Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
John Niven wrote: -- On Fri, 9/4/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: A browser just sitting there isn't going to do anything. You can get autorefresh going, then there's the remote possibility that some malicious site could cause a problem with the 3rd or 4th refresh,

Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread George R. Hozendorf
We all know how low the chance of getting a virus is on a Mac. But, how vulnerable am I to prying eyes if I leave my browser open when not at the machine or when the Mac is sleeping? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote: We all know how low the chance of getting a virus is on a Mac. Zero. But, how vulnerable am I to prying eyes if I leave my browser open when not at the machine or when the Mac is sleeping? If the prying eyes are physically present

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: successfuklkly Wow! Even by MY standards that's an amazingly bad typo! Time to go home and barbeque something. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions,

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread John Niven
-- On Fri, 9/4/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: A browser just sitting there isn't going to do anything. You can get autorefresh going, then there's the remote possibility that some malicious site could cause a problem with the 3rd or 4th refresh, but that's a

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread Clark Martin
On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote: We all know how low the chance of getting a virus is on a Mac. But, how vulnerable am I to prying eyes if I leave my browser open when not at the machine or when the Mac is sleeping? It depends on what you've been doing and how open

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread Dan
At 4:08 PM -0700 9/4/2009, John Niven wrote: I often have a browser (usually FireFox) open but minimised. I have noticed that Activety Monitor often says that cpu time is being used by the browser under these conditions. Modern browsers like to do things on their own... If you've any

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-04 Thread George R. Hozendorf
On Sep 4, 2009, at 9/4/09 - 6:29 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote: We all know how low the chance of getting a virus is on a Mac. But, how vulnerable am I to prying eyes if I leave my browser open when not at the machine or when the Mac