17 month ago
Linkorama : Untangle to go Open Source - Untangle’s platform for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and more is based on a variety of existing Open Source Solutions (Such as SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Snort, OpenVPN, etc.) which they have integrated and added on features.
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43folders : The Macalope » Blog Archive » Dear Apple… - "But shipping virus-infected iPods was your mistake. Not Microsoft’s."
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31 month ago
merlinmann : Daring Fireball: Good Journalism - Gruber goes to town on the AP's big "Apple" virus story.
Cameron Moll : DF on good journalism - Daring Fireball: Good Journalism. "Oh, zing! Not just an opening vignette, but the opening vignette with the ironic twist! See, I thought he was going to say Daines was using a Windows PC, because, you know, that sort of scene plays out millions of times
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33 month ago
plasticbag : "Experts have uncovered a serious security hole in the way Apple software handles downloaded files." - It's more troubling conceptually rather than actually, since there are no live versions of these viruses in public. But now the hole is well-known, it's likely that people will try and exploit it...
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35 month ago
plasticbag : Bill Thompson declares that Mac users are 'too smug' over security, and you know what - for once I agree with him... - But on the other hand, if - as he suggests - Macs are much safer against viruses and the like, then he should also be declaring Windows users irresponsible for using such a vulnerable OS in the first place.
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38 month ago
kellan : MySpace hacked: Viral vectors mutating and spreading among previously unaffectable communities. - First Warcraft and now MySpace. Apparently all social ventures are susceptible to viruses. (Is that a new law?) #
deusx : MySpace hacked: Samy is my Hero : www.Fast.info/myspace - "clever bit of viral javascript imbedded into his myspace page"
Milo Vermeulen : A Friendly MySpace Hack [via]
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40 month ago
jimray : ClamXav - The FREE Virus Scanner for Mac OS X - Based on the open source Clamav virus scanner
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Corrupted PC's Find New Home in the Dumpster - Many PC owners are simply replacing embattled machines rather than fixing them: "I was losing the battle. It was cheaper and faster to go to the store and buy a low-end PC."
deusx : Corrupted PC's Find New Home in the Dumpster - New York Times - "Many PC owners are simply replacing embattled machines rather than fixing them." Wow, this seems insane. How can the new machines be possibly any better off than the old ones?
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn't everyone on a Mac? - "It's a game of numbers, after all. Anti-Mac pundits always mutter the same thing as they install yet another PC bug fix: there just aren't enough Macs out there to warrant a hacker's attention. Which is, of course, mostly bull."
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deusx : latimes: No More Internet for Them - "Fed up over problems stemming from viruses and spyware, some computer users are giving up or curbing their use of the Web."
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