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Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

Summary: Take a look at the following photos and see if you can identify them. Good luck!

Andy Smith

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Take a look at the following photos and see if you can identify them. Good luck! Instructions: Click on your answer and then see how many others agree with you. Then click to see the answer and the next question.
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When you see a pop-up like this, what does it usually mean? Answer is C. I stand corrected. Next [poll id="206"]

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What is this gadget? Answer is A. A mobile hotspot lets your bring your cell tower with you. Where in the world? [poll id="207"]

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This data center is inside a what? Answer is D. Cathedral. Here are some more strange places for data centers. What's this? [poll id="208"]

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What's a Drobo? Answer is B. A home storage device. Piece this one together. [poll id="209"]

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What is this gadget? Answer is: C. A RIM PlayBook It's a smartphone. No, it's a laptop. [poll id="210"]

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This smartphone-laptop docking device houses what gadget? Answer is D. Motorola Atrix. Suppose you receive an e-mail like this. [poll id="211"]

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The sign that should make you most suspicious that your e-mail might be a scam? Answer is C. the sending e-mail address is from a commercial service such as Hotmail. Can you spot a scam? This page was hidden under an "Options" button. [poll id="212"]

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What is it called when companies try to make a quick buck by tricking their customers into installing software they don’t need. Answer is A. Foistware Take a look at the Foistware Hall of Shame. Here's a screenshot of a new version of an operating system. [poll id="213"]

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Can you identify this operating system? Answer is D. Ubuntu OS. What you need to know about the new Ubuntu. Something old or something new. [poll id="214"]

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What is pictured? Answer is B. The new Commodore 64 which will be released soon. But take credit for C. since it's an exact replica of the old one. Here's a closer look at the new version of the Commodore 64. Correct answers 10+: You have a photographic memory. 7-9: You are currently Photoshopping your baby pictures. 4-6: You do look at the pictures - sometimes. 1-3: Make the right choice when you buy your first mobile phone. 0: You are a scammer's delight. Thanks for playing! Previous quizzes

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  • Some of your "correct answer is..." hyperlinks link to ...

    the April 15th "Are you a smartphone guru" quiz.<br><br>Do you bloggers @ ZDnet make a drinking game out of 'how many mistakes can we make on a webpage'???
    UrNotPayingAttention
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    • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

      @chmod 777 :D And answers to most of the questions were found by hovering over the image and looking at the 'tooltip'. :D
      1773
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      • i went back and tried that and you're right!

        @1773
        Nice catch! I'm guessing you scored 100! :)
        Bill Pharaoh
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  • Andy gets a 9/10

    You missed question 1 on your own quiz. If your computer was infected, why would they popup a messagebox titled "Internet Explorer". Software already installed on the computer would have control over the messagebox title. When it says IE, it isn't installed and just a javascript popup.
    Mic Cox
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    • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

      @Mic Cox
      yeah.. question 1 is totally wrong... but what he says is "answer B" wasn't even the text that goes with answer B...
      doh123
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    • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

      I stand corrected. Good job.
      andy.smith@...
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      • Anywa, thanks: it was cute and funny quizz

        @andy.smith@... I actually did not know about the data centre storages and about "foisting".
        DDERSSS
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    • Question 1

      There wasn't a right answer to this question. Don't worry, it's just a hoax is not correct. Clicking anyplace on such a popup could install malware on your computer. When these fake av messages show up I encourage users to do a Ctrl-Alt-Del and shut down all of IExplore, or to just turn your computer off. There is no safe place to click to get rid of this message.
      boomchuck1
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      • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

        @boomchuck1 totally correct. the right answer is "b" - get help, 'cuz whatever choice you make, you're toast. on this crap, i start up the task manager and zap the ie window(s) where this is coming from.
        jiagebusen
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      • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

        @boomchuck1
        You are totally right, ignoring that requester as stated in answer C is dangerous and clicking on it there is a high probability you will get infected because your security software might not be up to date or does not recognize it as its new and not been added to a definition database yet. I like to use the NoScript plugin in Firefox to try to avoid those type of fake requesters from popping up in the first place. If I do see one of those pop up after I enable scripts on a page I just simply disable scripts again on the page and it kills the script and reloads the page. I can then safely close the original website page that launched the script displaying the fake!
        NZJester
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      • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

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  • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

    I still think the answer is b. I seen the popup and ignored it; still I got the malware.
    Scatcatpdx
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    • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

      I would agree. If I tell user don't worry, they would probably click on either "no" or the "X" which will still infect your system.
      TBone2k
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      • The X Will Infect Your System?

        @TBone2k <br>It wouldn't on the browsers I use. It might not get you away from the site either, but it wouldn't infect you. To get away without being infected you might have to turn off JavaScript or kill your browser.

        Edit: That's assuming of course that this is a real dialog box and not a hyperlinked image masquerading as a dialog box, but the pointer should give that away.
        CFWhitman
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  • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

    Although possible, it is unlikely Disney would misspell dream in the subject line. Although, if Mickey had been partying with Tinkerbell just before composing this email .....
    noagenda
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  • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

    I am not Photoshopping my baby pictures, but I did get a 9 out of 10. I honestly believe that in question 1 if you were to see that, then you have a problem.
    Rick_K
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    • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

      @Rick_K <br>I've seen that that same pop up several times... it was never a problem unless you hit OK and went to their website and they try to sell you services to fix the fake problem.<br><br>The funny thing is, I've seen the pop up before on a Mac, and just for the heck of it I hit OK, and it did some fake looking virus scan thing that looks like Windows and said I had some viruses... I could pay them to fix the problem... was quite funny since it was very obvious to me it was a fake scan.

      The main problem you have if you see that pop up... is if your running IE :-P
      doh123
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  • RE: Quiz: Can you believe what you see?

    Boring.
    james347
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