Use Drivers Guide at your own peril

[Bovon]

I have been a "member" of DriverGuide.com for quite awhile, over several different ISPs.

Recently, while attempting to setup an older (but still NIB) Kodak Printer under Win2K, I found the setup CD only had setups for Win95/98/SE/ME/.

I wound up at DriverGuide.com after a search for the files led me there. My old user name (old email address) was invalid..so..like an idiot, I entered my current POP address.

That night..some 10 hours later, I began receiving tons of spam. I was getting 3 to 5 spam mails a week prior to this..now, I am receiving 35/40 a day.

DriverGuide.com has become a collector/seller of current email accounts.

To top that off, yesterday I would have received a virus, had not my ISP caught it!

"The message or an attachment did not reach the intended recipient(s).

Subject: Radical Muslim drinking enemies' blood.
From: mepmzw@gankerseer.com
To: xxxxxxx@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:50:51 -0500

Reason: virus detected (/mxl/spool/b8/b8381b54.441105328.1562.mxm47aec/BASEFILE.virus.out.att.03->(
PX) is a security risk named W32/Downloader.AYEN)
Action: deny"

This posting was for your benefit...my advice would be to stay as far away from DriverGuide.com as possible.
http://members.driverguide.com/index.php

 

[erub]

why didnt you go to the manufacturer's website?

 

[thehstrybean]

Drivers Guide went downhill. Manufacturer or there are a few others...Can't think of the names right now

 

[Mill]

Hmm.

I got the same "Radical Muslim drinking enemies' blood." virus-infected e-mail, and I, too, have Bellsouth. Oh, yeah, I'm subscribed to DriversGuide as well.