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12 December 2005 @ 05:59 pm
Good news for my computer  
After panicking Saturday night over the whole, "omg, I've killed my computer" thing, I discovered that I was fast enough, thanks to Zone Alarm's version of a panic button, to keep it from infecting my computer. Don't know if it was just that that saved me or a combo of patches, anti-virus protection, the firewall, and my quick shut down. I've managed to get through it without a reformat.

All scans now come back totally clean. I've run it through both NAV and the online free version of Kaspersky. That should be the end of that problem.
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[identity profile] la-directora.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 12:36 am (UTC)
*whew* Congratulations! And thank you for giving me even more respect for my Mac. :)
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 03:34 am (UTC)
funny you said that...I'd been pondering a laptop 'cause I want one. With Dell self-destructing customer-service-wise and w/ my need for image correction, I've been seriously pondering making it an Apple laptop. Still sometime off from buying, but it has been in my mind for about a month.
[identity profile] mcroft.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 01:00 pm (UTC)
Rumor is the amazing new intel based boxes will start with laptops.

Ambitious rumors say Jan 6, not so ambitious rumors say June 6.
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 11:00 pm (UTC)
Replaced to fix typo
I don't know enough about how Macs and Windoze differ, so would this make a difference? Would the Mac OS necessarily change to accommodate the new chip sufficiently that it would now be open to Windoze virii, whether of the wild variety or the Sony-esque?
[identity profile] mcroft.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 11:26 pm (UTC)
Re: Replaced to fix typo
Well, the advantage is supposed to be faster-cheaper, but otherwise the same.

The Virii are specific to the OS, but if you modify your Mac-Intel machine until it runs all the Windows stuff, then it will run the virii as well.

However, it's been very virus-free (Viruses for Macs died about System 7, so 1991 or so).
[identity profile] neilfein.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 04:01 pm (UTC)
The best piece of software I've installed of late is Firefox for Mac with the plugin "Noscript" that lets you see what javascripts are trying to run, and heads them off at the pass. Cool stuff.
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2005 11:02 pm (UTC)
All right - that sounds very interesting. I'm still using the old-style Mozilla on a Windoze machine. I'd be willing to work my way through why Foxfire failed to install correctly if it meant I could use a plug-in like this. Thanks for the info -- I'd LOVE a plug-in like this.