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From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Jun 2010 02:37 jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > >> > >> All Mac viruses are purely imaginary. > > > > Aside from the ones that are not, of course - and there are many such. > > There are certainly a few -Trojans- around, but I'm not aware of any > viruses. There are quite a lot of MacOS viruses. I've often stated that there are no /MacOS X/ viruses. > Could you give an example of a piece of OS X malware that's capable of > self-replication and media/network transmission? (although the latter > would technically be a worm, not a virus) As I've often stated, there are no MacOS X viruses, so why ask me for that? 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: Jim on 3 Jun 2010 03:37 On 2010-06-03, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> All Mac viruses are purely imaginary. >> > >> > Aside from the ones that are not, of course - and there are many such. >> >> There are certainly a few -Trojans- around, but I'm not aware of any >> viruses. > > There are quite a lot of MacOS viruses. I've often stated that there > are no /MacOS X/ viruses. Ok, but given that OS X has been the main focus of Apple's OS drive for the last, what, decade, then forgive me if I don't consider obsolete OSs as being relevant. The fact that some people are still using them is neither here nor there. If someone says "MacOS" when talking about current day events then I'm going to assume Mac OS X. If people mean otherwise they should say so because the older Mac OSs are out of context now. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Jun 2010 08:54 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >> All Mac viruses are purely imaginary. > >> > > >> > Aside from the ones that are not, of course - and there are many such. > >> > >> There are certainly a few -Trojans- around, but I'm not aware of any > >> viruses. > > > > There are quite a lot of MacOS viruses. I've often stated that there > > are no /MacOS X/ viruses. > > Ok, but given that OS X has been the main focus of Apple's OS drive for the > last, what, decade, then forgive me if I don't consider obsolete OSs as > being relevant. The fact that some people are still using them is neither > here nor there. The fact that people are using them is part of the point as far as I'm concerned. It makes viruses on pre MacOS X a matter of relevance to those people on daily basis - it's a current, existing potential threat. Not a very big one, but for someone like you who worries about the trivial risk of us being annihiliated by space aliens, you should surely be taking this one seriously? > If someone says "MacOS" when talking about current day events then I'm going > to assume Mac OS X. If people mean otherwise they should say so because the > older Mac OSs are out of context now. If I say `MacOS', I mean the whole kit and caboodle. If I want to talk about MacOS X only, I'll specify MacOS X so as to eliminate ambiguity. I think that your way of doing things is unneccessarily ambiguous. 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: Jim on 3 Jun 2010 10:24 On 2010-06-03, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >> Ok, but given that OS X has been the main focus of Apple's OS drive for the >> last, what, decade, then forgive me if I don't consider obsolete OSs as >> being relevant. The fact that some people are still using them is neither >> here nor there. > > The fact that people are using them is part of the point as far as I'm > concerned. Not to me, not in this context. > It makes viruses on pre MacOS X a matter of relevance to those people on > daily basis - it's a current, existing potential threat. Not a very big > one, but for someone like you who worries about the trivial risk of us > being annihiliated by space aliens, you should surely be taking this one > seriously? I'm not at all worried about being wiped out by space aliens, Rowland. >> If someone says "MacOS" when talking about current day events then I'm going >> to assume Mac OS X. If people mean otherwise they should say so because the >> older Mac OSs are out of context now. > > If I say `MacOS', I mean the whole kit and caboodle. If I want to talk > about MacOS X only, I'll specify MacOS X so as to eliminate ambiguity. > > I think that your way of doing things is unneccessarily ambiguous. And I think your way is. Saying just Mac OS, in this context, whein you mean 'Mac OS 9 or below' is ambiguous. To me. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: whisky-dave on 4 Jun 2010 08:59
"Rowland McDonnell" <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote in message news:1jjijv7.1fqi5vxpk996gN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid... > > The fact that people are using them is part of the point as far as I'm > concerned. > > It makes viruses on pre MacOS X a matter of relevance to those people on > daily basis - it's a current, existing potential threat. yep, their problem, same as my friend with a BBC computer if he doesn't want to move in to the 21st centruy fine. > Not a very big > one, but for someone like you who worries about the trivial risk of us > being annihiliated by space aliens, you should surely be taking this one > seriously? Are there other types of aliens other than space ones ? > >> If someone says "MacOS" when talking about current day events then I'm >> going >> to assume Mac OS X. If people mean otherwise they should say so because >> the >> older Mac OSs are out of context now. > > If I say `MacOS', I mean the whole kit and caboodle. If I want to talk > about MacOS X only, I'll specify MacOS X so as to eliminate ambiguity. > > I think that your way of doing things is unneccessarily ambiguous. Well I do think that refering to decades old software as if it's on the market shelves today is missleading. I'm also not sure what a Mac OS is I can run linux and windows on my Mac. It's a bit like saying cholera is a serious desease in London. |