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From: Rowland McDonnell on 21 Apr 2010 02:42 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > Couldn't have been timed better: There has been malware in the wild for MacOS X for years. Still no viruses, though. [snip] > So there we have it. Real malware out in the wild and whilst its > currently not spreading much, due to the Apple fanboi belief that their > OS is immune, it might not stay that way for long. 1) There are no such morons here. 2) Such morons are largely an invention of the PC press. 3) MacOS X malware has been around for years. 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 21 Apr 2010 02:48 James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: [snip] > Only an idiot would claim any OS is free of Malware. There's none for the Manchester Atlas that I know of - and it had an OS. [snip] 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: Duncan Kennedy on 22 Apr 2010 05:30 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-22 02:04:22 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > > > So even the protected machines are at continuous risk, this time from > > trusted, permitted updates. On top of the general lousy computer > > experience caused by AV scan-caused slowdown, this really shows that > > running Windows is a case of lose-lose. > > I don't remember where I read this, but it amused me: Failure is not an > option in Windows, it is built-in. I've come across reports of this sort of thing before with Windows - on the other hand were not some 10.6 systems in trouble after an upgrade recently? And this with full control of the hardware unlike Windows. This is not a troll - while this machine is running 10.5, my MBP is on 10.6 and hasn't had to be booted since I first saw such reports - time is fast approaching so was anything ever identified as the source of the problem on 10.6 update or was it all imagination. -- duncank
From: Woody on 22 Apr 2010 05:42 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-04-22 02:04:22 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > > > > > So even the protected machines are at continuous risk, this time from > > > trusted, permitted updates. On top of the general lousy computer > > > experience caused by AV scan-caused slowdown, this really shows that > > > running Windows is a case of lose-lose. > > > > I don't remember where I read this, but it amused me: Failure is not an > > option in Windows, it is built-in. > > > I've come across reports of this sort of thing before with Windows - on > the other hand were not some 10.6 systems in trouble after an upgrade > recently? And this with full control of the hardware unlike Windows. > > This is not a troll - while this machine is running 10.5, my MBP is on > 10.6 and hasn't had to be booted since I first saw such reports - time > is fast approaching so was anything ever identified as the source of the > problem on 10.6 update or was it all imagination. I never had a problem updating to 10.6, I had a problem updating to 10.6.2, but I have identified that as a disk problem anyway, so it was just bad timing. -- Woody
From: Jim on 22 Apr 2010 05:49
On 2010-04-22, Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-22 02:04:22 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: >> >> > So even the protected machines are at continuous risk, this time from >> > trusted, permitted updates. On top of the general lousy computer >> > experience caused by AV scan-caused slowdown, this really shows that >> > running Windows is a case of lose-lose. >> >> I don't remember where I read this, but it amused me: Failure is not an >> option in Windows, it is built-in. > > > I've come across reports of this sort of thing before with Windows - on > the other hand were not some 10.6 systems in trouble after an upgrade > recently? And this with full control of the hardware unlike Windows. As I understand it, the recent 10.6.3 update failed to update correctly if, and only if, you were updating from 10.6.0 If you were coming from 10.6.1 or 10.6.2 then you were fine. They reissued the update a day or two later. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |