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New MacDefender Defeats Apple Security Update

Posted by samzenpus on from the +1-or-better-update-to-hit dept.

XxtraLarGe writes "Apple released a security update yesterday designed to rid Macs of the menacing MacDefender malware that has plagued users for nearly a month. But mere hours after the update, cyber-criminals released a new variant of the malware that easily defeated Apple's belated security efforts. That didn't take long."

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  1. Re:Obligatory Clarification by Altus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Didn't the anti trust regulation period end a while back? I assume windows will become the garden of peace and prosperity any day now.

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    "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson

  2. Re:Obligatory Clarification by DeathElk · · Score: 1, Funny

    Really? Is your ass a better browser? Bring it over and let me open it and enter some long URLs then. A thorough bout of user acceptance testing is in order, I say.

  3. OS/2 user obviously ... by perpenso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck Windows too. This is Slashdot. I have a four digit user ID. What operating system do you think I use, dipshit?

    Given the 90s timeframe and your level of anger I'd say you are obviously a very disappointed OS/2 user. ;-)