you mean OS 9? Mac OS9 ? Someone is pulling your leg.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:31 PM, smac0031 <m.smurph...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was surfing the web last week and my browser locked up and this popup > appeared. These clowns wanted $300. > > Earlier that day I had seen a Tekzilla that mentioned something about > Ransomware. According to what Tekzilla described this is where a program > gets installed on your machine where everything gets password encrypted and > the perpetrators won't unencrypt your system without you forking over $300. > > I went to force quit and quit TenFourFox. Then I shut down my machine and > unplugged my router from the cable modem. I then powered up my machine and > backed up my document folder and then I reconnected to my cable modem and > changed some passwords. > > I really haven't noticed anything unusual other than I was playing Master > of Orion under system 9 and and somehow the mouse button got stuck wide > open. My system still doesn't like Flash much and Javascript seems to make > it wheeze. > > I thought any virus or trojan wouldn't be able to deal with a DA G4 as > they are elderly and nearly extinct. I never considered there would be any > viable threat to a machine like this. > > I used to run Norton Antivirus a long time ago, I think it was on my > SuperMac S900. I don't think I've ever run any antivirus on this G4. Is > there antivirus available for for a PowerPC nowadays? > > Is this a real threat? > > Mark Murphy > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
