> From: Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PCI] OS 9 Security ? > > Opinions and advice please Listers, > > A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled if I saw > all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the background within my OS 9.1 > system and greedily taking all of my personal info back to their masters for > nefarious purposes. > > They could not give specifics of course(!) Or suggest a utility to directly > investigate the truth of this claim. > > I would think that in the five years I have been on this list I would have > heard at least one horror story related to this yet recall none. > > So If anyone has had their reputation ruined for devulged info that they were > looking at pictures of weasels mating or had their credit ruined by a Trojan > horse that got them ten thousand subscriptions to Gerontological Weekly please > let me know off list and how you found out and what you did to get rid of the > problem in OS 9.1 > > TIA >
This is my story: I was a very famous person and wealthy beyond most people's dreams, I was highly respected in my community. Until The Calamity struck! It was on a 7300. Running OS 9.1 with no security to speak of. I was invaded by Martians. Yes! Martians! Martians with viruses, worms and much else in their little toolkits. They got in and let these things loose, they even personally rearranged things. They thought they were joking as it turned out later: they rearranged the IDs on my hard drives, they moved and truncated files. I lost files, I lost in particular a lot of zeros in my important accounts. I became penniless and my power and standing shrivelled to nothing... But one thing they did do, don't ask me how or why - maybe they felt sorry for the damage they had wrought - is leave a button on my desktop which, when pressed, makes the lurking Trojan Horses and Worms audible, a sort of furry, zany sound, hard to describe. There is another button too, which, when pressed, kills all these things instantly. (Psst ... Having lost all, and with time on my hands, I dug out the software associated with these buttons and packaged them with an easy installer. I would advise any rich and important person (who has a lot to lose and er a lot of green stuff to spare as it were...) in the legacy Mac community to apply to me for this package. I am sorry to say it is not cheap, $1,423 for a license for a one year subscription. (Cash only please in a plain brown envelope, no questions asked). David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
