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Blocking Unwanted Connections with a Hosts File
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 -- David B. |
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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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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/ -- David B. |
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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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"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. -- Regards wasbit |
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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. :-) -- David B. |
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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! -- David B. |
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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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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! ;-) -- David B. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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