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 18:18:26 +1100
- Thread-topic: AUGD: The future is coming soon... or is it?
Hi Bill
If you're wanting to reprint the article at
http://www.thepdaguy.com/view_post.php?id=221 then you have my permission (a
link to my site would be nice). Is Call-A.P.P.L.E. a printed or electronic
newsletter?
The article at Les' site is his copyright so I suggest you contact him
directly via his site.
Best
Anthony
On 20/2/06 5:40 PM, "Bill Martens" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> Can we re-print this article in this month's issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E.?
>
> By the way, i thinkk you hit the nail on the head with this one. Winblows
> users have had to worry about spyware and viruses while us Apple and Mac
> users have just had the odd ball virus that usually hasnt even reached the
> wild.
>
> Thank god we live in a world of Macintosh.
>
> Cheers
>
> --billm--
> A.P.P.L.E. President
> www.callapple.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Caruana - President iMug" <email@hidden>
> To: "Apple User Groups" <email@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: 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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