Re: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
Re: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
- Subject: Re: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
- From: Anthony Caruana - President iMug <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:26:59 +1100
- Thread-topic: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
I blogged on this (as did my Vice-President) today.
The conspiracy theorist in me "likes" the idea of AV companies making
viruses but it's doubtful that they'd do it without getting caught.
The blog entries, for those that are interested are
http://www.thepdaguy.com/view_post.php?id=221
http://homepage.mac.com/lesposen/blogwavestudio/
The best advice we can offer our members is to practise safe computing -
current AV software, firewalls, not receiving unexpected attachments, etc.
Anthony Caruana
President - iMug
email@hidden
www.imug.com.au
On 20/2/06 3:59 PM, "James Macak" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Anthony D. Saxton wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:31:54 -0800
>> From: "Anthony D. Saxton" <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
> <SNIP>
>> Unfortunately, I suspect this new Trojan Horse is another created by
>> some unscrupulous Anti-Virus company trying to convince Mac users
>> that they need their software. If so, I hope their caught and put out
>> of business!
>
> Your implication that an anti-viral software company created this
> malware is ill-considered. Although I am no fan of the hype and FUD
> (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) spread by these companies in pushing
> their wares, we users should not take up their tactics and raise this
> sort of conjecture. If we do, we are no better than they are.
>
> I would hope that Macintosh User Group leaders would be a source of
> reliable information on the malware subject. The quoted paragraph
> most certainly is not.
>
> Jim Macak, President
> Double Click, Inc.
> The Macintosh Users Group of Milwaukee, WI
> http://www.double-click.com/
>
>
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