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| Thread ID: 102023 | 2009-08-04 22:03:00 | Can Mac's get infected with spyware? | GR8Metal (14133) | Press F1 |
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| 798174 | 2009-08-05 01:31:00 | Safari - you do need to get your head out of the sand. I've had experiences with infected Macs too, and it was quite painful. As Wainui said, an in the wild infection isn't the be all and end all of Mac malware. All it takes is a novice user not realizing what they are clicking on and infection can occur. Mac users acting like you are now is why PC users think you are muppets! I don't think any less of a Mac because it can get infected with spyware, I've always treated Macs like they can, and nothing is about to change. Nothing is completely immune. The question was 'Can Macs get infected with spyware'. And the answer is yes they can. Simple as that. ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 798175 | 2009-08-05 01:54:00 | RIDDLED with spyware and viruses you say. Can't believe that for a moment, think you might be letting your bias affect your reasoning. Hehehe, its quite funny you mention that - i like to think ive "matured" slightly since i made that username a few years back - i no longer have a "hate" for them - more of a deep seated fustration with the hardware, the OS and some of the users ive had to work with over the years ;) as for my previous post im quite serious about it - in the last year we have had a influx of macintosh computers - right from a early clamshell ibook to a manic Quad core beast of a Mac Pro on the macs i have had to work on there have been a few with virus infections - not lethal infections requiring damage control but infections none the less like you mentioned - spyware on the other hand is just as bad as PC's and maybe even worse - i say worse due to the fact most mac users i have come across wear proudly a claim that their mac is simply impervious to infection - maybe a few years back but certainly not now - but despite this the ads are still being pumped out claiming macs are nigh on impossible to infect - and in turn the users take less care and click on anything and everything with reckless abandon and then rip my head off over the phone as to why their mac keeps getting the beachball of death and safari keeps freezing cause the keylogger in the background has been so poorly coded by mr badguy it cant actually log keystrokes im not terribly worried about macs getting infected all it does is keep me in a job so id hate to stomp on a good thing in my opinion :p like i said previously, years ago yes, macs were far more impervious to infection than PC's - to the point it was simply impossible to infect one but in the last year or 2 with the fancy "get a mac" ads and lots of yuppies with lots of cash and a burning desire to show up the neighbours macs have gotten very popular latley - to the point scammers and criminals have taken notice and are now beginning to create viruses and spyware and using many other tactics to get to macs and their users to either cause damage or get money out of it mac users have been whinging for years about how great macs are and how they would eventually get popular and get back at the evil microsoft and blah blah blah - now its happened and the mac is immensly poplular and you didint expect this sort of thing to arise? that it was all going to be super happy fun times and that nothing bad could possibly happen? |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 798176 | 2009-08-05 02:41:00 | Safari - you do need to get your head out of the sand. I've had experiences with infected Macs too, and it was quite painful. As Wainui said, an in the wild infection isn't the be all and end all of Mac malware. All it takes is a novice user not realizing what they are clicking on and infection can occur. Mac users acting like you are now is why PC users think you are muppets! I don't think any less of a Mac because it can get infected with spyware, I've always treated Macs like they can, and nothing is about to change. Nothing is completely immune. The question was 'Can Macs get infected with spyware'. And the answer is yes they can. Simple as that. ;) I am aware that any computer can get spyware or be affected by browser exploits including macs. I was talking about viruses actually and never mentioned spyware. The original post mentioned an infection detected with 49 viruses which is just not possible. As mentioned it will just be webpage popup. As you appear to have had some experience with spyware infected macs would you mind telling us what you used to clean them out with. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 798177 | 2009-08-05 02:53:00 | Personally I'm not going near a Mac in case *I* get infected. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 798178 | 2009-08-05 02:57:00 | I have noticed that Macs have been getting more popular, at work, some colleagues just love them, after using PC laptops and then switching to a Mac laptop. I have never really used one , PC has been better that I can upgrade it hardware-wise and it is cheaper to source. I did look at the Mac Pro desktop but was too $$ due to the iMac was only a dual core and I wanted more. For the average person if they are not into system building / upgrading, do usual stuff like MS Office, the net, music and videos and naturally like Press F1's here who really like their iTouch / iPhones. They like the design and it goes naturally well with a Mac computer and like PC users iPhone owners they are willing to pay a premium for it. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798179 | 2009-08-05 03:31:00 | His username should give you some indication of the quality of his information. Not going to add to what others have put, as its obvious it is possible to get infections ( by the user) :lol: You cant go by a persons log on name as to what they are like -- Please dont take any offence to this as its not meant to offend - But IF going by user names one must assume you are a web browser and not a real person :p Since safari is the name of MAC's web browser. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 798180 | 2009-08-05 03:35:00 | Either that or you're something tourists go on when they are in Africa. :p One time I reinstalled, this was with an old OS9 machine. The latest one was OSX and that one eventually went to the regional Mac reseller. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 798181 | 2009-08-05 04:06:00 | Not going to add to what others have put, as its obvious it is possible to get infections ( by the user) :lol: You cant go by a persons log on name as to what they are like -- Please dont take any offence to this as its not meant to offend - But IF going by user names one must assume you are a web browser and not a real person :p Since safari is the name of MAC's web browser. I don't get offended by anything said on this forum wainuitech, I have never in all the years I have been here reported a post to a mod. The people that do should go elsewhere in my opinion. This forum used to be a lot of fun and having to say "Please dont take any offence" just shows how PC we have become. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 798182 | 2009-08-05 04:25:00 | Either that or you're something tourists go on when they are in Africa. :p One time I reinstalled, this was with an old OS9 machine. The latest one was OSX and that one eventually went to the regional Mac reseller. Safari - ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Kiswahili, from Arabic safara ‘to travel'. I think we can ignore OS9 that is like comparing Win 3.1 problems. So if you did not actually work on the latest OSX how did you know it was infected. Between the OS9 and the latest OSX how many other macs have you cleaned out that had infections and what did you use. The reason I ask is because of your comment "I've had experiences with infected Macs too" and I am just trying to gauge your actual experience as it directly relates to any comments you make on this thread. Please dont take any offence to this as its not meant to offend. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 798183 | 2009-08-05 04:31:00 | I don't get offended by anything said on this forum wainuitech, I have never in all the years I have been here reported a post to a mod. The people that do should go elsewhere in my opinion. This forum used to be a lot of fun and having to say "Please dont take any offence" just shows how PC we have become. Like your style :thumbs: Only posts I have reported are :spam No harm in having a bit of fun sometimes. Some people can take things the wrong way though sometimes. I think we all agree you have to have a bit of a sense of humor in PC repairs / Servicing ( no matter what the OS) -- If you didn't it would drive a person insane. The PC I'm taking back in a minute - They love downloading the Poker games - get infections - I clean them out - they re-download them even after telling what damage they do ---and around it goes again :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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