Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Thoma Mattox wrote: Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? Possibly Toast? Otherwise, not much, afaik. Certainly all the free apps won't work as they're all dependent on OSS unix libraries. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
Yep, I've done mac support since 1989, starting at college. We were badly hit by viruses from time to time under late OS 6 ( I think early 7), as you can imagine - loads of students all runnign their OS off floppies that they swapped more often than bedmates. . . weekly scans with disinfectant fixed it. Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month. Since then I've seen nothing.(Now on 9.1) I have a copy of Virex antivirus program (not norton, thank god) but not actually active and only ever run it about twice a year when I'm feeling paranoid! Ben -- The Real Seed Catalogue Brithdir Mawr Farm Newport Pembrokeshire SA42 0QJ Excellent Vegetables For the Kitchen Garden: Illustrated Catalogue at http://www.realseeds.co.uk Or call 01239 821107 for a paper copy. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: IR file transfer on PB 190
Caleb, Even if the IR transfer won't work (it's doubtful), you have another option, one which I use all the time between my various Macs and my Windows machines. That option is StarGate, a shareware package which has both Mac (using System 7.1+) and Windows (3.1 and 95+ versions) applications. You only need a null-modem cable hooked between the machines. It's pretty neat; you have Incoming and Outgoing folders on each platform, and anything placed in the out folder on one platform gets transferred to the in folder on the other platform automatically when the programs are activated. Rob I'm going to get my dad's old Toshiba Satellite 325, and I'd like to know if there's any way possible to transfer files over IR to the Satellite from the 190, and vice versa. I fully intend on keeping the 190 as a travel machine, however, and I'd like to be able to share files without resorting to the floppy dance that I use when transferring files to and from my Linux machine. I also don't want to deal with the hassle of e-mailing files to myself, but I may have no choice. Help please. Caleb -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
On Jul 2, 2005, at 6:44 PM, The Real Seed Catalogue wrote: Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,261744,39200021,00.htm 50% chance it will take 12 min to be compromised, with a regular Windows box. 8000 new viruses in 2005 alone. Preaching to the choir, I know.. B -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
on 7/2/05 5:44 PM, The Real Seed Catalogue at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, I've done mac support since 1989, starting at college. We were badly hit by viruses from time to time under late OS 6 ( I think early 7), as you can imagine - loads of students all runnign their OS off floppies that they swapped more often than bedmates. . . weekly scans with disinfectant fixed it. Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month. Since then I've seen nothing.(Now on 9.1) I have a copy of Virex antivirus program (not norton, thank god) but not actually active and only ever run it about twice a year when I'm feeling paranoid! They only virus I've ever seen on any of my macs is the Beeping virus. That's hardly malicious, just annoying, and very easy to get rid of. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
the closest thing I ever had to a virus was putting on the thing that makes the computer get happy when you plug in the power cord, i did it to my wife's powerbook once... They only virus I've ever seen on any of my macs is the Beeping virus. That's hardly malicious, just annoying, and very easy to get rid of. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
Yep, I've done mac support since 1989, starting at college. We were badly hit by viruses from time to time under late OS 6 ( I think early 7), as you can imagine - loads of students all runnign their OS off floppies that they swapped more often than bedmates. . . weekly scans with disinfectant fixed it. Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month. Since then I've seen nothing.(Now on 9.1) I have a copy of Virex antivirus program (not norton, thank god) but not actually active and only ever run it about twice a year when I'm feeling paranoid! Ben, were you on vacation last week? -- Adrian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
on 7/2/05 5:44 PM, The Real Seed Catalogue at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, I've done mac support since 1989, starting at college. We were badly hit by viruses from time to time under late OS 6 ( I think early 7), as you can imagine - loads of students all runnign their OS off floppies that they swapped more often than bedmates. . . weekly scans with disinfectant fixed it. Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month. Since then I've seen nothing.(Now on 9.1) I have a copy of Virex antivirus program (not norton, thank god) but not actually active and only ever run it about twice a year when I'm feeling paranoid! They only virus I've ever seen on any of my macs is the Beeping virus. That's hardly malicious, just annoying, and very easy to get rid of. __ on OS 9.1 ? -- Adrian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? dan k [completely off-topic political rant] Isn't capitalism wonderful? Isn't the huge amount of money capitalism brings to bear on our political process wonderful? Isn't it nice to know how well we are taken care of by lawmakers largely beholden to powerful commercial interests? Money equals power and woe to anyone who tries to step between those interests and the profits to which those interests are apparently entitled. [/completely off-topic political rant] . