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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in |
| Date | 2014-12-15 20:40 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <151220142040271920%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <1lwphkb.s89y4u18owaswN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <billvan-CC4937.23163114122014@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net> <161220140916289838%YourName@YourISP.com> <billvan-8FFBE5.16361115122014@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net> <161220141408547644%YourName@YourISP.com> |
In article <161220141408547644%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > > > > I'm concerned about the lack of support by Apple and especially the lack > > of security updates, although the foregoing conversation suggests that > > File Quarantine may be doing some of that automatically. I'm trying to > > confirm that is the case. If I can confirm that, I'll probably > > procrastinate some more. > > Unless you visit porn and pirate websites, or download and install > software from dodgy websites or strange emails, the chances of you ever > getting malware on a Mac are basically nil. the risk is definitely lower than with windows, but it's definitely not nil and it's not just from porn/warez sites either. you keep spewing this nonsense and it's dangerously misleading. two years go, a visit to an ios developer site was all it took and it even infected apple employees. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-apple-hackers-idUSBRE91I10 920130219> Unknown hackers infected the computers of some Apple workers when they visited a website for software developers that had been infected with malicious software. The malware had been designed to attack Mac computers. > Despite all the silly reports and scaremongering by anti-malware > sellers, I don't think any real person in normal Mac use has ever had > an infected Mac. you're ignorant.
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New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2014-12-14 18:25 -0500
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-12-15 13:59 +1300
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2014-12-14 20:04 -0800
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-12-15 18:11 +1300
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2014-12-14 23:16 -0800
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-16 09:16 +1300
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2014-12-15 16:36 -0800
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-16 14:08 +1300
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-15 20:40 -0500
Re: New error/warning : Blocked Plug-in briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2014-12-15 19:54 +0000
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