1 posted on
05/19/2011 5:37:05 AM PDT by
johncatl
To: johncatl
How's all the MAC security working out for all you “Buy a MAC and be secure” people? LOL....security through obscurity doesn't work when you are no longer obscure....
To: johncatl
ZD net is full of Microsoft loving loonies.
3 posted on
05/19/2011 5:42:37 AM PDT by
MimirsWell
(Pganini, cmdjing, andyahoo, artaxerces, todd_hall - counting my Chicom scalps)
To: johncatl
ZDnet is full of Microsoft loving loonies.
4 posted on
05/19/2011 5:42:46 AM PDT by
MimirsWell
(Pganini, cmdjing, andyahoo, artaxerces, todd_hall - counting my Chicom scalps)
To: johncatl
ZDnet is full of Microsoft loving loonies.
5 posted on
05/19/2011 5:42:54 AM PDT by
MimirsWell
(Pganini, cmdjing, andyahoo, artaxerces, todd_hall - counting my Chicom scalps)
To: johncatl
I’m shocked - shocked I tell you!
6 posted on
05/19/2011 5:43:12 AM PDT by
reagan_fanatic
(A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
To: johncatl
Boring. Second time this was posted; dangerous only if you are dumb enough to download and install it without checking it out first. Some PC people are so desperate for Mac users to start sharing their misery that they latch on to stories like this as if they were gospel.
7 posted on
05/19/2011 5:45:13 AM PDT by
La Lydia
("California: When the parasites outnumber the hosts, it's all over.")
To: johncatl
EB: So customers who get hit by this are installing it and giving their admin password? AC: Yes.
EB: if they stop before that, nothing bad happens?
AC: Yes, the file will download but for it to install it requres the password. it tries to trick you into giving it by saying its required to remove the infections.
EB: Ah yes, social engineering.
AC: Indeed, looks rather real, if you ignore the fact it pops up in your browser… but for most of us that know computers that’s a giveaway there.
It's the same old "land shark... er candygram" method of attack. Once you give the admin password to install software... it is game over; sort of like inviting a stranger into your house.
8 posted on
05/19/2011 5:45:43 AM PDT by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: johncatl; rightwingextremist1776; Swordmaker; PA Engineer
Social engineering attacks have nothing to do with which operating system the user is on, they're an attack on the USER. Anyone capable of making stupid snarky remarks ought to know that, rwe1776.
Trojans aren't viruses. Geez, some people...
Besides, this news was already posted and discussed in detail: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2721644/posts
19 posted on
05/19/2011 6:35:55 AM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: johncatl; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; ...
Repost of the Apple call center employee interview article on MacDefender from a couple of days ago—PING!
Please, No Flame Wars, Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!
Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!
Apple Mac Security Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
42 posted on
05/19/2011 12:15:32 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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