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WORST VIRUS EVER ---CNN ANNOUNCED
Posted: 15 July 2005 12:08 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 26 ]
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LD - 14 July 2005 01:43 PM

Mike B - 14 July 2005 01:20 PM
If you want to keep believing you’re immune because you’re running a Mac, go right ahead. Of course it might be worth noting some of the very first viruses were written for an Apple product.

I really hate when people do this in arguments, make up stuff that was never said and try to pass it off as if I said it.  I never said nor implied Macs were immune.  I also never stated I’m running a Mac.  In fact, right now I’m not, I’m on a Win2k machine.  I simply said I have never seen or heard of a virus that can do damage to both a Mac and a Windows PC.  How does a virus know where to find the data files?  The file structure and underlying OS are completely different.  That’s not to say it’s impossible, but I’ve yet to see it.

Well first I stated if so there goes your making stuff up. Secondly having a macro virus in a word document on a Mac doesn’t involve file structure or underlying OS. If that macro virus get’s removed or is executed it can damage the document thus causing data corruption or loss in that file.

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If you see it referencing a file that is in the Windows or Windows/System 32 folders (or no folder, it should sually 98% of the time only reference the C:\Program Files folder) then you have a trojan.

That isn’t neccesarily true. Almost all computers have a few files running from the c:\windows\system32 folder that are legitimate. I have three on my own laptop right now. One for the HP printer I have, one for my graphics adapter and one for the keyboard shortcut keys.

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Posted: 15 July 2005 07:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 27 ]
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Well first I stated if so there goes your making stuff up. Secondly having a macro virus in a word document on a Mac doesn’t involve file structure or underlying OS. If that macro virus get’s removed or is executed it can damage the document thus causing data corruption or loss in that file.

I try not to use MS software, apart from Explorer, there’s always been issues with MS software on the Mac. Going back 10 years even.

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Posted: 15 July 2005 09:44 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 28 ]
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Mike B - 15 July 2005 12:08 AM

Well first I stated if so there goes your making stuff up.

Well, if you want to keep believing that Dean is the greatest person on the planet then go right ahead.

See how that works?

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