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Old January 9th 19, 10:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
David B.[_10_]
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On this website http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm there is a great
deal of information about using the MVPS Hosts file

At the bottom of the page it shows this:-

Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor offers
endorsement of, this site.

Copyright © 1998 - 2018 All rights reserved.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

=

Can anyone tell me who *IS* responsible for the site if it has no
'affiliation' with MVPS.org? http://www.mvps.org

From Virus Total - Serving IP Address 216.155.126.40

http://216.155.126.40.ipaddress.com

TIA

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Old January 10th 19, 11:06 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 09/01/2019 09:28, David B. wrote:
On this websiteÂ* http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm there is a great
deal of information about using the MVPS Hosts file

At the bottom of the page it shows this:-

Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor offers
endorsement of, this site.

Copyright © 1998 - 2018 All rights reserved.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

=

Can anyone tell me who *IS* responsible for the site if it has no
'affiliation' with MVPS.org? http://www.mvps.org

From Virus Total - Serving IP AddressÂ* 216.155.126.40

http://216.155.126.40.ipaddress.com

TIA

MVPS is a Microsoft Volunteer Professional. It is a scheme that
Microsoft started long ago to award some sort of recognition to amateurs
who provide helpful advice, code, etc for Microsoft products, either on
forums or their own websites.

If you look at the Technet forums you will see signatures with similar
abbreviations for other schemes that MS operate. Often with similar
disclaimers if they link to a non-MS website.

To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.

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Old January 10th 19, 11:42 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:
To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.


Really? And exactly who *IS* that MVP?

https://mvp.microsoft.com/

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Old January 10th 19, 12:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:
To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.


Really? And exactly who *IS* that MVP?

https://mvp.microsoft.com/

Whatever Microsoft choose to call them, they are all volunteers and
"amateurs" in the sense that Microsoft does not pay them or take
responsibility for their activities. The way Microsoft promote the
scheme, especially via their award winners, is misleading.

Many do it because it benefits their business activities but many others
are true amateurs who undertake all their MVP activities as a hobby. I
have always found the true amateurs to be the ones who offer the most
useful and interesting activities.

If you look at the hosts website properly you will see that "true
amateur" applies to the operator who notes alongside his photo that he
is retired. If you are desperate to know his name I suggest you contact
him and ask him.

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Old January 10th 19, 12:20 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
wasbit[_4_]
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"MikeS" wrote in message
...
On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:


Don't see the OP
You've replied to a known troll who stalks MVPs.

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Old January 10th 19, 01:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
David B.[_10_]
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On 10/01/2019 11:20, wasbit wrote:
"MikeS" wrote in message
...
On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:


Don't see the OP
You've replied to a known INVESTIGATOR who believes that there were/are 'bad apples' in the MVP barrel!


It is the *WEBSITE* I'm interested in.

Interesting information he-

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

FWIW, I appreciate the honest answers given by MikeS. Thanks, Mike. :-)

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Old January 10th 19, 02:08 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
David B.[_10_]
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On 10/01/2019 11:09, MikeS wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:
To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.


Really? And exactly who *IS* that MVP?

https://mvp.microsoft.com/

Whatever Microsoft choose to call them, they are all volunteers and
"amateurs" in the sense that Microsoft does not pay them or take
responsibility for their activities. The way Microsoft promote the
scheme, especially via their award winners, is misleading.

Many do it because it benefits their business activities but many others
are true amateurs who undertake all their MVP activities as a hobby. I
have always found the true amateurs to be the ones who offer the most
useful and interesting activities.


Indeed. I expect you are aware that monitors and
posts in this group.

I'm not sure why he changed his 'nym' to '...w¡ñ§±¤ñ'


If you look at the hosts website properly you will see that "true
amateur" applies to the operator who notes alongside his photo that he
is retired. If you are desperate to know his name I suggest you contact
him and ask him.


Ummm!!! *HOW*, MikeS ;-) I don't have any idea WHO/WHAT is running the
website!

This site has some interesting information:-

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mvps.org

Remember, THIS SITE IS *NOT* ASSOCIATED WITH MICROSOFT!

A puzzle indeed!

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Old January 10th 19, 02:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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MikeS wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:
To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.


