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synchron · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:10 am Post subject:

OK, I was using the Display name that you see in the Windows services.msc. With Firedaemon, the service name is still 'MagicJack' so that worked in your suite. Bear in mind there's a good 6 or so second delay. I'm not sure if it's Firedaemon or any windows net service. At any rate, might be worthwhile to pick up the response to the net command (service started successfully, service stopped successfully and msgbox that to show any delays in the servicing process).

Once again, great job!

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neo2121 · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:46 am Post subject:

Well I guess that there always has to be someone that make stupid claims about programs that where written to benefit them. Thanks for your hard work on this, its going to save a lot of people sometime. Some people don't know how to appreciate a good thing or favors, and most likely don't even understand what to do with their info in the first place. its just ignorance its like the people that send me e-mails about cain & able giving then a false positive.

stroths · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:11 am Post subject:

Thanks for the support and I appreciate it. There are a lot of great people around here and I do my work for you all.

Regarding the virus accusation, Becky had a legitimate concern and had a right to voice it. I think the comment to ban me was a bit hasty, but keep in mind we've all jumped to conclusions in the past. Let's keep that in mind and welcome constructive posts. There are people out there trying to do nasty things with their code and they give all others a bad name.
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Adolf · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 7

Sorry I was referring to the Gunter guy on that post, I edited the post after that.
I do appreciate the work you do.
You are the greatest.

Thank you

MagicHack · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:02 am Post subject:

VaHam · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 838

I have scanned the following list of versions using AVG, MalWare and Norton all of which are up to date.

Versions:

1.0
1.1
1.1a
1.2
1.41
1.5

No problems were found in any of these versions. Yes I missed a couple of the update versions in there but I believe the most current version at the time of the posting reporting a virus was v1.41.

I do understand that making these things so easy; will allow many who otherwise would not be savvy enough to violate the MJ TOS to do so and may increase MJ's efforts to block this kind of activity. However I do think it would only be a matter of time before the holes are addressed anyway.

The best all around solution would be for MJ to honor it's word and make BYOD available.

I can say I have enough respect for strohs that even if I had detected virus (WHICH I DID NOT), I would simply felt he may have gotten infected and passed it on accidentally.
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az2008 · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Virus Scans

elschus · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 1

Thank you, Stroths. This is great stuff. Is there any chance of you posting the source? I don't want to sound unappreciative, and from what I read I am confident you would not do anything unsavory. And I'm not concerned about viruses, as a scan with a quality AV program is enough validation for me.

However, I think there is a bigger issue with software like this (similiarly pm.exe at http://magicjackhacks.com/) because I am allowing it to read my magicjack account information. In general (again, this isn't aimed at you specifically), it would be really easy to have an extra subroutine that sends that account information to a web form or e-mail address. Suddenly, the software author has control of a few hundred accounts. Now, the time is unlimited, so free phone calls aren't really an issue, but the potential for other kinds of abuse is there. I don't know all the possibilities, as I'm new to VOIP, but could a second softphone "pick up the line" as an extension and listen? At the very least, the second softphone could answer calls to that number.

So while I appreciate your contribution, and I understand your desire to protect your IP, I ask you to at least consider releasing the source as a way to protect the magicjack community.

stroths · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

Wanted to give you all an update. The issues I described with my last release were real, but I wasn't sure if they would affect many (if any) people, because it might have been related to my test system. It was an older machine with an early version of XP that had not been updated with any of the service packs or updates. I planned on making the update within a few days with a few other goodies, but an issue came up that prompted me to post the update sooner than I intended and remove my 1.4.1 version. Turns out that I provided the mysipinfo.txt file with my data in the 1.4.1 update by accident.

While I believe that 99.5% of this community wouldn't take advantage of that, I know that there are some that would. I couldn't publicly announce that at the time until I could fix it. Quite honestly, I didn't plan on mentioning it at all except for the whole virus accusation. I do a lot for the community here and didn't want my good name smeared. That SIP information is no longer any good, so I don't have any issue divulging that info now.

On a related note, someone did realize that I included that SIp info and tried to gain access to my.magicjack.com. It saddens me that someone would do that after I try to help the community. Regardless, I will not let the actions of a small minority stop me from continuing to contribute here.
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stroths · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject:

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