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From: Woody on 6 May 2010 06:15 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-05-06, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 06/05/2010 09:51, David Kennedy wrote: > > >> Conor wrote: > > >>> > > >>> A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to an exploit currently out in > > >>> the wild. > > >> > > >> Now post a link to those affected by it... > > >> > > > The Fanbois probably wouldn't even know if they were. > > > > > > > But I'm sure the terribly, terribly clever people like you would be able to > > judge the effects from afar, so please do so. > > > > You have now arrived at the 'put up or shut up' moment. > > Hate to say it Jim, but he's right. > > Proof: <http://bit.ly/b6OwmF> Damn -- Woody
From: James Jolley on 6 May 2010 06:24 On 2010-05-06 09:46:26 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: > On 05/05/2010 22:52, Basil Jet wrote: >> On 05/05/2010 21:27, J. J. Lodder wrote: >>> Basil Jet<johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote: >>> >>>> As someone who recently migrated from PCs, I'd like to start doing >>>> internet banking on my Mac... how can I check my Mac for snooping >>>> software? >>> >>> Don't worry, be happy. >>> >>> You've got a Mac, remember? >> >> I'm new to this, remember. I don't want to be paranoid but I don't want >> to be naive either. > > You're not being paranoid. Exploits DO exist despite the fanbois in > this group saying otherwise. Fanbois? I thought it was fanboys. Surely, wouldn't it be better to have it as a compound as in fan-boys? Damn stupid expression anyway.
From: James Jolley on 6 May 2010 06:25 On 2010-05-06 09:50:23 +0100, David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> said: > Conor wrote: >> >> You're not being paranoid. Exploits DO exist despite the fanbois in this >> group saying otherwise. >> > > Reference? Not this again. We know there are security threats, there's always going to be them on any platform. The safe thing is to not act an idiot, don't click stuff you don't understand and so on. Do you think as someone without site, I sit here worrying about every single mouse click with VoiceOver on the internet? Just play safe and be calm about it.
From: James Jolley on 6 May 2010 06:27 On 2010-05-06 10:04:19 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: > On 06/05/2010 09:54, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> On Thu, 06 May 2010 09:46:26 +0100, Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On 05/05/2010 22:52, Basil Jet wrote: >>>> On 05/05/2010 21:27, J. J. Lodder wrote: >>>>> Basil Jet<johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As someone who recently migrated from PCs, I'd like to start doing >>>>>> internet banking on my Mac... how can I check my Mac for snooping >>>>>> software? >>>>> >>>>> Don't worry, be happy. >>>>> >>>>> You've got a Mac, remember? >>>> >>>> I'm new to this, remember. I don't want to be paranoid but I don't want >>>> to be naive either. >>> >>> You're not being paranoid. Exploits DO exist despite the fanbois in this >>> group saying otherwise. >> >> Cites of exploits seen in the wild, rather than the lab? >> > The last one I posted was being passed around forums. > >> Bonus points if you can find anything that doesn't require user >> intervention to install. >> > Why? Most of the Windows ones require user intervention to install. Do they though. I have known some windows machine/users who have been perfectly fine on the internet, yet they still have security problems.
From: Pd on 6 May 2010 07:15
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > Proof: <http://bit.ly/b6OwmF> > > Damn How do you think I feel? It was my computer that was pwned. I took it to a pwn shop but they didn't want to know. In the end I had to smash it up with a hammer and buy a new one. -- Pd |