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? AFAIK, it does. More and more, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) [ * ] is being written to incorporate by reference certain proprietary standards as if these were Federal standards. The Feds are giving away the candy store to the owners of the proprietary software, without ever requiring the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) [ ** ] to do a sanity check on such software. In particular, I believe that CFR Part which refers to DCMA specifically states that Macrovision-encrypted data may not be altered to remove the Macrovision encryption. Hence, the rapid emergence of the usual Macrovision circumvention, the analog loophole, which I will not describe here for fear of persecution ;-) . I'm sure some already own DVD drives which are all-Region. I know I do. Came that way from Apple Computer as part of my WS-II/300. Later DVD drives which were provided with the very same computer were single-Region. Also, some DVD players may be made all-Region by simple manipulation of the remote control. This, even though the those players have affixed to their cases the Region 1 sticker, meaning the player is purportedly compatible ONLY with Region 1 DVDs. Finally, some DVD players may be made to output a Macrovision-free data stream. The precise techniques vary with the player, but these usually involve manipulation of the remote control, and alteration of the VIDEO menu of the player. Sometimes a hidden menu is involved. Some of the best DVD players are using a single-chip solution (plus a single FLASH chip and a single RAM chip) from a domestic source, which accomplishes all DVD player operations, including DVD drive control and data stream decoding. This chip has supposedly been blessed by the usual suspect intellectual property owners, hence its wide use in DVD players which feature progressive scan. Region and Macrovision hacks are well-known for players which use this chip. Lastly, some DVDs are being authored by intentionally including flawed sectors in order to foil one-to-one duplication, which should otherwise be completely legal, as this does NOT remove Macrovision encryption. A defective sector cannot be duplicated, right? But, one of the best known tools is capable of BOTH correcting those defective sectors, AND removing Macrovision encryption. Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! [ * ] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: PB 160
On 2 Jul 2005, at 15:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Recently I acquired a 2nd Mac, a PB 160. It's in great physical shape but it has it's quirks. It boots up and I get a blank screen with a working mouse pointer, after several minutes it will ask for a floppy. If I insert a OS startup disk, I'll get the happy Mac icon, a few musical notes and then nothing. One time it booted to what looks like 6.0.x. Also is it suppose to take that long for the little Mac to respond? The harddrive does spin up and doesn't sound sick. Are there certain keys to press at startup to get different options? Do you have an external scsi cdrom ? if so hook it up to the pb and start from that, you should be able to get all the system specs when booted to a cd so see if it has enough to put a bare system 7 on there. Depending on how big the hdd and memory is , (also what you want it for) i would go for claris works. or just word for writing. It sounds like the hdd is dying so i would say that is the first thing to check once it is booted. vicki -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
the closest thing I ever had to a virus was putting on the thing that makes the computer get happy when you plug in the power cord, i did it to my wife's powerbook once... As I recall, there wee a bunch of novelty inits one dropped in the extensions folder that did amusing things; unable to control mouse, started scanning like an old BW TV (complete with snow), beeping, burping, brought up custom screens telling you your HD was deleting (complete with progress bar...) The only real virus that's ever cropped up in my time working with Macs has been through Microsoft Word documents. Some bright spark decided to infect the macros. Most annoying, but, like the other stuff easily fixed. gwd -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? AFAIK, it does. More and more, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) [ * ] is being written to incorporate by reference certain proprietary standards as if these were Federal standards. The Feds are giving away the candy store to the owners of the proprietary software, without ever requiring the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) [ ** ] to do a sanity check on such software. But, one of the best known tools is capable of BOTH correcting those defective sectors, AND removing Macrovision encryption. Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! [ * ] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ Who remembers when hollywood condemned the vcr and urged Congress to burn it. They are using the same arguments now and it seems to be working this time. What has changed? Pete. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
With regard to my thread last week OS 9 Security ? , which this thread seems to be a response to, out of posts to this list and the PCI list representing 1200 users NOT A SINGLE CASE OF OS 9 virus, Trojan Horse or Worm was reported. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
PETE wrote: [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ Who remembers when hollywood condemned the vcr and urged Congress to burn it. They are using the same arguments now and it seems to be working this time. What has changed? Pete. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com What has changed? I'd answer that but this would instantly evolve into a more political discussion than it already is. Can we get back to PBs? The best information source for this whole discussion is probably afterdawn.com. Lots of downloads too. BM -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
There were some worms that came out about the time Apple started the Snail/Intel commercials. They just slowed the Macs down using the auto-start feature of Quicktime and were pretty easy to disable and remove. It hit about a dozen of my client's machines and started after unsolicited restarts. On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:32 PM, Geoffrey Davis wrote: the closest thing I ever had to a virus was putting on the thing that makes the computer get happy when you plug in the power cord, i did it to my wife's powerbook once... As I recall, there wee a bunch of novelty inits one dropped in the extensions folder that did amusing things; unable to control mouse, started scanning like an old BW TV (complete with snow), beeping, burping, brought up custom screens telling you your HD was deleting (complete with progress bar...) The only real virus that's ever cropped up in my time working with Macs has been through Microsoft Word documents. Some bright spark decided to infect the macros. Most annoying, but, like the other stuff easily fixed. gwd -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.
There were some worms that came out about the time Apple started the Snail/Intel commercials. They just slowed the Macs down using the auto-start feature of Quicktime and were pretty easy to disable and remove. It hit about a dozen of my client's machines and started after unsolicited restarts. Did it ever effect OS 9 or later ? -- Adrian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
