Flash back Trojan For Apple Computers
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Just keep your updates updated.
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Here's an article on Flashback:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/new-...eaknesses-in-apple-ecosystem/4726?tag=nl.e539
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/new-...eaknesses-in-apple-ecosystem/4726?tag=nl.e539
denverpilot
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The two Java updates over the last couple of days are critical. Definitely install those from Software Update.
Buy a PC.
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LOL. I have many. And some Sun servers. And... Well the collection in the basement lab has gotten smaller over the years.
No really good system admin only knows Winderz!
(I prefer Mac on the *desktop* but it don't mean I don't use 'em all!)
Or as one t-shirt I have says...
Linux for Servers
Mac for Usability
Windows for Solitaire
(The shirt is really old. It also says "Palm for Mobility". Yikes!)
Computerz is computerz... Make 'em do what'cha want. If you get paid to do it, make 'em do whatever the boss wants.
Try to keep him from doing silly expensive stuff with 'em that he can't afford.
Better yet, make 'em make him and you some money doing something somebody else wants. If you're a total zealot for one particular platform AND you don't know the others, you've assured you have a huge blind spot in your "professional opinions" when it comes to working on them for a living.
I'd spec out using piles of used Commodore 64s at the datacenter if I thought they'd be the cost-effective and right way to provide a service. I save my brand wars for places like PoA where folks like to show off their blind spots and my paycheck isn't on the line.
Picking on Nick and Android here in InternetLand is one example. I'd fire up a fleet of Android devices if it meant making the employer a 1000% ROI. I probably won't be carrying one for personal use though until it does something I just *have* to have.
Know 'em all. Use 'em all. It's good to have different "types" in your logbook if you're a pro, to use an aviation analogy.
LOL. I have many. And some Sun servers. And... Well the collection in the basement lab has gotten smaller over the years.
No really good system admin only knows Winderz!
(I prefer Mac on the *desktop* but it don't mean I don't use 'em all!)
Or as one t-shirt I have says...
Linux for Servers
Mac for Usability
Windows for Solitaire
(The shirt is really old. It also says "Palm for Mobility". Yikes!)
Computerz is computerz... Make 'em do what'cha want. If you get paid to do it, make 'em do whatever the boss wants.
Try to keep him from doing silly expensive stuff with 'em that he can't afford.
If you're a total zealot for one particular platform AND you don't know the others, you've assured you have a huge blind spot in your "professional opinions" when it comes to working on them for a living.
I'd spec out using piles of used Commodore 64s at the datacenter if I thought they'd be the cost-effective and right way to provide a service. I save my brand wars for places like PoA where folks like to show off their blind spots and my paycheck isn't on the line.
Picking on Nick and Android here in InternetLand is one example. I'd fire up a fleet of Android devices if it meant making the employer a 1000% ROI. I probably won't be carrying one for personal use though until it does something I just *have* to have.
Know 'em all. Use 'em all. It's good to have different "types" in your logbook if you're a pro, to use an aviation analogy.
Actually, I prefer Linux for most things. It was just a joke.
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Actually, I prefer Linux for most things. It was just a joke.
I know. I know.
I'm just outnumbered at work by Windows specialists these days. They think I'm some kinda Alternate OS freak. Haha.
Probably time to link to this "Switch" commercial parody again though. Just 'cause its fun!
Let'sgoflying!
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fixing link so's I can see:
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hey when I read about the latest mac virus they said it was from downloading a bogus flash player - 'so stick to known providers'.
Does this mean apple allows their laptops/desktops to use flash but not the i-devices? (grr)
Does this mean apple allows their laptops/desktops to use flash but not the i-devices? (grr)
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Always have. Flash is a battery sucker and bloatware which doesn't really bother a dual or quad-core box plugged into mains power.
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I followed the instructions on this site to check for it.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...orand-get-rid-ofa-mac-flashback-infection.ars
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...orand-get-rid-ofa-mac-flashback-infection.ars
Let'sgoflying!
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Always have. Flash is a battery sucker and bloatware which doesn't really bother a dual or quad-core box plugged into mains power.
So power use is the reason flash is disallowed on ipads, etc?
denverpilot
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That was the public reason that Jobs gave.
Having worked with some Adobe execs in a past life, their culture is one of intense accusation and they hire some real asses to run the place.
I'd bet Jobs went to talk to 'em about licensing and how their code was a mess and they told him it was Peaches & Creme and he decided to prove a point.
But I can't prove it.
They were well known as the biggest asshats in the entire customer base and everyone avoided taking their calls in a former life.
Let'sgoflying!
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a) I wish users would be given the option, not be forced into something.
b) amazing no one has developed a hack to allow flash-like function.
Uggg, easy for you pros, you make your living by learning these systems. Guys like me had to learn the systems as an uncompensated part of our primary job. I know making satcoms run better than any tech at Stratos lol. I go back to Mini M and Inmarsat C for email and GMDSS messaging. I remember installing my first Mini M on a fleet boat, I had the first and it wasn't working. It was installed 2 days before I got on. I spent 2 days on the phone with the to no avail. I then checked the phone settings which they assured me they could read were correct, they weren't.
I really don't have time to learn computers, I just need them to work and do the job I need done using intuitive and full featured software and menues. In the end, that comes down to running windows.
At this point the Fanboys tell me I can run windows on a Mac. Now, to this day, no matter how many times I've heard it, that statement stuns me. My first was a IIe, I've been waterboarded by the Koolaid into making many subsatisfactory Apple product purchases in the 30 years or so since.To even contemplate running Windows on a Mac...it's Heresy!
Oh yeah, no more Motorola chip either, now the boards have the same chips as a PC as well. So, as I sum it up, I have an Intel processor and other boards like a PC & I'm running Microsoft software. At this point I have to ask, "Why am I paying 2-3 times as much money for the Apple name? So I can talk to a Genius when I need help?"
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To even contemplate running Windows on a Mac...it's Heresy!
I always kinda wondered that myself. Other than perhaps someone who needs both systems, and wants to build a dual-boot laptop rather than schlep two machines around, I don't get the point.
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They do have an option...called Android.
Apple's business model is "We know what's best for you"
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hmmm, then what's microsoft's business model? Something like: "you'll use this POS and shut up"?
or maybe: "hey ya'll, let's see what POS UI we can stick people with"?
Right, both of them **** me off, its just that at the end of the day with Microsoft I got done what I wanted without having to hack system code.
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The main reason I've seen is gamers who want maximum performance out of Windows games on a Mac. They use Boot Camp to set up dual boot for their "twitch" games as I call them. First person shoot-em-ups.
Trying to play those inside of a virtual machine is difficult and "laggy".
Otherwise, a virtual Windows machine works fine. I have one on my Mac for that one stinking vendor website that stopped updating their website code back at "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater is required".
I also keep a Linux virtual machine on it for a couple of LDAP tools that can be built from source in OSX but are a pain to get dependencies right in the build. Easier to boot a minimal CentOS image and install working binary packages from EPEL.
Virtual machines are virtually indispensable for website testing also, and the only way without building a (technically unlicensed) "hackintosh" on PC hardware to see if your website truly works on all platforms is to have a Mac with virtuals for everything else.
If you're not testing web code on Mac you're not really testing for all common platforms these days. Checking that the site is compliant with "name your outdated the day it was released" HTML spec with a code verifier is often enough, but it's not a real-world usability test.
Realistically if you're serious about the web you also need to test with iOS and Android too. The world has gone mobile.
At least your "test gear" is a nice tax write-off.