[RTTY] Strange contest log entry procedure...JARTS ????

[Jerry Flanders]

I thought it was strange also, but for a different reason. After 
their robot had reached down into the bowels of my hard drive and 
sucked the file out, I remembered the warnings about malware we hear 
so much about these days. Just clicking on their button allowed their 
program to reach past my hardware firewall and my software firewall 
and do its will. I had never seen this before, and didn't realize it 
was so easy.

Looks like a great convenience if only honest web sites like theirs 
do it. But what about some of those unknown sites your kids/grandkids 
click on when they are on your computer.  Makes you think, huh?

Jerry W4UK



At 03:49 10/29/2005, Jack West wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>Say, I tried to turn in my JARTS log in cabrillo format last night 
>and it sure was a strange
>procedure.  I went to the JARTS contest rules where it said "submit 
>entry."  In the short header it
>asked he name of the file?  Normally (and this time) it was 
>W7LD.LOG.  When I clicked
>on Submit...it said it couldn't fine the file.  So I went back and 
>browsed to "My Documents\
>W7LD.log and did a submit.  It then told me my log was number 538 or 
>something like that.
>
>Question?  It happened real fast...almost too fast to xfer 11 pages 
>of log over dial up.  Did
>the JARTS committee really get my log?  I know is says check the 
>results in a week or so
>but I have a funny feeling I am missing something.  The usual way is 
>send the Cabrillo log
>via email in an attachment but the rules say "no logs emailed 
>please"  Can someone comment...
>am I good or am I lost?
>
>Thank you...
>de Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"