Beware

[MarkB]

If you receive a message from [email protected], DON'T OPEN IT. The sender is not our nsxpilot and the email will most likely contain a virus (1. wsd01.exe: W32.Beagle.BA@mm). I have received 2 emails from this PRETENDER, both of which contained viruses.

 

[NsXMas]

Damn Mark, what idiots... Hopefully your anti-virus protection is up to date.

 

[nsxtasy]

Keep in mind that many of the newer viruses don't show the e-mail address of the person whose computer sent it. They go through the personal address book and send virus e-mails to everyone there, and make each one look like it came from someone else in the address book. So there is no guarantee that this nsxpilot e-mail address sent the virus e-mail, or even that other virus e-mails won't be sent from other e-mail addresses.

As always, your best bet is to use virus protection software, and keep the virus definitions up to date.

 

[tucsonsx]

Or buy a Mac and be virus free while enjoying a superior operating system. :smile:

 

[MarkB]

Actually, I am protected by 2 anti-virus systems: MaAfee (on my machine) and Symantec (on the RR host).

 

[nsxtasy]

Or buy a Mac

One of the things I find most obnoxious about Macs is the way their very few users go around hijacking internet topics, instead of helping people with problems they are having. It's like going to a Ferrari car board, where there is a discussion of some problem endemic to Ferraris, and saying, "I don't have that problem, because I drive an NSX." When you think about it, it doesn't help the original poster with his problem, and it doesn't really say anything about the car (after all, ALL cars, just like all computers, have their quirks and problems). It's just a display of arrogance.

 

[The Kid]

Bailey, where are you?

 

[tucsonsx]

One of the things I find most obnoxious about Macs is the way their very few users go around hijacking internet topics, instead of helping people with problems they are having. It's like going to a Ferrari car board, where there is a discussion of some problem endemic to Ferraris, and saying, "I don't have that problem, because I drive an NSX." When you think about it, it doesn't help the original poster with his problem, and it doesn't really say anything about the car (after all, ALL cars, just like all computers, have their quirks and problems). It's just a display of arrogance.

It is actually a very logical solution to the problem that has been offered by
Walter Mossberg, who writes the " Mossberg Solution " column about technology for the Wall Street Journal, among others. In fact there are now
businesses making the switch with all the agony that entails for this very reason. Frankly nsxtasy, I'm a little disappointed in your response to my post.

 

[Carguy!]

It is actually a very logical solution to the problem that has been offered by
Walter Mossberg, who writes the " Mossberg Solution " column about technology for the Wall Street Journal, among others. In fact there are now
businesses making the switch with all the agony that entails for this very reason. Frankly nsxtasy, I'm a little disappointed in your response to my post.

The reason that Windows operating systems are attacked more frequently than Mac's is because they have the lions share of the market.

If enough companies switched to Mac's they would also become a target. The good news for you is this will never happen because in the real world they don't do what most companies need so they will always be just a niche product.

My analogy:

If you drive around in a vehicle with tracks you don't have to worry about those boots that are made to fit on tires when you don't pay their parking fees. Those silly things are only made to fit on tires, maybe everyone should switch to tanks and you would never have to worry about paying parking fees again.

 

[Acura NsX Pilot]

Bailey, where are you?

It wasnt me and that is a old name that I used when I first joined prime. But I see things were under control with this situation so no need for me to chim in. I am just surprised that I did not recieve a PM from anyone.

 

[SCS2k]

Or buy a Mac and be virus free while enjoying a superior operating system. :smile:

I agree.

 

[White92]

It's like going to a Ferrari car board, where there is a discussion of some problem endemic to Ferraris, and saying, "I don't have that problem, because I drive an NSX."

I bet this actually happens quite a bit.

 

[tucsonsx]

The reason that Windows operating systems are attacked more frequently than Mac's is because they have the lions share of the market.

Certainly this is by far the biggest reason Macs have not had the virus problems that PCs have had; however, there is a little more to it than that. Since OSX is a more compartmentalized operating system than Windows ( an evolution of MS-DOS ), it is much more difficult for an e-mail attachment to infect the whole operating system. While I have no doubt that some geek gunslinger will eventually spread a virus through the world's Mac population
just to be a 15 minute celebrity, the fact is that OSX is more virus resistant than Windows.