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Message 172679 - Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 23:04:11 UTC

Go to this site and enter your e-mail address

http://www.divx.com/anniversaryoffer/

The Download begins after you click on the button "download".
a serial number will be sent within minutes to your entered e-mail address.
This serial is valid and won't expire!!!

Get it as soon as you can and spread the word in other forums!!

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Message 172708 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 0:50:20 UTC

Thanks for the head up Andy.

Greatly appreciated
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Message 172719 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 1:38:20 UTC

Wow, thanks!
It is a sad sad day when someone takes your spoon away from you...
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Message 172745 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 2:27:56 UTC - in response to Message 172679.  
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Go to this site and enter your e-mail address

http://www.divx.com/anniversaryoffer/

The Download begins after you click on the button "download".
a serial number will be sent within minutes to your entered e-mail address.
This serial is valid and won't expire!!!

Get it as soon as you can and spread the word in other forums!!

Andy



You forgot to mention all the free spam you can handle...
nothing is really free accept bad advice.

P.S. I've donwloaded DivX before at no cost and without giving anyone my addy.

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Message 172757 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 3:56:34 UTC - in response to Message 172745.  

You forgot to mention all the free spam you can handle...
nothing is really free accept bad advice.

You don't have to subscribe to the list, which is opt in. Their privacy policy states they don't pass on your address.

P.S. I've donwloaded DivX before at no cost and without giving anyone my addy.

Unless you got it illegally from P2P, all you've been able to download for free is simply the codec that allows WMP to play DivX files.

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Message 172758 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 4:09:08 UTC - in response to Message 172757.  
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You forgot to mention all the free spam you can handle...
nothing is really free accept bad advice.

You don't have to subscribe to the list, which is opt in. Their privacy policy states they don't pass on your address.

P.S. I've donwloaded DivX before at no cost and without giving anyone my addy.

Unless you got it illegally from P2P, all you've been able to download for free is simply the codec that allows WMP to play DivX files.


If you think privacy policies will protect you, think again. Some companies
have SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.

Downloading P2P files is just as bad or worse than giving out personal info,
that's after the worms and trojans finish making a complete mess.

But I've got some beach front property out here in the desert I'll sell you cheap. Oh, the codec works just fine, thank you. Oh, and one other thing, be sure to sign up for Pepsi points for free stuff.



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Message 172763 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 5:05:34 UTC - in response to Message 172758.  

If you think privacy policies will protect you, think again. Some companieshave SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.


Ah, the advantages of having your own mail server. The email address I used to get the serial number and info was removed 60 seconds after I received the info.
One of those free yahoo mail accounts makes a pretty good spam sponge too. :)


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Message 172764 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 5:35:02 UTC - in response to Message 172763.  

If you think privacy policies will protect you, think again. Some companieshave SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.


Ah, the advantages of having your own mail server. The email address I used to get the serial number and info was removed 60 seconds after I received the info.
One of those free yahoo mail accounts makes a pretty good spam sponge too. :)




Right on. I would also recommend washing the DL file through a AVP with current .dat and scanning for malware as well.

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Message 172778 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 9:56:13 UTC - in response to Message 172764.  

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Some companieshave SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.
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The email address I used to get the serial number and info was removed 60 seconds after I received the info.
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Right on. I would also recommend washing the DL file through a AVP with current .dat and scanning for malware as well.


Do you suffer paranioa? ;-)

Well I bought the DivXPro at Version 5.1 and used one special E-Mail address for it. Since now I did not receive one spam mail to this e-mail address. Only update information and advertises from DivX.com itself.
I have my AV and anti-spy-ware up to date all the time and at no time malware was in the software I downloaded from Divx.com.
But you're right, you should scan all files you download from the internet.

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Message 172797 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 12:31:43 UTC
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Paranoid, nope, just seen too many people biten, bitte.

As an example, I was doing some research the other day, got linked to a web page that someone hijacked, and 8, count them 8 Trojans tried to install themselves into my computer within a second (which Kaspersky caught and annilated) . It's a jungle out there.
I don't go waltzing into every offer, and avoid getting phished.

However, if you want to download something, and while doing so take a walk on the wild side, perhaps you might consider http://www.digicrime.com. Do so at your own risk! You are responsible for any damages.

P.S.  That wasn't where I got hijacked to, BTW.

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Message 172801 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 12:42:00 UTC - in response to Message 172797.  

(...)As an example, I was doing some research the other day, got linked to a web page that someone hijacked, and 8, count them 8 Trojans tried to install themselves into my computer within a second.(...)

You should trash your Internet Exploiter and use Firefox instead ;)
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Message 172808 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 12:59:54 UTC - in response to Message 172801.  


