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to: Alan Zisman
from: Kurt Weiske
date: 2012-04-17 10:20:00
subject: Re: This week`s column...

-=> Alan Zisman wrote to All <=-

 AZ> This week: Flashback Malware a Wakeup Call for Mac Users -
 AZ> http://lowendmac.com/zisman/12az/flashback-mac.html

I work in desktop support for a heterogeneous network, and I'm secretly glad 
for this. I've gotten sick of the Mac and Linux users complaining about 
having to run AV because "their" OS isn't susceptible to virii, like 
Windows. We've purchased AV for all of our alternative platforms and heard 
no end of complaints about it.

I remember how prevalent WDEF virii were in the Mac world in the '90s. 
Luckily they all lurked in parameter RAM and could be wiped out on boot by a 
key combo.

        kurt weiske   | kw at realitycheckBBS dot org
                      | http://www.realitycheckbbs.org



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