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Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked
Date 2015-01-08 15:57 -0500
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References <2015010812444699137-xxx@yyyzzz>

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In article <2015010812444699137-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> Why would this variety of hack, ransomware, Cryptoware 2.0, be any more 
> likely to plague Macs than any other virus out there, and by that I 
> mean not at all? 

it's less likely on macs, but regardless, it's nothing more than an
annoyance.

anyone who values their data has backups (likely multiple backups), so
all they need to do is restore from before the encryption occurred and
the problem is solved. time machine makes this exceptionally easy to
do. they might lose a few hours of productivity but that's about the
extent of it.

those without backups do not place a value on their data, so if their
drive is encrypted, nothing of value was lost. reformat and problem
solved there too.

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SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 12:44 -0800
  Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 15:57 -0500
    Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 14:31 -0800
      Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-08 23:37 +0000
        Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 19:05 -0800
      Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 21:06 -0500
        Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-08 19:11 -0800
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-08 23:45 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-09 12:45 +0000
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:14 -0800
              Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 17:18 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:27 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 17:36 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 09:49 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 18:23 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 12:21 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-09 23:22 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 15:46 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-09 19:48 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-09 23:15 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-10 22:37 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 07:29 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 07:16 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 13:11 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 11:52 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 21:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:49 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 21:20 -0700
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 21:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 22:36 -0700
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 09:17 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-11 12:31 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 11:32 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-12 08:01 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 14:25 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-10 15:22 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 13:06 +0100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-11 11:28 -0800
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2015-01-10 13:24 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-09 08:13 -0800
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-10 11:55 -0500
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-10 09:21 -0800
              Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-10 14:26 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 00:10 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:43 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 01:46 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:54 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-11 01:57 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-12 00:28 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-13 01:40 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-14 13:53 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-15 07:03 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-15 00:33 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-16 07:02 +1100
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-17 02:47 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-01-17 00:17 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-11 16:31 -0500
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 21:51 +0000
                Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-11 23:12 +0000
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-11 17:06 -0500
          Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 12:55 +0100
            Re: SundayReview - How My Mom Got Hacked Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-15 15:15 -0500

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