Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
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Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 8:08 AM
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07-04-2012 9:43 AM
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No links, it's out there.
600,000 !
It's just a projection from them, and apparently includes Windows PC's too !
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 1:45 PM
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07-04-2012 2:46 PM
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Good to hear, there's not many of us mac users here !
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 2:54 PM
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Of course there was the case of a friend who's high end Mac laptop died - it was diagnosed as a failed motherboard (whatever Apple call them) replacement cost over £1,000 so she bought a Win 7 machine for a lot less which does everything she wants.
Before you ask the original was a hand-me-down from her son
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 3:07 PM
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07-04-2012 3:14 PM
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25+ years for me now.
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 3:35 PM
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Our first Mac at home was back in 1990, if I recall correctly.
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 5:10 PM
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Quote from: Steve I do not and will not entertain any Apple products.Apple are very good at creaming finances from very gullible Apple users!
Of course I have exactly the opposite view, but then I have use Macs (and PC's too in the past) for over 25 years now, and speaking from practical experience, I disagree with what you say.
It is of course your choice not to buy any Apple products, but I assure you that is an unwarranted prejudice, and I have yet to meet a gullible Apple user, or one who has not been delighted at actually buying Apple !
Well worth any perceived premium.
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 6:52 PM
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Gone right off the company in the past couple of years.
btw -
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193441/Flashfake_Mac_OS_X_botnet_confirmed
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
07-04-2012 8:31 PM
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07-04-2012 8:48 PM
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What with the apple tribe in denial and the companies after a profit out it...
I do remember reading a forum somewhere a couple of weeks ago with quite a few mac folks having been infected - but I can't find it now!
Intego seem to think there's an issue...
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
09-04-2012 11:34 AM
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I presume if you had an infected machine then applying the update would be locking the atable door after the horse has bolted but nothing I have read has commented on this aspect.
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
09-04-2012 11:42 AM
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Or..... Automatically daily, is that not frequent enough ?
http://www.apple.com/softwareupdate/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1338
Re: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
09-04-2012 12:24 PM
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This is why they have the problem.
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