Really? And exactly who *IS* that MVP?

https://mvp.microsoft.com/

Whatever Microsoft choose to call them, they are all volunteers and
"amateurs" in the sense that Microsoft does not pay them or take
responsibility for their activities. The way Microsoft promote the
scheme, especially via their award winners, is misleading.

Many do it because it benefits their business activities but many others
are true amateurs who undertake all their MVP activities as a hobby. I
have always found the true amateurs to be the ones who offer the most
useful and interesting activities.

If you look at the hosts website properly you will see that "true
amateur" applies to the operator who notes alongside his photo that he
is retired. If you are desperate to know his name I suggest you contact
him and ask him.


David knows exactly what an MVP is.

David hates anybody who bans him from various forums.

If an MVP site had a forum, and an MVP banned him,
then a picture of the MVP would be added to Davids
dart board in the basement. David needs to know
the details of the MVP, so he can acquire a photograph
of the individual for the dartboard.

When David is banned from a forum as "David", he'll
come back as "Bob" and post into various random forums
with "Why did you ban my friend David?".

And so on... Rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat...

For 20 years, if that's what it takes...

I don't know if the DSM has an entry for this behavior
or not. It's sorta like "excessive hand washing" or
"banging your head against a wall", only it involves
forums and posting off-topic content.

Paul
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Old January 10th 19, 03:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
David B.[_10_]
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On 10/01/2019 13:33, Paul wrote:
MikeS wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:42, David B. wrote:
On 10/01/2019 10:06, MikeS wrote:
To answer your question about the hosts file website, the MSVP who
operates it is responsible for it.

Really? And exactly who *IS* that MVP?

https://mvp.microsoft.com/

Whatever Microsoft choose to call them, they are all volunteers and
"amateurs" in the sense that Microsoft does not pay them or take
responsibility for their activities. The way Microsoft promote the
scheme, especially via their award winners, is misleading.

Many do it because it benefits their business activities but many
others are true amateurs who undertake all their MVP activities as a
hobby. I have always found the true amateurs to be the ones who offer
the most useful and interesting activities.

If you look at the hosts website properly you will see that "true
amateur" applies to the operator who notes alongside his photo that he
is retired. If you are desperate to know his name I suggest you
contact him and ask him.


David knows exactly what an MVP is.


I do.

David hates anybody who bans him from various forums.


That is not true. I don't HATE anyone!

If an MVP site had a forum, and an MVP banned him,
then a picture of the MVP would be added to Davids
dart board in the basement. David needs to know
the details of the MVP, so he can acquire a photograph
of the individual for the dartboard.

When David is banned from a forum as "David", he'll
come back as "Bob" and post into various random forums
with "Why did you ban my friend David?".

And so on... Rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat...

For 20 years, if that's what it takes...

I don't know if the DSM has an entry for this behavior
or not. It's sorta like "excessive hand washing" or
"banging your head against a wall", only it involves
forums and posting off-topic content.

Â*Â* Paul


We've had this kind of conversation before, Paul!

https://alt.windows7.general.narkive...-natoli#post19

The word you are looking for is PERSISTENT!

There is ALWAYS a reason for everything. I *KNOW* I'm a 'good guy'
looking for the bad ones, so if folk will not correspond with me/talk to
me then, more or less by default, they most probably ARE suspicious
characters! But I don't HATE anyone and I do NOT throw darts at their
photographs! ;-)

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Old January 10th 19, 03:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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"MikeS" wrote

| MVPS is a Microsoft Volunteer Professional.

Most Valued Professional. Here's a logo on Randy
Birch's homepage:

http://vbnet.mvps.org/welcome.htm

In addition to professional status, it's my
understanding that an MVP also gets free copies
of just about everything, though they're supposed
to be for "development purposes only".

In my experience I've seen a lot of very helpful
and generous MVPs. Also some know-it-alls and
holier-than-thou types. And an occasional religious
fanatic for whom Microsoft can do no wrong. I guess
it's like any group affiliation in that way. People
approach it differently. People also vary in their
ability to deal with other people and communicate.

But I'm not sure I can see any correlation between
amateur vs pro in terms of who's more helpful. I've
seen plenty of very helpful, modest and generous
pros (Randy Birch and Karl Peterson come to mind).


