Is this the WORST IT professional ever?

[niemiro]

Just look at his IT Safety Tips on the left! Berndt On The Web - Homepage of Berndt Horst, IT admin

He got tested in his guest book by a friend of mine on another forum, and he completely failed, but we do now know that it is not a spoof, just complete, pure, and unmitigated incompetence!

 

[tom982]

Just look at his IT Safety Tips on the left! Berndt On The Web - Homepage of Berndt Horst, IT admin

He got tested in his guest book by a friend of mine on another forum, and he completely failed, but we do now know that it is not a spoof, just complete, pure, and unmitigated incompetence!

Wow, talk about incompetence:

In computer hacking crimes, the perpetrator is most often someone you already know, so in that way hacking is alot like rape

Because that makes sense...

Tom

 

[niemiro]

I quite like these two:

Use a simple password that is easy to remember...

Be sure to have the latest Antivirus software. It is easy to stay updated too, just surf around on the Internet and you will get some automatic pop-ups with "Free Antivirus Software". Click download and install it!

All I can say is thanks for the infection!

 

[twoods]

Is this guy for real??

A common hack is to go into the control panel on a computer running windows and change the right button on the mouse to function as the left button and vice versa. So that the button are switched which causes confusion for the user (confusion that can be used in social engineering hacks to steal personal passwords for example). To protect yourself from this it is a good idea to never leave your mouse at the computer you have been using. I have made a special cargo-case for my mouse, so that I can now fit it in my belt (I have it on my left side at all times and my Ericsson cell phone on the right). A good mouse policy is security 101.

 

[niemiro]

We did wonder that. So, a friend of mine went and asked for "help" on some fake problems. He came back to us and gave us some advice, and although very dodgy, it was just about in the right place. However, he did not notice that the virus we had "downloaded", and the anti-virus programs we used did not, and have never, existed.

So, I don't know. He is obviously around somewhere, but whether he has the qualifications he says he does... the scary thing is that he might.

Richard

 

[Shadowjk]

OMG is this guy for real??

 

[Smurfyy]

lol, it looks legit!

 

[z3r010]

It's a wind up.

 

[niemiro]

It's a wind up.

But surely you just WANT one of those Utili-Kits?

 

[Joan Archer]

It's a wind up.

Not very nice though for a poor novice who doesn't know any better.

 

[Shadowjk]

Yeah but he says he is a IT admin that is the point...

 

[tom982]

Yes I agree with Joan, if you were an inexperienced computer user and stumbled upon this information, then you would be tempted to follow it wouldn't you?

 

[Shadowjk]

I suppose but lucky i am not an inexperienced computer user :D

 

[tom982]

I suppose but lucky i am not an inexperienced computer user :D

Yep Are you far off your Vista Pro badge yet?

 

[Shadowjk]

Not sure and Congratulations on your Vista Guru badge I have only just noticed

 

[tom982]

Not sure and Congratulations on your Vista Guru badge I have only just noticed

It was quite a while ago now, but thank you anyway

If you go to:

http://www.vistax64.com/usercp.php

And then scroll down to the bottom, you will see a table of who has given you rep recently, in the top right hand corner of this table, it should say *** rep point(s). For example mine says:

1126 rep point(s)

What does yours say?

 

[Shadowjk]

409 You must be better than me

 

[tom982]

409 You must be better than me

I don't think better is the way to describe it I have simply been here a bit longer than you.

You're 91 points short of Vista Pro Not far to go now

http://www.vistax64.com/chillout-room/279697-reputation-badges.html

If you want to take better look at it then theres the link.

 

[niemiro]

It's a wind up.

Not very nice though for a poor novice who doesn't know any better.

I agree. If you look at the guestbook, there are about 20 people thanking him for the great tips. :huh:

 

[tom982]

It's a wind up.

Not very nice though for a poor novice who doesn't know any better.

I agree. If you look at the guestbook, there are about 20 people thanking him for the great tips. :huh:

That means that 0.000000298629855% of the world's population are idiots then