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Thread ID: 80672	2007-07-01 10:40:00	There is big money in malware botnets	winmacguy (3367)	PC World Chat

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564830	2007-07-01 10:40:00	Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a turf war between rival criminal enterprises connected to two of the most sophisticated malware toolkits in current use. But rather than clashing over who gets to skim money off a garbage collection contract or a major construction project, the cyber criminals are battling to own tens of thousands of compromised computers. www.theregister.co.uk For forum readers who have the knowledge to keep their machines free of this malware, do your friends, workmates and family a favour and educate them since 90% of PC users lack common sense to avoid being becoming part of a botnet.	winmacguy (3367)
564831	2007-07-01 11:16:00	I just bought my first Mac, all the stories that they remain secure...how true? My PC's are under regular attack I would say, true vector having to close at unexpected times (thats zone alarm security suite ) made me nervous eniugh that I disabled the antivirus and replaced it , I figure that the old trueism that you don't put all your eggs in one basket remains true of security software. I would say that all of my friends and some of my family do not update or run scans on a regular basis, if at all.Having someone take control of my pc and do what with it, scares the crap out of me.	limepile (96)
564832	2007-07-01 11:38:00	Well done, another Mac user on the forum. Last edited by limepile : Today at 10:17 PM. Reason: poor grammer By the way it is grammar - thought you might like to know as you seem to be particular and nothing wrong with that.	Safari (3993)
564833	2007-07-01 11:44:00	I just bought my first Mac, all the stories that they remain secure...how true? Congrats and welcome limepile. The reports you have heard are true and have been since 2001.	winmacguy (3367)
564834	2007-07-01 12:04:00	MacOS, Linux or Windows. It will not matter what browser your using if people are not cautious enough to double check the hyperlink in emails from very convincing emails. Or if there are http relocation links. :2cents:	bob_doe_nz (92)
564835	2007-07-01 12:26:00	MacOS, Linux or Windows. It will not matter what browser your using if people are not cautious enough to double check the hyperlink in emails from very convincing emails. Or if there are http relocation links. :2cents: True but not everybody knows to check the http location links in their browser, or, if they do they should let others know as well. The malware is only able to infect PCs regardless of the browser.	winmacguy (3367)
564836	2007-07-01 12:43:00	True but not everybody knows to check the http location links in their browser, or, if they do they should let others know as well. The malware is only able to infect PCs regardless of the browser. Which makes a tutorial on basic computer security on the PCW Mag a nice idea.	bob_doe_nz (92)
564837	2007-07-01 12:55:00	Which makes a tutorial on basic computer security on the PCW Mag a nice idea. That would be an excellent idea bob:thumbs: it should also offer advice on what apps you should have on your system and how to install it correctly to auto update to protect your PC with an inclusion (minus the FUD) about the relevant security merits of Mac and Linux OS.	winmacguy (3367)
564838	2007-07-01 19:39:00	True but not everybody knows to check the http location links in their browser, or, if they do they should let others know as well. The malware is only able to infect PCs regardless of the browser.Which would be why PC World magazine advised of 45 bugs being patched in OS X, with several of them being critical security flaws (page 16, right-hand colum in the blue). I guess that makes the PC only comment defunct. I also note that iTunes seems to be appearing in the apps-that-need-regular-patching list as well. Isn't iTunes an APPLE (originally) application?	Myth (110)
564839	2007-07-01 20:31:00	Which would be why PC World magazine advised of 45 bugs being patched in OS X, with several of them being critical security flaws (page 16, right-hand colum in the blue). I guess that makes the PC only comment defunct. I also note that iTunes seems to be appearing in the apps-that-need-regular-patching list as well. Isn't iTunes an APPLE (originally) application? Mac OS does have flaws in it, however Apple tends to fix them before tha hackers compromise them. Yes iTunes is an Apple product. I still haven't heard any current reports of Macs being compromised although a number of posters have previously listed 3 year old articles about 3 year old flaws in OS X that were patched 3 years ago:rolleyes: So no, that doesn't make the PC only comment defunct, it just makes your comment more FUD.:rolleyes:	winmacguy (3367)
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