Re: [OT] When will Apple learn?
Re: [OT] When will Apple learn?
- Subject: Re: [OT] When will Apple learn?
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 14:44:09 -0500
On 5/9/05 13:52, "Stephen Jonke" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> It takes exactly two clicks to manually run any file you download,
>> since you
>> can do this from the download manager window. Running downloaded files
>> automatically, (for that's what you're doing when you open them) is
>> dangerous.
>
> How precisely is it more dangerous than downloading and then
> double-clicking to run it? Either way you are running it. Or are you
> proposing that you download it, twiddle your thumbs for a while, throw
> it into the trash and erase the trash? Admittedly that would be safer
> and would kill a few minutes time, so perhaps it has its purpose. :)
If it doesn't autorun, then, in theory, if you are aware of the dangers of
the modern computing world, you can do things like scan it for malware, etc.
--
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
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