Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:26:35 -0700 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <6uudnU6rVZP8YYzLnZ2dnUU7-WGdnZ2d@supernews.com> <7Y6dnbX9lNz4SI_LnZ2dnUU7-W2dnZ2d@supernews.com> <4M6dnQEwqcY7g47LnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@supernews.com> <20151006045245.4e2db9a2@maxa-pc> <051020152313140794%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020152340117801%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net lYN3JXhq8UIeh2VByW0WmAgfj0ymKNd1YtBTNNBSF4tBRx3xT3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:gQwi0pAj8pmJf/OhGYuhV9jL5ng= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Thread-Index: AdEBLbJ6PB0MU338z0iohdSX2u8JEw== Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.freeware:245431 comp.sys.mac.system:82278 alt.hacker:8983 alt.privacy.anon-server:46150 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325354 On 10/7/15, 11:20 AM, in article p9udncR_Dfnl_4jLnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud" wrote: > On 10/05/15 21:57, nom de plume wrote: >> On 2015-10-06, nospam wrote: >>> In article, Snit >>> wrote: >>> >>>>>> So, on the mac, if I wanted to remove an app, and all of its config >>>>>> files along with it, what would I need to do? >>>>> >>>>> drag to trash. >>>>> empty trash. >>>> >>>> But the plist is left! >>> >>> who cares. it takes up so little space that it can be ignored. >> >> except that now when you install the app again, your old settings are >> there and you may have wanted them gone. In fact that might be the >> reason a user deleted the app in the first place. >> >> Seriously, the Mac is so lame you don't have a built in option to >> destroy the config files you app installs? Doesn't sound like a clean >> way to deal with packages to me. Leaving shit all over the place even >> after it was deleted. lamer OS. >> > Heh. You sure have a lot of straw on the floor from beating that > strawman to death. LOL!!! > :) He finally ran off crying when he realized he was going out of his way to make Linux look so bad. Kinda funny. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: