Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Could Mac Files be Ransomwared via Windows XP Running in a VM? Date: 14 May 2017 23:50:50 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.D53CC867004C47F0B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <140520172116564213%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net n1W5yB189aJQJ8MwcW1IzAZDjBa8YEyTfo4zug201/ke3ccW0C Cancel-Lock: sha1:pzB3da+Xg3iwbqsoS1bY7D0xScI= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106851 On 2017-05-14, Alan Baker wrote: > On 2017-05-14 3:10 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> >> Apple's built-in protections are indeed good, but there are some things >> they do not look for - namely adware, which is typically downloaded and >> installed by unwary, ignorant users who believe the web page that >> instructed them to download "Adobe Flash" or some "Mac >> security/optimizer" program because their computer is supposedly >> "infected/insecure". Those are typically not as dangerous as legitimate >> viruses and malware, but if you do find your browser is comparomised, >> MalwareBytes and KnockKnock are great third-party tools to find and rid >> yourself of them. > > But according to you, we should disable those built-in protections, right? Nope. I said no such thing, and you know it. Another fail for you. Keep trying if you feel you must though. >> My point, though, was that if you have no symptoms, and have no >> problems, there is no need to do anything at all. > > Nope. Yup. -- 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