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From: Lloyd Parsons on 13 Aug 2010 18:49 In article <tph-59DCA8.16373213082010(a)localhost>, Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > In article <lloydparsons-D8397D.14000713082010(a)port80.individual.net>, > Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > In article <o25b661gkr5r421ko94h8kn8pkn9hbmfgv(a)4ax.com>, > > Mike Barnard <m.barnard.trousers(a)thunderin.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > "Mac's don't get viruses" Or do they? > > > > Today they don't, who knows what tomorrow brings? > > If it's a virus, today's virus software won't protect you. Not necessarily true. Anti-virus software looks for code that is common to many virus programs and has caught some that weren't out when the data files were issued. -- Lloyd
From: Suze on 13 Aug 2010 18:55 In article <jollyroger-CD42B6.15534913082010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <130820101348020025%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > > In article > > <replytome-E3ECA3.15301613082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated. > > example.com>, Suze <replytome(a)thenewsgroup.com> wrote: > > > > > > "Mac's don't get viruses" Or do they? > > > > > > I remember one time many years ago when my husband got some kind of Mac > > > worm that necessitated his wiping his drive and re-installing the > > > system. AFAIK, that is the only viral problem my hubbie or I have ever > > > experienced on Macs. (He's been on Macs since around 1981 and me since > > > 1995). > > > > amazing that he had macs three years before they came out. > > Maybe he had a Lisa or Macintosh XL. : ) > > Or maybe by "around 1981" she meant 1984. Big deal. Just for the sake of correctness, I check with hubbie and he tells me that it was an Apple II, pre-Macintosh. It had no monitor and no hard drive. He had to buy a hard drive and used a spy camera monitor for the monitor. Family: Pre-Macintosh Codename: ? Introduced: April 1977 Terminated: May 1979 You can find a pic at apple-history.com.
From: Jolly Roger on 13 Aug 2010 20:14 In article <lloydparsons-4F05BC.17493113082010(a)port80.individual.net>, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote: > In article <tph-59DCA8.16373213082010(a)localhost>, > Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > > > In article <lloydparsons-D8397D.14000713082010(a)port80.individual.net>, > > Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <o25b661gkr5r421ko94h8kn8pkn9hbmfgv(a)4ax.com>, > > > Mike Barnard <m.barnard.trousers(a)thunderin.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > "Mac's don't get viruses" Or do they? > > > > > > Today they don't, who knows what tomorrow brings? > > > > If it's a virus, today's virus software won't protect you. > > Not necessarily true. Anti-virus software looks for code that is common > to many virus programs and has caught some that weren't out when the > data files were issued. That's not necessarily true either. Antivirus companies don't divulge how their software works, so you'd have to check with each vendor, assuming they would be willing to tell you. Also, there are no existing Mac OS X viruses on which to base such common code searches to begin with. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 13 Aug 2010 20:55
Mike Barnard <m.barnard.trousers(a)thunderin.co.uk> wrote: > "Mac's don't get viruses" Or do they? Troll? Or simply unable to use google? -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. |