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apple users are as bad as spell nazi's.
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And microsoft users are as bad as grown ups that never learned to read or write.
Don't worry. Macs are just as vulnerable as PCs, but will never be targeted as heavily as PCs until they get a huge jump in market share.
Given the pricing of their latest (beautifully constructed and spec'd, but too expensive for the mass market) laptops, that doesn't seem like it'll happen anytime soon.
Given the pricing of their latest (beautifully constructed and spec'd, but too expensive for the mass market) laptops, that doesn't seem like it'll happen anytime soon.
it's not a virus, it's a trojan horse.
to get "infected" you have to
a) download this file somehow
b) ignore the warnings in ichat or safari that say "do you really want to download this? it may contain an application"
c) double click on it, expand it, run it
d) enter your admin username and password
it's like a manually installed virus, i guess.
to get "infected" you have to
a) download this file somehow
b) ignore the warnings in ichat or safari that say "do you really want to download this? it may contain an application"
c) double click on it, expand it, run it
d) enter your admin username and password
it's like a manually installed virus, i guess.
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JRB
Guest
Toshi said:it's not a virus, it's a trojan horse.
to get "infected" you have to
a) download this file somehow
b) ignore the warnings in ichat or safari that say "do you really want to download this? it may contain an application"
c) double click on it, expand it, run it
d) enter your admin username and password
it's like a manually installed virus, i guess.
Sounds like only an idiot would do this. Watch out N8.
oh ****...they found the doomsday device...
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15777&hed=Second+Virus+Attacks+Mac+OS+X§or=Industries&subsector=SecurityAndDefense
these articles are total BS.
so a weak sauce trojan is made, a bluetooth proof of concept worm that doesn't even work is found, and a WEB POLL shows joe sixpack THINKS that os x might be targeted in the future. what can we conclude from this? oh yes: that antivirus software companies would like to sell you more software.theredherring said:
Toshi said:it's not a virus, it's a trojan horse.
to get "infected" you have to
a) download this file somehow
b) ignore the warnings in ichat or safari that say "do you really want to download this? it may contain an application"
c) double click on it, expand it, run it
d) enter your admin username and password
it's like a manually installed virus, i guess.
It's not a virus, but it does show that people are trying and have as of yet, failed. It poses as a poorly disguised jpeg, and you have to install it yourself, not much of a virus. As far as I know, it doesn't even attack the system, just random apps.
Or your typical windows user.loco said:
