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MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 8:20:46 AM

Sergeant

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MATRIX,

Every time I log onto your site lately, my NORTON gives me a WARNING that your site is trying to run an add-on. The name of the Add-On is; Remote Services Data Control. What are you trying to put onto my computer? The name sounds like some sort of HACKER's program!

Mike--------*

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 8:48:14 AM

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I have the same problem, here and at the Wargamer. I get a warning from my firewall that something wants to comunicate from/with my computer and then I have a file on my desktop. I delete it but next click on your board and it is there again.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 9:30:52 AM

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I use Norton and I don't get that message.

I feel like I am missing out

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 9:54:52 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Joe 98

I use Norton and I don't get that message.

I feel like I am missing out�

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I'm running NORTON 2007 Anti-Virus. It shows up as an alert bar just below my top tool bar. My NORTON blocks it as potentually harmful and gives me a chance to allow it IF I trust it. It is apparently a pop-up add-on ?? Anyway - I never allow it. I want MATRIX to acknowledge it and say wheather it is safe or not and what it is for... or remove it from their site. That's why I posted here - under GENERAL.

p.s... I'm also using VISTA. Norton program that blocks it is called FRAUD MONITORING and is always active on my system.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 10:42:15 AM

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This was discussed at length a year (or three) ago. I went looking for the thread but couldn't find it. I don't believe anyone belonging to Matrix ever responded but I could be wrong about that, it isn't as if I've ever seen the error so I did not follow the thread.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 10:56:13 AM

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Without being a programmer of any great skill, and definitely not knowledgeable in asp which seem to be the base for the Matrix site/forums, I'd say this is a Microsoft component (Active X control) that triggers a warning from Norton based on the security level you have set. A lower level does not trigger the warning, which explain why some users get the warning, and other don't. A search on Google and Microsoft led me to the following result which seem to include a fairly technical description of what the RSD is good for

My take on this is that you don't need to worry about this, but as always, it's your computer and you make the calls ;-)

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 11:07:37 AM

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Hi Sergeant

This is the news banner running on top of the site from what I remember. Norton gives off strange readings and you may have your PC security set to high and that would also cause you to get this warning.

There is nothing that I am aware of that we are doing from our web site that any user here needs to be worried about.

David

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 11:22:13 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: David Heath

Hi Sergeant

This is the news banner running on top of the site from what I remember. Norton gives off strange readings and you may have your PC security set to high and that would also cause you to get this warning.

There is nothing that I am aware of that we are doing from our web site that any user here needs to be worried about.

David

David,

Thank you, Sir, for the acknowledgement and explaination. I feel better now!

Mike------------*

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 11:25:19 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Widell

Without being a programmer of any great skill, and definitely not knowledgeable in asp which seem to be the base for the Matrix site/forums, I'd say this is a Microsoft component (Active X control) that triggers a warning from Norton based on the security level you have set. A lower level does not trigger the warning, which explain why some users get the warning, and other don't. A search on Google and Microsoft led me to the following result which seem to include a fairly technical description of what the RSD is good for

My take on this is that you don't need to worry about this, but as always, it's your computer and you make the calls ;-)

Widell,

Looks like your were right on. (See reply from DAVID). Thanks for your input.

Mike------*

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 12:49:29 PM

Marc von Martial

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Btw, you do not need to lower your general security settings. You can simply make "www.matrixgames.com" a save / trusted site (or whatever it is called in your security applications of choice).

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 3:28:26 PM

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Nortons...............

...........Oh stop you are making me laugh so hard that I have pains in my jaw and stomach !

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/9/2007 3:34:20 PM

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I know some people swear by it, but I swear at it. I wouldn't have it on my machine if it was free.

That's nothing against people who have it, by the way. As I said...some people swear by it...I had nothing but problems with it and people with it on laptops at my work need more IT help than others.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/10/2007 1:16:32 PM

Marc von Martial

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There is certainly a lot of free/cheap alternatives to Norton. I dumped Norton 5 years ago when they started to get that immense RAM footprint.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/11/2007 10:30:47 AM

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I dumped Norton 2 years ago. Glad I did, had too many problems with it.

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/11/2007 1:21:48 PM

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I have found that Norton and McAfee etc use WAY too much in the way of system resources.

I now use the intergrated Zone Alarm package that has AV, Anti-Spyware-Firewall etc and is not a system hog or even better if I really want a small footprint is ESET.

ESET is probably the best AV out here and it runs and scans in real time with no performance slow down. The only real reason I use ZA is because of the intergrated package that does it all and does it well!

Norton really sucks and have not used it for several years!

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RE: MATRIX site ADD-ON - 8/11/2007 3:35:59 PM

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I am about to renew my Norton account. I haven't had any trouble with it but what free/cheap and more importantly safe internet protection would you recommend?

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