Furthermore, in some cases it is not possible to know if the registry values (or the hosts file) were modified by the malware or by the user itself (or third-party utilities used by the user).
I don't know what they mean, my
Joke aside, what would you expect from a system where configuration files are not protected.
I will never watch TV while driving. I swear it.
Now give me that Satnav and please desactivate those warnings. I swear they are not needed.
Being on
Putted in other words is a comparative between two consumer grade virtualization software for Mac OS X. No datacenter, just plain old home computer.
Well again it is not the the UMP party fault either. It's their advertising firm that used this song illegally. And it's this firm that is paying for the song. After all they are paid by a political party to make them looks good to the youngters and used, without permission this song.
Let's be clear here, it's not that old party of old folks that knows about MGMT. It's like Reagan and "Born in U.S.A"'s Springsteen song all over again.
After all, I thought Slashdot users had an above average intelligence.
You must be new here.
According to the latest "Market Share" survey Windows, Mac and Linux users combined represent more than 99% of the web users. Flash is available on all those platforms and more.
But considering that on some platform, users may be dumb enough not to be able to install Flash, that some users may not want to install Flash for its close-sourceness this number could very well just above 98%. I mean that's a shame Adobe are lying with those numbers and should apologize to everyone for making up numbers so easily.
You are right on the money to have discover such an evil plot.
This does show how much being online is part of everyone culture now. Back in the 90's putting a web page with your pictures and we would have easily called you narcissist and think of you as a jerk.
But now, euh... no sorry, nevermind.
edlin, as referenced in the joke, is based on ed.
YAMI : Yet Another Microsoft's "inovation"
Your point is not valid since I don't usually run "installer" with root privileges as you say it.
Under Linux, to install a software, I
- install a package from a trusted sources
- compile code from a trusted sources
- examine an untrusted sotfware's package content/source code before installing it
and I don't have to worry about it.
--
Under MacOSX, to install a software, I :
- copy one folder from a disk image to my
- compile code from trusted sources.
without running an installer as root and I don't have to worry about it.
--
The principle is simple : I become root and nothing else. Nothing that will execute bad code anyway.
correctly.
I mean, Linux and MacOSX (and others) have sudo for years, the original code dating back to 1980 according to Wikipedia.
The concept is not new : type your password to gain access to some privileges. That way bots and virus can't do everything while you can still administrative tasks easily.
My question is how hard is it to copy some 25 years old functionality (marketing it as brand new) and still don't get it right.
Reminds me always of GNU fun jokes
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html
---
From: patl@athena.mit.edu (Patrick J. LoPresti)
Subject: The True Path (long)
Date: 11 Jul 91 03:17:31 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs,alt.slack
When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi *and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages like, 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
Ed, man! !man ed
ED(1) Unix Programmer's Manual ED(1)
NAME
ed - text editor
SYNOPSIS
ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
DESCRIPTION
Ed is the standard text editor.
---
Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed because it's ED!
"Ed is the standard text editor."
And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929
-rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990
Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed. Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
golem$ ed
?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?
---
Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity.
"Ed is the standard text editor."
Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!! Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
TEXT EDITOR.
When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their "edlin" on a Unix standard, did they mimic vi? No. Emacs? Surely you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all. The standard.
Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on. If you are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you should not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. -- Thomas Jefferson
