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 23:55:14 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.D53CC867004C47F0B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net y8kC54On3np+bJMk3jyKywW8eQh3jG1tH963k/hTLYkxE1IH/T Cancel-Lock: sha1:mTB58qNeIiqsKBZc5K4YQ4Jdjpw= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106854 On 2017-05-14, Alan Baker wrote: > On 2017-05-14 4:11 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2017-05-14, Alan Baker wrote: >>> On 2017-05-14 3:03 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> On 2017-05-14, Alan Baker wrote: >>>>> On 2017-05-14 12:51 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>>>> On 2017-05-14, Alan Baker wrote: >>>>>>> On 2017-05-14 12:17 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's very simple: Use safe computing practices. And don't fit it if it's >>>>>>>> not broken. Unless you are experiencing a problem with symptoms that are >>>>>>>> tied directly to adware or malware, there is no reason (it's not wise) >>>>>>>> to install such utilities on your machine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry, but in what way is it "not wise" to simply install and use a >>>>>>> utility such as MalwareBytes Anti-Malware? >>>>>> >>>>>> For no reason? To start, it's a complete waste of time and computing >>>>>> resources. >>>>> >>>>> Like the minute it takes is significant. Try again. >>>> >>>> That's a minute you could have spent being productive. If your time is >>>> worthless, by all means feel free to waste it. My time is worth more to >>>> me. It certainly is very wasteful and significant when you do something >>>> needlessly over and over for no reason, which is exactly what a high >>>> number of ignorant people do. As an example, just look at how many web >>>> sites out there recommend running repair permissions regularly - a >>>> complete waste of time. >>> >>> Sorry, but that's a bullshit argument >> >> Yet you can't rebut it. Strange. > > My time isn't worthless That minute you spend running something needlessly is worthless. -- 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