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I don't mind a bit of advertising popping up during streams, particularly porn. It means I have a handy explanation when the snap dragon checks the history.
 
I Sorry I Ruined The Party said:
It's all the same risk, really. You are allowing sites to stream data to your computer and a virus can be embedded in that data-- either via the coding in the webpage and/or the coding of the stream.
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I use a linux os on my (cheap self assembled) media PC. Almost no risk of internet nasties and takes up less pc resources so a bit quicker overall. I use Zorin but any Ubuntu flavour will be easy to set up, and it's free.

Now if we can just get iLivid banned.
 
I Sorry I Ruined The Party said:
It's all the same risk, really. You are allowing sites to stream data to your computer and a virus can be embedded in that data-- either via the coding in the webpage and/or the coding of the stream.
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You cannot embed a virus in a video stream. You can embed a virus in a downloaded media file or media player, like Sopcast. This is where most people get confused. It is the PLAYER or a downloaded and executed file that is the problem NOT the stream.

Users can also experience virus issues by clicking on a link that looks to take advantage of vulnerabilities like activeX controls not being secure. Again, it is NOT a streaming media file that causes the problem. It is clicking on the link that does the damage. If your PC allows media to trigger the auto-updating of codecs, this can also trigger an attack. But again, in this instance, it is not the stream, but a downloaded and executed virus disguised as a codec. Either way you have to be able to trust the site not to link to malicious content.
 
Bee said:
You cannot embed a virus in a video stream. You can embed a virus in a downloaded media file or media player, like Sopcast. This is where most people get confused. It is the PLAYER or a downloaded and executed file that is the problem NOT the stream.
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You can easily embed a virus in a stream. As a practical matter, it's more effective to put the virus on the webpage or on the clicked link rather than embed it into a video. But just because people don't bother to do it, doesn't mean they can't.

Any time you allow your computer to receive data from another your computer is vulnerable. Ftp, networking, web browsing, bit torrent, machine doesn't matter. If it's sending you data, it can send you a virus.
 
fatletiss said:
I disagree. Why is this for the better; so it's easier for you? It's a simple and valid reason why they don't: if they show live Saturday 3pm games, the lower league teams are more likely to have their "walk-up" gates affected.
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Totally agree, however, its probably less of an issue than it once was. In the 'good old days', everyone played at 3.00 on Saturday so showing a live game was a big thing. Some weeks now, in the Premier League at least, way less than half do. I can see that it is more of an issue for lower league teams though.
 
greensaint said:
I use a linux os on my (cheap self assembled) media PC. Almost no risk of internet nasties and takes up less pc resources so a bit quicker overall. I use Zorin but any Ubuntu flavour will be easy to set up, and it's free.

Now if we can just get iLivid banned.
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What language is this please? <yikes>
 
Lff said:
What language is this please?
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It's Linux.

Oh, I see, you mean the gobble-di-gook that you were reading. :)

OK. Linux is an operating system just like Windows or Apple. Ubuntu is version of Linux, and Zorin [which I've never heard of] is a version of Ubuntu and there are hundreds [possibly thousands] of Linux OS's out there, all slightly different, hence the term flavour, because they all feel slightly different to use and have different strengths, weaknesses and characteristics. Flavour is an IT buzz word, ie it's popular among techies.

That's quite enough explanation.
 
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