The operative word is "if". As it stands now and for the foreseeable future, it's the way to go.
-Jeff Khoury
On Dec 10, 2010, at 7:10 PM, "Mike Frey" wrote:
If the percentage of Macs in the world was equal to the percentage of Windoze PCs, there would be far more malware and other evils of the interwebs attacking them. They re not immune! Mike (who [b]oversees[/b] the guys who do high end computing for a living)

(who also acknowledges that there are a lot of guys that know a lot more than I do) [b]From:[/b]
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]Jeff Khoury
[b]Sent:[/b] Friday, December 10, 2010 9:42 PM
[b]To:[/b] Mike Frey
[b]Cc:[/b] revmaaatin; DSN KLR650
[b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Virus incident on this KLR site I recommend a Macintosh.
-Jeff Khoury
(Who does high-end computing for a living)[b]From: [/b]"Mike Frey"
[b]To: [/b]"revmaaatin" , "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>
[b]Sent: [/b]Friday, December 10, 2010 3:09:52 PM
[b]Subject: [/b]Re: [DSN_KLR650] Virus incident on this KLR site
I know that one well. A whole raft of new ones is now appearing on a screen near you. This just in the tech news today:
[url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/from-rogue-av-to-fake-disk-clean-up-utilities/7804?tag=nl.e540]http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/from-rogue-av-to-fake-disk-clean-up-utilities/7804?tag=nl.e540[/url]
I recommend a Malwarebytes Full Scan (click the Update tab first to make sure you have the latest scanner and definitions)
Mike
revmaaatin wrote:
POSSIBLE FAKE MICROSOFT TROJAN--
Subject line changed, but will be linked to Mark V Horn's reply:
I only bring this up here because it was here (DSN) that it happened.
This morning when I opened Mark's message,
It opened normally, and then went to a Microsoft type message that I said I had a compromised system, I had a virus, I had Trojans. Your computer is going to die.
Was it related to Mark's message. I have no idea.
Just reporting the sequence of occurrence.
Coincidence? shrug.
Don't know--I report, you decide.
I opted out of the RUN/CANCEL feature; it ran a virus scan uncommanded anyway.
THE REPORT
It said I had virus's, Trojans = 30+, to include Trojans in my D drive.
Then it asked me to do a 'full scan'.
Mind you it had all the Microsoft looking stuff in the banners, etc.
First clue something was wrong--I don't have any data stored in a D drive. that I know of...
2d clue: It would not let me delete anything/identified threat without doing a full scan.
ah, no thanks.
I closed it all out.
Went to the certified Microsoft links and asked for the updates--my automatic updates had been running and so there were no updates.
I ran the malware stuff--it was always running in the background.
All good. 100% satisfied that I was being properly protected by AVAST, MalWare Bytes.
I'm glad I did not run the suggested cleaning program.
Additional suggestions solicited.
revmaaatin.
--- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn tengai650@... wrote:
>
> ...Like the chain I broke on my Tengai a week before Thanksgiving on
> I-99 on my morning commute. The irony is that I had looked in my
> maintenance log a few days prior and decided that I'd put on a new
> chain during my Thanksgiving vacation. It had 16K miles on it, but
> has not major signs of impending doom. However, that morning, the
> chain felt stiff on the road and I thought I should have probably
> lubed it. Also, it was a lower tensile-strength RK o-ring chain than
> I normally use, recommended for 500cc street bikes. The master link
> broke in half, but the clip stayed on. the busing and pins were
> really worn, but it was the side plates that failed.
> Fortunately, it spooled off the rear sprocket and bunched up only
> enough in front to cut 6 of the 8 wires and break the sprocket guard,
> with no damage to the engine case. Most of the chain dragged on the
> ground as I coasted to the off-ramp.
> Two hours of work the next week and the bike was back on the road.
>
> Mark
>
>
> At 1:45 PM -0700 12/8/10, Fred Hink wrote:
> ...You could run this chain right up to and just before it breaks,
> locking up the rear wheel and causing you to slide under that bus
> coming at you at 60mph. If you got o-rings coming off your chain, it
> is telling you something. I'd pay close attention to what your chain
> is telling you.
>