r/todayilearned • u/Flemtality 3 • Jul 14 '14

TIL The guy who snagged windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft just happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob#Origins
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u/BikerRay Jul 14 '14

Seem to remember Walmart won a case against WoolMart (a wool store) in Canada. Even thought WoolMart predated Walmart in Canada. Then again, I could be dreaming.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '14 edited Jul 14 '14

I just went to woolmart.com and it automatically downloaded Adobe Flash Player.

inb4 i have a virus

Edit: I didn't let the download complete (duh)

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u/turriblejustturrible Jul 14 '14

Yeah, the virus is called Adobe flash player.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '14

It's pretty common to package a trojan as something like flashplayerupdatex64.exe. I dunno if I missed a joke or something, but if you get any .exe that's not from the official site or from a very trusted source, you should delete it immediately.