Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

2012-04-06 Thread Jonas Ulrich
It boots into the OSX installer, but won't install. It freezes part way through. -Jonas On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:43 AM -0700 4/5/2012, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Is there any way to run memtest without having an OS installed? You have to boot

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ I read this blog this morning and do not know how to launch the terminal application [Lion] to check for

Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 11:43 AM -0700 4/5/2012, Jonas Ulrich wrote: It boots into the OSX installer, but won't install. It freezes part way through. Ok. That's not what you said in your OP. So boot on an external drive, directly into safe mode... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ .8 snip! 8... 3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no longer

News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Tom
According to this news story on the Drudge website http://tinyurl.com/ 6wgysep, half a million Apple computers are infected with malware, a trojan disguised as a flash update, that allows other people to hijack the computer. They don't say what OS is involved, or whether every Mac OS is at risk.

Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

2012-04-06 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: It boots into the OSX installer, but won't install. It freezes part way through. -Jonas On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:43 AM -0700 4/5/2012, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Is there any way to run memtest without

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60- macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ .8 snip! 8...

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 7:15 AM -0800 4/6/2012, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: 3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no longer including it with OS X by default. So most newer Mac owners don't even have it installed ... unless they're using one of the many apps that require it. :\

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread JohnV
On Apr 5, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Tom wrote: According to this news story on the Drudge website http:// tinyurl.com/ 6wgysep, half a million Apple computers are infected with malware, a trojan disguised as a flash update, that allows other people to hijack the computer. They don't say what OS is

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 6, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Dan wrote: 3. Because Java is a dying language, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Java is a dying language like C++ is a dying language. Java never took off as a web applet language and a general purpose language for consumer applications, but Java is GINORMOUS in the

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Valter Prahlad
In Terminal, the command java -version will tell you what you have. Up-to-date (heh) Tiger, should be: java version 1.5.0_19 The latest is 1.6.0_31. I have Tiger 10.4.11 (G5 DP 2.7). When typing java -version in Terminal, it replies with: -bash: java: command not found :-( I installed

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 9:10 AM -0700 4/6/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: Android is coded in Java. I thought Android and its apps are coded in a Google-perverted Java. Isn't that why Oracle is suiing? :P Apple is no longer including it with OS X by default. That's because they used to have Apple's Own *Almost*

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
A nice article on TidBITS about Flashback... How to Detect and Protect Against Updated Flashback Malware http://tidbits.com/article/12918 - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Douglas Mencken
They were x86 macs. No reason to worry. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 1:38 PM -0400 4/6/2012, Douglas Mencken wrote: They were x86 macs. Yes, some were. But that's all we know. There has been no break-down of the data, or even a release of their raw data, gathered by that russian company. No reason to worry. The vulnerability exists in previous Java

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 6, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Douglas Mencken wrote: They were x86 macs. No reason to worry. Yes reason to worry. Java's an interpreted language that gets compiled to a universal p-code style executable; the underlying platform doesn't matter. There are indications that older versions of Java

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 12:52 PM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Douglas Mencken
Java's an interpreted language that gets compiled ... Thanks, Captain :) There are indications that older versions of Java aren't as vulnerable, but again, this has nothing to do with the underlying architecture. Java was only used to download and execute native x86 binaries. -- You

Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

2012-04-06 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Sorry I wasn't clear in my first post. I've never actually gotten an OS to install. I've gotten it to boot off of the Installer disc though, and the ASD disc. I ran ASD 2.5.8 over 20 times, and it passed them all. I will try to get some OS running on it, and run Memtest. Thanks for all the

Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

2012-04-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Sorry I wasn't clear in my first post. I've never actually gotten an OS to install. I've gotten it to boot off of the Installer disc though, and the ASD disc. I ran ASD 2.5.8 over 20 times, and it passed them all. I will try to get some

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 11:04 AM -0700 4/5/2012, Tom wrote: According to this news story on the Drudge website http://tinyurl.com/ 6wgysep, half a million Apple computers are infected with malware, a trojan disguised as a flash update, that allows other people to hijack the computer. They don't say what OS is

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

2012-04-06 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I gotta have Java for My ebay too. Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java? My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy. I don't see any client-side Java there. I turned off Java in my browsers and I can't get into My Ebay without it. Are you sure you have JavaScript ON and

Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?

2012-04-06 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Java was only used to download and execute native x86 binaries. Citation needed, and even if that were presently the case, that doesn't mean they couldn't throw a Universal binary together. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser *

Re: mozzilla demanding user to upgrade to tbird 11.1

2012-04-06 Thread Charles Lenington
On 4/5/12 7:02 AM, Brian Harding wrote: Scare tactics, direct links w/ no checking of system spec, caused lose of several years of mail (2006-2012). At least I use 3 computers to read mail, so it's an inconvienence. If you are running a MDD on 10.4.11, don't upgrade to t-bird 11.1. As long as