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From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 May 2010 13:17 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Thu, 06 May 2010 09:46:26 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > >Basil Jet wrote: > >> 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? Just bloody well Google for it yourself, why don't you? Mere assertion on your part is pretty poor going against the evidence one can find in seconds using Google. > Bonus points if you can find anything that doesn't require user > intervention to install. Why? All the MacOS X malware attacks I've read of have been trojans. And there have been several. All you need to do is stop denying their existence and Google for them. I'm not going to do so for you, because I've done it plenty of times already on this newsgroup but for some reason, you all seem to totally forget that I've repeatedly demonstrated the invalidity of your claims about the lack of malware on MacOS X. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 May 2010 13:17 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim wrote: [snip] > >> No-one here is saying there's no malware for Macs > > > >Jamie Vandenbergh is. Peter Ceresole is. > > Lies. I expect nothing else from you, Conor. I can recall reading posts in this thread where those two seem to be suggesting that there's no Mac malware in the wild. So I have to say you're being gratuitously abusive towards Conor. What is it with you people? Have you forgotten all that your mothers taught you about decent behaviour? Yes, it seem so... Here we have someone contradicting the clique - it's Conor not Rowland this time - and what's going on? The pack attacks! Screw the lot of you... Rowland. (wondering[1] if it's the Irish tinted names that trigger the bad behaviour) [1] Not really, it's ironic humour, oh never mind. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Peter Ceresole on 6 May 2010 13:28 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > All the MacOS X Mac malware attacks I've heard of have been trojans - > needing user installation... Precisely. So they don't matter. Idiots don't count. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 May 2010 13:31 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > All the MacOS X Mac malware attacks I've heard of have been trojans - > > needing user installation... > > Precisely. So they don't matter. > > Idiots don't count. Of course not, Peter, of course not. Never mind that for all practical purposes, everyone is an idiot at least once in a while. To err is human - so trojans *do* matter, no matter how Peter tries to wriggle out of this one using his usual underhand dishonest debating tactics. I expect he'll move on to personal abuse now, it's what he usually does. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 May 2010 13:34
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> > 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> > > <gasp!> Oh noes! We is ruined! I wouldn't know, since not being stupid, I'm certainly not going to follow a link looking like that. However, Jim's doing his usual job of `Oh dear, now I've been found out, I'll switch to sneering childishly'. You really do need to grow up, Jim. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |