well, I enjoy the "random" setting. None of the screensavers cause any problems on any of my systems. Some look a little weird, ok, but if I don't like them, with a little move of the mouse they go away. This way I could see most of the screensavers, which I would never have taken the time to explore otherwise. Some are really nice. We have the choice! Regards, Matt
Volker
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well, I enjoy the "random" setting. None of the screensavers cause any problems on any of my systems. Some look a little weird, ok, but if I don't like them, with a little move of the mouse they go away.
Well, the point of a screensaver is to save the phosphor while I'm not there. Obviously, while I'm not there, I don't need to see anything. :) When I leave jobs running to get finished I don't need nonsense to steal CPU, especially while I'm not there. Some of those savers are a performance whack on slower machines. Obviously you chose what you like, I was just a little miffed they removed the no-CPU one. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
On Friday 06 August 2004 12:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
well, I enjoy the "random" setting. None of the screensavers cause any problems on any of my systems. Some look a little weird, ok, but if I don't like them, with a little move of the mouse they go away.
Well, the point of a screensaver is to save the phosphor while I'm not there. Obviously, while I'm not there, I don't need to see anything. :) When I leave jobs running to get finished I don't need nonsense to steal CPU, especially while I'm not there. Some of those savers are a performance whack on slower machines. Obviously you chose what you like, I was just a little miffed they removed the no-CPU one.
Volker
yes, OK, point taken. Using LCDs I just switch them off completely anyway when I go for a longer time, to save LCD life, a screensaver would not really help. Have fun, Matt
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