[dba-Tech] Rumors: Will the [Start] button be brought back in MS Windows 8.1?

Hi Shamil

I have no info why CSIS's secure DNS service is blocking that site but I'm confident it is for a reason; CSIS is _the_ authoritative security source here.

/gustav

>>> mcp2004 at mail.ru 29-04-13 18:50 >>>
 Hi Gustav --

Thank you for your warning.
I have just installed it today after reading TechCrunch article.
I have tried to google/bing using your quote but I didn't get any results.*
Do you have a link on info why pokki.com was blocked by CSIS Secure DNS?
As far as I see pooki is reviewed and is available to download from many sites as e.g. CNET.
BTW, nod32 antivirus I have here didn't warn me anyhow during pokki setup.

Yes, as far as I see pokki does hook keyboard input (e.g. blocks Ctrl+Esc and displays its own "Start" menu instead), so potentially it can be used for phishing if hijacked by other malicious apps...

Thank you.

-- Shamil

Понедельник, 29 апреля 2013, 18:26 +02:00 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>:
>Hi Shamil
>
>You better do:
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>The website  www.pokki.com was blocked by CSIS Secure DNS. 
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>/gustav
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>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>Fra:  dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P* vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil
>Sendt: 29. april 2013 15:41
>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Rumors: Will the [Start] button be brought back in MS Windows 8.1? "_
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>*HI Hans --
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>I know you and your customers  don't need MS Windows at all so every news about MS Windows may sound hilarious there? :) BTW, that subject news could be a humor kind of  news posting as they start with a sentence " Our long, national nightmare is over..." :) If seriously some folks here and there argued that absence of the [Start] menu would be one of the main reasons for them to not upgrade to Win8 so if Win8.1 will bring the [Start] button back that folks will have one reason less to avoid upgrading to Win8 (well, they will find others no doubt - and I'm not advocating for Win8 upgrading here.) I'd note I have used Win8 for almost half an year now (mainly in desktop mode) and I haven't found any need in [Start] button.
>Moreover I have just tried to setup Pokki
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>http://www.pokki.com
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>and I suppose I will remove it right now.
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>Sounds hilarious? Let it be...
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>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil