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

2012-04-12 Thread Al Poulin
On Apr 11, 7:54 am, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: I've heard of zero people that have tested positive for this malware. Security company sales benefit from scare tactics and over-estimation. It does NOT affect any PPC Macs because this malware code is Intel-only. G3-5 list is for

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

2012-04-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
unclear is whether the Java exploit being used is present in older versions of Java or not. If they are, the targeting PPC macs is relatively simple for the bad guys. If not then PPC macs are ok. The vulnerability *IS* present in older versions of Java.

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

2012-04-12 Thread Douglas Mencken
By not releasing Java updates for Leopard and older, Apple has screwed both ppc and x86 users. You can get OpenJDK7 from mac ports or fink. -- 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

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

2012-04-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
The Flashback trojan uses an exploit to break through the sandbox and execute Java-based malware with privileges, so the *exploit will work on PPC* because it is Java that is executing with privileges, *not* native machine code. What is not clear is what happens next. If the binary that is

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

2012-04-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
By not releasing Java updates for Leopard and older, Apple has screwed both ppc and x86 users. You can get OpenJDK7 from mac ports or fink. AFAIK there is no 10.4 version (I would love to be proven wrong), and there is no browser plugin. But it would suffice for true Java apps, at least.

Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Dan
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (fully updated), on m'QuickSilver 2002, 1.5 GB RAM (maxed)... Ahm having an odd problem... Poked around and found an ok workaround, but not an actual fix to the issue. Wondering if you'all have seen this? I'm trying to burn large files to DVD+RW media, using Finder, or

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Dan wrote: But I'm wondering... Have any of you seen this type of problem before? On an anecdotal basis I can report that it seemed as if I had more burn failures on my dual 2.3 G5 when I had less RAM installed, and when I installed more RAM it seems like I

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 12-04-2012 22:25, Dan ha scritto: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (fully updated), on m'QuickSilver 2002, 1.5 GB RAM (maxed)... I had a G4 DA (pretty similar to your QS), with 1GB Ram, and I had no problem burning DVD-RW discs (with Toast 8). In the past, I noticed MacOS had problems with +R optical

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Dan
At 12:14 AM +0200 4/13/2012, Valter Prahlad wrote: In the past, I noticed MacOS had problems with +R optical media (so I always used -R (or -RW) media afterwards), I don't know if this is still true. Most of the discs I'm burning are destined for a Lite-On DVD-Recorder/Player, that requires +

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Dan
At 3:37 PM -0500 4/12/2012, Kris Tilford wrote: I've also wondered if these fail to verify are true? hum. Got me wondering that now, too. Ok, I'm going to check and see. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread W.Adrian D'Alessio
Do you need more free space on the hard disk? The lack of scratch space was often a problem with Toast on old PPCs with small drives. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 3:37 PM -0500 4/12/2012, Kris Tilford wrote: I've also wondered if these fail to verify are

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Dan
At 10:26 PM -0400 4/12/2012, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Do you need more free space on the hard disk? The lack of scratch space was often a problem with Toast on old PPCs with small drives. It doesn't seem to be a HD free space issue. Typically, I've got between 15 and 40 GB free on the boot

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread W.Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 10:26 PM -0400 4/12/2012, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Do you need more free space on the hard disk? The lack of scratch space was often a problem with Toast on old PPCs with small drives. It doesn't seem to be a HD free

Re: Free memory vs Disc burning

2012-04-12 Thread Dan
At 11:45 PM -0400 4/12/2012, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Could drive access speed be an issue? The burner is a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-127D The HDs are all 7200rpm, etc. If there was an access speed issue, wouldn't that manifest regardless of the amount of free memory in the system? - Dan. -- -