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  1. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Aug 3, 2002
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    Carbon McCoy
    What do you think of this...? i just Xed it out; it says advertisement in the corner; had i hit Yes, i would've unwittingly downloaded some hellish crap that overran my last computer...?
     
  2. Schatten

    Schatten F1 World Champ
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    Apr 3, 2001
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    Randy
    it's evil evil stuff. at least they put 'advertisement' in the bottom right hand corner. but there are lots of warnings. ads were *supposed* to stop mimicing windows dialog boxes and prompts, yet they continue to do so.

    ignore it, if it continues, see if it comes up at a particular site, which means you need to stop going to the naughty sites Carbon, or... you need to scan away with adaware/spybot stuff.
     
  3. ashsimmonds

    ashsimmonds F1 World Champ

    Feb 14, 2004
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    actually i had one today that actually looked authentic. it wasn't enclosed in a regular browser window, but very well mimicked a system dialog. jeez, can't remember what it said, but it had a 3-way button and despite the gazillions of things i've seen of this nature i almost clicked it.

    as technology progresses, i believe i'll find myself separating from it.
     
  4. Varenne

    Varenne Formula Junior

    Nov 8, 2003
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    Mark
    Randy,

    Just a general question - tangentially related to the whole discussion of adware, spyware, virus, etc. etc. etc.

    Is the Mac OS subject to these same problems? If I were to get a Mac for home use and my kids to use - would that be less prone to infection by bad stuff?

    OR

    Am I simply trading one problem (Windows nasties) for another (Mac nasties)

    Your thoughts ?
     
  5. Schatten

    Schatten F1 World Champ
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    Apr 3, 2001
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    Randy
    Mark, I've always wanted to make "the switch", but just not yet. A friend of mine, and fellow fchatter, "Sondra" has recently made the switch. She wonders why it took her so long to do so. She doesn't have any of the typical windows issues with spyware/malware. The developers for software on the mac and drivers for various hardware, go through many more tests and qualification tests to certify them. And then you have... windows. The drivers are updated quite often (video mainly) and not all is compatible. With mac, it works or it doesn't. That's it. Most of the time, it just does work. I don't have one, but support a handful here at work, which requires me to do next to nothing on them. Problems? I doubt it. Great package. Just the software/games, etc. are tailored for the mac and can be slightly more expensive. Drop Sondra a message and inquire with any problems she might have had. I'm sure she'll respond positively.
     
  6. Sondra

    Sondra Rookie

    Apr 7, 2004
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    Thanks for letting me know about this, Randy.

    I've had my Mac for about 7 months now, and I'm really happy with it. It seems that Apple really thought of everything: the OS is extremely easy to navigate. If you need something, look where you think it should be and it will be there, unlike Windows, which feels a lot like a Choose Your Own Adventure book in that you have to go through specific choices on specific, obscure windows to get to, say, Defrag.

    I haven't had any issues that I know of with spyware or viruses. They do make antivirus software for Mac and perhaps I'm being a little naive, but I haven't seen the need for it yet. When I get $50 I won't miss, I will probably invest in some just to be on the safe side though.
     
  7. FarmerDave

    FarmerDave F1 World Champ
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    Those Choose Your Own Adventure books were awesome!

    (sorry, you just brought back some good times. :) )
     
  8. itsarevolution

    itsarevolution Karting

    Jan 16, 2004
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    Cem O.
    Get mac , say goodbye to viruses or any kind of crash or error.. welcome the stable computer life and warm beauty of the os x.. fUgly windows , jeez!
     
  9. Varenne

    Varenne Formula Junior

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    Sondra, Cem,

    thanks. that's what I kind of expected. I appreciate your comments. I think that for my next PC I'll try a Mac. Most of what i do at home is internet stuff anyway (online banking, email, that kind of stuff). I do have some personal spreadsheets (excel) and the like, but I know there are ways they can be ported over, so that's not much of a concern.


    Thanks again,
     

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