Or even incite - showing their lack of insight! Sorry, sometimes I just can¹t help myself ;o)
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 2/12/15 19:28, Stephen Chape at chap...@bigpond.com wrote: > Thank you people ! > Just confirmed what I already felt. > But now I am furious with that very popular national seniors website. > How dare they insight unnecessary fear in Australia¹s elderly. > > > >> On 2 Dec 2015, at 7:55 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 1 Dec 2015, at 10:25 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> I completely agree with Susan and Tim! >>> There is no fact or credibility in that 'advertising' article. >>> Like Tim I had also checked out Ryan Boutland - no credibility whatsoever. >>> >>> If this is the level of article that "Your Life Choices" is putting out to >>> Seniors, I am concerned. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>> >>> >> >> Yes, this is classic scaremongering in its purest form. Yes, it is true that >> the amount of malware has increased over the past few years. It is also true >> that it is present in such small amounts that contracting any of it is very >> rare, and always depends on the user taking a conscious decision to allow it >> onto their system. Admittedly, such a user is usually an unwitting victim in >> this, since the traps and devices used by the spreader of this stuff are >> becoming more and more ingenious, but the time honoured advice of not >> clicking suspicious links to software or unknown websites holds true now more >> than ever. >> >> It is additionally true that, despite what the ³article² claims, there are >> still no viruses on the Mac, and this is after 15 years of running OS X. A >> true virus is one which lands on your computer through some "back door² and >> works its nastiness at a very basic system level. No such gremlin exists, and >> Apple is working hard to make sure it never does through technologies like >> Gatekeeper. Certainly, sending your hard-earned money to a company like Avira >> will not help one iota. >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape
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