Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-15 Thread Dan
At 9:10 AM -0700 4/6/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Java is a dying language like C++ is a dying language. Ed Bott's latest. In short, Java is easy to avoid, except when you can't.

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
hum. Apple Snubs Firm That Discovered Mac Botnet, Tries To Cut Off Its Server Monitoring Infections http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/09/apple-snubs-firm-who-discovered-mac-botnet-tries-to-cut-off-its-server-monitoring-infections/ The comments after the article are good too.

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Dan wrote: Some more articles: http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/its-time-run-java-out-of-town-190525 Might as well write an article C++'s done, time to stick a fork in it. This idiot hasn't got a clue of just how widespread Java is in enterprise

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
At 2:25 PM -0700 4/11/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: Also, Apple's solution is coming in Mountain Lion, and you all are going to howl like stuck pigs about it, because it's Application Signing, the App store on steroids, where only approved apps will run on OS X. By default. Overrideable. And

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
At 2:25 PM -0700 4/11/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Dan wrote: Some more articles: http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/its-time-run-java-out-of-town-190525 Might as well write an article C++'s done, time to stick a fork in it. This idiot hasn't got a

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ I read this blog this morning and do not know how to launch the terminal application [Lion] to check for

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ .8 snip! 8... 3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no longer

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60- macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ .8 snip! 8...

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 7:15 AM -0800 4/6/2012, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: 3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no longer including it with OS X by default. So most newer Mac owners don't even have it installed ... unless they're using one of the many apps that require it. :\

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 6, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Dan wrote: 3. Because Java is a dying language, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Java is a dying language like C++ is a dying language. Java never took off as a web applet language and a general purpose language for consumer applications, but Java is GINORMOUS in the

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Valter Prahlad
In Terminal, the command java -version will tell you what you have. Up-to-date (heh) Tiger, should be: java version 1.5.0_19 The latest is 1.6.0_31. I have Tiger 10.4.11 (G5 DP 2.7). When typing java -version in Terminal, it replies with: -bash: java: command not found :-( I installed

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 9:10 AM -0700 4/6/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: Android is coded in Java. I thought Android and its apps are coded in a Google-perverted Java. Isn't that why Oracle is suiing? :P Apple is no longer including it with OS X by default. That's because they used to have Apple's Own *Almost*

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
A nice article on TidBITS about Flashback... How to Detect and Protect Against Updated Flashback Malware http://tidbits.com/article/12918 - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 12:52 PM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. I turned off Java in my browsers and I can't get into My Ebay without it. Are you sure you have JavaScript ON and