Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Ryan Dour
In the latest Safari release, a fraud site detector was added. Look in Safari's preferences under Security for the check box that enables and disables this feature. Ryan On May 24, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > > Hello; First, let me say that I too have not heard anything abo

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Ryan Dour
This sounds like spam actually. Ryan On May 24, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Any chance of backing up posts like this with some depth, maybe an > example, a link or two, anything really. A rellivant subject line > would've been a treat too. > > That aside I'm curious to know mo

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread chantel cuddemi
I haven't heard anything either. He nees to back up his accusations. On May 24, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Yes I agree, I believe that such accusations need to be supported. I > certainly have heard nothing about any such issues and I try to track > any info on Snow Leopard and esp

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Scott Howell
Yes I agree, I believe that such accusations need to be supported. I certainly have heard nothing about any such issues and I try to track any info on Snow Leopard and especially where security is concerned. On May 24, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Any chance of backing up post

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread ben mustill-rose
Most reasont thing google gives me is a exploit in i cal, dated 22/05/08. On 25/05/2009, Cara Quinn wrote: >Hey Josh, thanks for the note! Yes; I completely agree. > >I'm betting Jude has some very good sources, so am looking forward > to those links when he posts. > >this sort of th

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Josh, thanks for the note! Yes; I completely agree. I'm betting Jude has some very good sources, so am looking forward to those links when he posts. this sort of thing is obviously very important to the Mac community as you've said… Smiles, Cara :) --- Follow me on Twitter! h

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread John Panarese
I wasn't really following the proverbial course of events, but now taking the time to do some email back tracking, I'm inclined, unless reliable, solid sources can be presented, to believe this is a case of frustration and anger being haphazardly released. Take Care John Panarese

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Jude, thanks for your note, however, in future, might you / others flesh these sorts of notes out a bit with more relevant details / links and such? This looks like it's meant as a response to something, but the something isn't clear! Just as an FYI, it seems as if you're sort of

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
No computer is completely invulnerable to attacks. The Mac OS is far safer than Windows. Saying that your best bet is to take a machine offline to protect it is like saying that you're not going to drive your car until accidents are eliminated. It's frankly ridiculous. I haven't read anyth

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; First, let me say that I too have not heard anything about a security issue from apple. But, I have had a funny thing happen since I updated to the most recent version of the operating system. There is a site www.nationalmoonwalkdirectory.com that I have been visiting regularly w

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread John Panarese
Yeah, I'd be curious too. I haven't read anywhere about this, other than the usual paranoid hearsay and rumor driven assault we get about security. Some links and reliable sources would surely be appreciated. Take Care John Panarese On May 24, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Scott Chesworth

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Scott Chesworth
Any chance of backing up posts like this with some depth, maybe an example, a link or two, anything really. A rellivant subject line would've been a treat too. That aside I'm curious to know more. Hope you can post some background on it for us. On 5/24/09, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Take it off

mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
Take it off line and keep it in a closet until snow leopard has been released and then if I have enough money buy snow leopard and install it. Why? Because the hacker community is specifically targeting leopard exploiting two critical vulnerabilities that are widely embedded in Leopard and it