Windows 98 ScreenSaver - Feedback So Fare

From: Ollie Whitehouse (Ollieat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:46:19 PST

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    All,
    
    This is some of the feedback I've got so fare on this, some people have seen
    it some have not... AOL Instant messenger seems a good one for it also
    
    [Success / Failures]
    Blake Frantz [blakeat_private] - Could not replicate
    James, Samuel P [JAMESSPat_private] - Could not replicate
    Jeremy McKane [jeremymat_private] - Could not replicate
    p0rt23at_private - Could replicate (AOL Instant Messenger)
    
    
    [Interesting Idea]
    Jacek Lipkowski [sq5bpfat_private]
    i'm not a windows guru, but i recall, that under windows 95 you could
    chande any interrupt vector by using standard dos calls (int 0x21 function
    0x25/0x35 or something similar) - this is presumably for compablity with
    dos applications. i don't know, what edit (or really qbasic.exe) was
    compiled with, but i remember that some compilers produced
    executables which caught the keyboard interrupt in order to service the
    keyboard (and this of course bypasses all windows 'security' if there is
    any).
    this is also the reason, why many dos keylogging programs continue to work
    under windows.
    all that i can suggest is to switch to some os, that implements real
    security, like unix for example (sorry, couldn't help myself not do do
    some m$ bashing :)
    
    Rgds
    
    Ollie
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