Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Date: 10 Nov 2016 19:47:50 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <2016111009314913691-xxx@yyyzzz> <2016111010215673213-xxx@yyyzzz> <101120161327154632%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2016111010400132423-xxx@yyyzzz> <101120161413552652%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net fxrUishXLG+68hfjYzvoVQFlq9NUV0M/YHmewmMFhMirylcybG Cancel-Lock: sha1:v79Qu1e12L2jFd17EhL1FLhYl1c= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96707 On 2016-11-10, nospam wrote: > In article <2016111010400132423-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr wrote: > >>>> I installed Folx for hot-diggity downloading. I didn't care for it and >>>> uninstalled it according to their website: Drag it to the trash, empty >>>> trash. Someone had sent me a link to a file for download through an >>>> email. A simple download. I clicked on it. It went to Safari and did >>>> nothing. >>> >>> it probably did, that being installing malware. you've been pwned. >> >> Folx is malware? Download managers are certainly *not* what I would consider to be desirable or noteworthy software. > clicking a link in email (that alone is a bad idea), safari launching > which seemingly 'did nothing' followed by unusual things happening, > such as being asked for your admin password, screams malware. True. So what were these links to? -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR