XPost: aus.computers   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 1/19/2026 1:04 AM, Rod Speed wrote:   
   > Petzl  wrote   
      
   >> I researched Chinese military Strategy   
   >> Often goes missing from WIN11 note pad?   
   >   
   > More of your utterly mindless bullshit   
      
   I would think there is an active exploit of some sort   
   on the machine. It may have come in with a Chinese dictionary   
   application, a Chinese translation application, something   
   along those lines.   
      
   You could write something naughty about Bill Gates in Notepad,   
   and nobody from Microsoft reaches in and edits that. But I understand   
   the Chinese like to censure what people write about them.   
      
   And it doesn't have to be done "by" Notepad. The exploit code,   
   could register to listen to the USN Journal, and any time a .txt   
   file changes size, the exploit code could read it and make changes.   
      
   What I sometimes do, is put the Date & Time control panel up on the   
   screen, record video of the screen, and then later, check the date   
   stamp on something. And compare the time recorded when I clicked   
   Save on a document (in the recorded video), versus the time stamp   
   recorded elsewhere. As a means to detect when a thing might have   
   occurred or when it actually did occur. I use this approach for zeroing   
   in on Process Monitor traces and finding the most likely portion of the   
   trace that needs line by line analysis.   
      
   But if an exploit is "RootKit class", it can have any number of   
   "hiding features" that prevent casual analysis. RootKits fell out of   
   favor with the Black Hats, but that's because it wasn't necessary   
   for their "profit motives". But unfortunately, not all exploits   
   on a computer are for financial gain, and there could still be   
   the odd RootKit around for "watching" somebody. A dissident was drowned   
   here, and he received a "warning" while being swamped in his kayak by   
   a passing yacht. The next time he (stupidly) was back out with his   
   kayak again (after having "received the warning"), he was next located   
   drowned. That's the reach of your opponent, in case you might wonder   
   would they travel to another country and "do shit".   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)