You should trash your Internet Exploiter and use Firefox instead ;)


Ehhh, I think he use Safari, right DB?!


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Message 172833 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 15:22:23 UTC
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and i can offer the movies for free check this and see by urself im not joking:

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Message 172851 - Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 16:48:00 UTC - in response to Message 172758.  

If you think privacy policies will protect you, think again. Some companies
have SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.

No, I don't think that. Which is why I use Jetable.org

However, I do think a reputable company isn't stupid enough to violate their privacy policy.
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Message 172952 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 0:23:40 UTC - in response to Message 172808.  
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You should trash your Internet Exploiter and use Firefox instead ;)


Ehhh, I think he use Safari, right DB?!



That's correct Lena. In English we take the word assume like this:
ass - u - me. As in trying to make an ass out of you and me.

Safari Rules!




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Message 172953 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 0:37:46 UTC - in response to Message 172851.  

If you think privacy policies will protect you, think again. Some companies
have SOLD there lists when in financial straits despite what their policy states or what rouge employees will do.

No, I don't think that. Which is why I use Jetable.org

However, I do think a reputable company isn't stupid enough to violate their privacy policy.


[color=green]I would fill this whole thread up with examples of violations of Privacy Policies, but
here are just a few examples...

Popcorn Company Settles FTC Privacy Violation Charges

"Jolly Time" Web Site Collected Information from Kids Without Parents' Consent

American Pop Corn Company (APC) will pay $10,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) by collecting personal information from children on its "Jolly Time" Web site without obtaining parental consent. The settlement also will bar future violations of the COPPA Rule.

"This is the fifth law enforcement action the FTC has taken to enforce the COPPA Rule since it became effective in April, 2000" said J. Howard Beales III, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "The civil penalty of $10,000 reflects the relatively small number of violations in this case. But we hope it sends a strong message to operators of Web sites directed to children: We intend to enforce COPPA rigorously."

The COPPA Rule applies to operators of commercial Web sites and online services directed to children under the age of 13, and to general audience Web sites and online services that knowingly collect personal information from children. Among other things, the Rule requires that Web sites get verifiable consent from a parent or guardian before they collect personal information from children. It also prohibits sites from conditioning a child's participation in an activity on the child's disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity.

In its complaint, the FTC alleges that APC maintains a Web site, www.jollytime.com, with a "Kids Club" section that features games, crafts, contests, and jokes directed to children under the age of 13. Without obtaining parental consent, the company collected personal information, including names, e-mail addresses, and home addresses, from children who went to the "Kids Club" section. It also conditioned participation in certain prize offers on children's providing more information than was necessary to participate in the activity, the FTC alleges. Both practices violate the COPPA Rule. In addition, APC posted a privacy policy statement on its Web site stating that it would notify parents or guardians by e-mail whenever "guests" under the age of 18 registered at its site. It stated that parents or guardians would be given the option to invalidate the registration. But APC did not contact the parents of children who registered and provided personal information, and therefore the privacy policy statements were false, in violation of the FTC Act, the agency alleges.

The settlement bars APC from future violations of the COPPA Rule and from misrepresenting its policies about collecting, disclosing, or using children's personal information. It also calls for a civil penalty of $10,000.

The Commission vote to accept the settlement was 5-0. The complaint and settlement were filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the FTC. They were filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Western Division in Cedar Rapids, on February 13, 2002.

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JetBlue Airways gave five million customers' travel records to a US Department of Defense contractor. The authors' analysis reveals that JetBlue's privacy policy might pose additional significant threats to customer privacy and that the US Department of Homeland Security antiterrorism exercise has adversely affected personal privacy.


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Message 172954 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 0:46:59 UTC - in response to Message 172952.  

DB, ehhh, I'm Fuzzy.

And yes, I took a walk on the wild side, and spent most of my afternoon to check my computer with both my own McAfee virusprotection and an online viruscheck to be sure that this trojan I got, was removed properly!


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Message 172959 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 1:08:11 UTC
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Forgive me if I'm being stupid (again) :) , but what is the main advantage of DivX over XviD? Is it ease of content creation?
To my understanding, XviD _should_ display any DivX encoded file, and the DivX codec _should_ display any DivX3 compatible XviD file.

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Message 172969 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 2:00:49 UTC - in response to Message 172851.  


No, I don't think that. Which is why I use Jetable.org



better yet ...why not

http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/index.jsp

they don't ask for your email address.

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Message 172984 - Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 3:07:52 UTC - in response to Message 172758.  

Downloading P2P files is just as bad or worse than giving out personal info, that's after the worms and trojans finish making a complete mess.


If you don't know what you're doing, maybe. But even with a rudimentary knowledge of the internet, p2p is really no big deal.

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