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Old January 10th 19, 05:31 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:33:09 -0500, Paul wrote:

David knows exactly what an MVP is.

David hates anybody who bans him from various forums.


Paul is correct.

There is ALWAYS a reason for everything.
I *KNOW* I'm a 'good guy' looking for the bad ones,


David B. is dangerous, as is Good Guy (perhaps one & the same).
Similar to Diesel and the other psychopaths who get their jollies this way.

Psychologically unsound, perhaps certifiable so - perhaps not certifiable.
Dangerous nonetheless
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Old January 10th 19, 06:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 2019-01-10 11:31, Old Geezer wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:33:09 -0500, Paul wrote:

David knows exactly what an MVP is.

David hates anybody who bans him from various forums.


Paul is correct.


Yes he is.


There is ALWAYS a reason for everything.
I *KNOW* I'm a 'good guy' looking for the bad ones,


David B. is dangerous, as is Good Guy (perhaps one & the same).


David B. and Good Guy are both trolls. David B. is NOT Good Guy, or at
least I have seen no evidence to support the thesis that they are the
same. However, David B. is known to use multiple nyms in his stalking.
David B. is a stalker. He attempts to dox his enemies, and his enemies
are all who decline to help him stalk. Once he can identify his targets
he will use any methods available to him to make their lives miserable.
He will use trapped websites to attempt to get spyware onto his victims'
computers. Do not click on any of his links if you are using a Windows
system. One of his traps was posted to a Mac newsgroup; he stated that
there should not have been a problem, as the malware there was
Windows-only. At that time there were perhaps two or three regular
posters to that group who used Windows systems to post, myself included.
It is quite clear who he was aiming at.

Similar to Diesel and the other psychopaths who get their jollies this way.

Psychologically unsound, perhaps certifiable so - perhaps not certifiable.
Dangerous nonetheless


They are extremely dangerous. Killfile him, if you can, or do not reply
to his posts unless you absolutely must. He is currently being (mostly)
ignored over on the Mac newsgroup I mentioned above, which is one reason
why he is active here, he gets the attention he craves here. When
someone new starts posting, particularly if they post in support of him
or if they ask questions about specific anti-malware software, please
check the headers before replying and compare those headers to the
headers in one of his posts. At one point at least five posters to the
Mac group had very interesting headers. They have gone away after some
posters, including myself, pointed this out. There are currently two new
ones who also have very interesting headers. There are also some new
posters here who have very interesting headers.

Mr. Brooks, should you read this, you should know that very little you
see in my headers will help you. I am currently using a virtual machine,
connected to a VPN which in turn is connected to a service 75 miles away
from my current position. Good luck identifying me.
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Old January 10th 19, 10:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 10/01/2019 16:31, Old Geezer wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:33:09 -0500, Paul wrote:

David knows exactly what an MVP is.

David hates anybody who bans him from various forums.

Paul is correct.

There is ALWAYS a reason for everything.
I *KNOW* I'm a 'good guy' looking for the bad ones,

David B. is dangerous, as is Good Guy (perhaps one & the same).
Similar to Diesel and the other psychopaths who get their jollies this way.

Psychologically unsound, perhaps certifiable so - perhaps not certifiable.
Dangerous nonetheless


I agree. They are into HTML and web pages. GG uses HTML (or was using
HTML) but now he is filtered so not sure. DavidB is fascinated by web
pages. Diesel has his own website techrider and he keeps posting here
using different nyms - David B, Good Guy and Nasty something. They are
now filtered so no sign of them here.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Old January 11th 19, 03:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 10 Jan 2019, "David B." "David wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-10:

FWIW, I appreciate the honest answers given by MikeS. Thanks,
Mike. :-)


He would be a fool to engage you further, unless he enjoys ****ing with
you.
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Old January 14th 19, 08:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 09:28:42 +0000, "David B." "David
wrote:

Can anyone tell me who *IS* responsible for the site if it has no
'affiliation' with MVPS.org?


By now, most people know full well that you stalk certain sites, plus
the sites of people who have openly refused to help you stalk the sites
in the first category, but PT Barnum is on your side, so good luck. I'm
sure you can hook a new sucker, although it would likely be temporary
until he/she discovers what you're about.

 




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