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Oct 29, 2001, 5:55pm

Anybody know how to turn the Microsoft Agent's voice back on? AW Ear
doesn't speak anymore for some reason.
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html

Oct 29, 2001, 6:49pm

I wouldn't use AW Ear... it was made by Radon. He wrote the Stockquotebot that apparently had trojan code in it.

Try Control Panel and the Speech icon.

-Agent1

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Oct 29, 2001, 11:36pm

AW Ear is a legitimate program and contains no trojans or viruses or
hacks whatsoever. You have nothing to fear from that program, at least.

[View Quote] > I wouldn't use AW Ear... it was made by Radon. He wrote the Stockquotebot that apparently had trojan code in it.
>
> Try Control Panel and the Speech icon.
>
> -Agent1
>
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Goober King
Obviously can't say the same for all the *other* Radon proggies...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 30, 2001, 1:26am

Nothing about Microsoft Agent there. It's not a sound issue per se. The
Agent's mouth doesn't move like it always did when he spoke. All my other
sounds work correctly, so it's not a driver problem.

SW Chris

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Oct 30, 2001, 5:41pm

download the Agent controlpanel thing, available on agent.microsoft.com I
think (or just use their search thing)

KAH

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Oct 30, 2001, 7:46pm

Well, it might not send information over the Internet, but that's not to say
that it doesn't do something behind the scenes - it could delete a file or
do something that you don't know about.

-Brant

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Oct 31, 2001, 2:16am

When's the last time you heard anyone complaining about AW Ear, saying
it had wiped their hard drive or crashed their computer? When AW Ear
first came out, people were downloading it and using it all over the
place, and Radon was actually sincere about its success. It's
unfortunate that someone like that can go so wrong so quickly. The
saddest part was that he was actually proud of his actions and actually
expected to get *rewarded* for it. Such a shame... :(

Still, you all have seen what Radon is capable of, and *not* capable of.
Face it, he was just a script kiddie who managed to fool some people
with his other programs. I think you give Radon way too much credit when
you say he's capable of making a program as malicious as wiping out files.

[View Quote] > Well, it might not send information over the Internet, but that's not to say
> that it doesn't do something behind the scenes - it could delete a file or
> do something that you don't know about.
>
> -Brant
>
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Where do kids go so wrong?
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 31, 2001, 3:51pm

it won't do that, I took the freedomof checking it with a hex editor when
the StockQuoteBot was revealed, didn't find maliceous code in it.

KAH

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Oct 31, 2001, 4:12pm

Um no offence KAH but it's way too complicated. Malicious code can be and usually is invisible in hex except if you are an assembly wizard. To me Agent1 has a valid point, if you don't trust the developer do not run his/her executables. If you find Radon trustworthy I guess it's fine to use it.

Baron


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Oct 31, 2001, 8:04pm

er... I can't find it! ":(
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
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Oct 31, 2001, 8:06pm

Oh wait... could upgrading to AW 3.2 affect this? Someone try it please.
It worked with 3.1
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html

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Oct 31, 2001, 10:29pm

Well, let's put it this way: He *was* trustworthy when he made AW Ear.
But somehow, he got corrupted along the way (he blames Gavaroche's
little world hack stunt) and then became *un*trustworthy.

[View Quote] > Um no offence KAH but it's way too complicated. Malicious code can be and usually is invisible in hex except if you are an assembly wizard. To me Agent1 has a valid point, if you don't trust the developer do not run his/her executables. If you find Radon trustworthy I guess it's fine to use it.
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> Baron
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Goober King
Not that it makes much difference anymore...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Nov 1, 2001, 3:10pm

guess it could be the way the sounds are handled... try turning sounds in AW
off

KAH

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