[OT] MacDefender

[Bob Sneidar]

While I agree mostly with Stephen, I think "deserve" is probably the wrong word. "Inevitable" comes to mind, as in it's inevitable that a person who in this day and age does not know to NOT click anything in a webpage that says he is infected, will get some kind of malware at some point in time. 

I have recited the schpeel so may time I cannot count them, about not clicking the link in the email that says your bank account is compromised, or click the button in a web page that says "Clean", and STILL there are people here at work that when confronted with such traps, just H A V E   T O   C L I C K   IT! 

We sadly have become quite ignorant of the technology that both enables us and endangers us. We thought that technology would make things "easier" in the end, but I have been saying all my life, that we only can trade one kind of pain for another. We cannot rid ourselves of pain altogether. 

The real question to always ask, is the pain I am giving up more manageable then the pain I am taking on?

Bob


On May 19, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Roger Eller wrote:

> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM, stephen barncard
> <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
>> Touched a nerve. Sorry for the soapbox.
>> 
>> Actually most mac users are USED to seeing these cheezy popups which always
>> lie and the ads usually refer to Windows (the links are zip files that fail
>> harmlessly).
>> 
>> Most mac users are informed enough about this stuff to ignore it anyway.
>> 
>> Anyway, if you've downloaded and installed this thing, then you get what
>> you deserve.
> 
> I don't believe that anyone DESERVES to get a virus.  There are
> newbies (noobs) even to the intuitive Mac OS.  There are innocent
> little grandmothers that got a Mac mini for Mothers Day.  Do they
> deserve to get a virus because they didn't know not to install it?
> Hmmm... I must have gotten my nerve touched too.
> 
> ~Roger
> 
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