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maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 17:22:40 Do virus detector companies actually write viruses to make money? That's one thing i've always wondered........ (Yes, I am drunk. ) -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 18:23:19 I've often wondered that too. I dont know, but what the hell, there were a grand total of about thirty-three mac viruses out there, and there are a bunch of mac AV programs. just my say. CCC Commander Promotion: 19 Mar 2003 13:06:30 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Q650, a Q660AV, an SE/30, and a MacII Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, a PM 8600/300, and a PM8500/180 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
Unknown_K Full Member USA 602 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 19:57:11 I dont think they write them, but I bet they do exagerate how many they are, same virus probably has 100 different names. When was the last time anybody ever had a virus on their pc anyway? I have been using PC's (favorite virus platform) since late 80's and I never had a virus even though I have downloaded GB's of data off of bbs's and the internet. If a company selling antivirus software was ever busted coding them in any way thats the end of that company, and most likely other companies would take a hit also.
redrouteone Junior Member USA 226 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 21:13:47 I clean virii off of systems at least 3 times a week. Most of the time there are the ones that take advantage of the the latest Outlook Express security hole. ML5- I dont think that they write them but I dont doubt that they encourge them. Years ago McAfee would pay $50 for each new virus sample you sent them. A friend of mine needed some money one month so he wrote a few virii and infected his machine. Then let McAfee detect it and send it in. Then deleted the virus code and the virus its self. In the end I think he made about $150 And I'm sure he's not the only one that did that. Life is like Jeopardy you have all the answers, you just need the questions.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 21:25:51 heh... OHNO!!! the virus companies are making viruses... and theyre UNSUCCESSFUL at giving them to us! who bets that the virus-scan installers actually GIVE us the virii! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
foetoid Full Member USA 554 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 21:45:34 I could write a cheap virus for Mac with AppleScript. It would only affect pre X systems, but I could... 2 reasons not to, 1) too lazy 2) i like macs too much to do that to them. ________________ foetoid, that's (fee-toy-duh) http://www.foetoid.doesntexist.com
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 23:06:24 heh.... I wouldnt make any virus... if I wanted to harm a computer I'd do it myself in person... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 23:19:35 quote: When was the last time anybody ever had a virus on their pc anyway? I have been using PC's (favorite virus platform) since late 80's and I never had a virus even though I have downloaded GB's of data off of bbs's and the internet. When i first got my Dell and ethernetted it to the iMac, it turned out that i had all these files back on the iMac that were actually PC viruses that i didn't know about. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 24 May 2003 : 23:52:38 heh... turns out... you didn't care because nothing can hurt a mac! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 25 May 2003 : 00:13:11 Exactly! The 'i' in iMac stands for Invincible! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 25 May 2003 : 10:39:49 quote: When was the last time anybody ever had a virus on their pc anyway? iThink the last time I had a virus on my PC was a couple of years ago in like 1998. It started acting funny when I'd try to use Internet Explorer, and then a window poped up with some insulting message and then I knew it was a virus. Wish I could remember what it was called. A lot of the older virii don't even work on PCs anymore because they're meant for DOS real mode. All you'd have to do is close your DOS box and it's gone. I don't know if you can use shell scripts on OSX as I've had no experience with it, but I'm sure you could write a nasty "virus" as a shell script. I'd sure hope you can use shell scripts with X because it would be really pointless having a part UNIX OS without supporting shell scripts. The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5 LC III Mail Server Q610 Q650 6400/180 40/1.6G/512k L2/enet/video-in/TV 7600/120 '604/233, 80/1.2G & 4G, 9.2.2 (Main Mac) Lady Smith Apples: Apple IIc 5.25" 2 Apple IIe
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 25 May 2003 : 13:27:09 Virus' are very very easy to write. I have been very tempted to make one and set it loose upon our schools POS network. Just to see the fat lazy Network admin run around and actually do some work. I have been recently getting this Win32klz pc virus. But having a Mac it doesnt matter. 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Christophillis- Lt. Colonel Newton Squadron Commander Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 or just 4
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 25 May 2003 : 17:13:25 I got Nimda last year on my POS School network, but seeing as though I had my iMac, it didn't matter. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1

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