Mark Hypponen reported in Nov. 2006 that there were over 200,000. Last I'd heard there were about 360,000 total viruses (for all OSes: 30,000 for Mac, 15 for Linux, etc). I'd second guess the assertion of over 700,000 viruses, even with differences in counting variants and definitions of malware/spyware/adware/viruses/etc... I'm not personally familiar with this service, but I've not found many online scanners that do a real good job of scanning, let alone removing.
I have extensive experience with malware removal in a variety of environs, the tool I used most (though there is no ONE tool solution, I'd usually take 6-10 work hours per infected system and 5-10 different tools depending on infection type) was a hacked version of the NOD32 engine that did not need to be installed. I'd copy the latest defs from an installation of NOD32 (be ESET), copy the directory to the infected system and run the executable. It would find usually 90-95% of all infections on the system, and unless they were really deep, it could remove them all too. I'd also run the sysclean.com from trendmicro (pccillin engine) and then specific fixes/removal tools for specific persistent infections.
Camera only. You'll have the world to listen to so leave the iPod, and nature to watch so leave the MacBook. There are internet terminals and cafes that are cheap for myspace or facebook or your favorite blog tools...
Take lots of large memory cards for the camera.
Being smart slashdotter types, you might appreciate the fact that isolating the melting that may occur due to global warming in the artic ice caps, the sea levels would NOT rise. Ever put ice inside a cup and fill it to the brim? Let the ice melt, and even though the ice was over the edge of the cup, the cup will not overflow as the ice melts, because the ice displaces the same amount of water by MASS not VOLUME. Ice just has a more spacious molecular structure. So yea, the Antarctic might cause a bit of sea-level fluctuation, but because the VAST MAJORTITY of the ice in the artic (open spots reported on the sea) is sea (floating) ice, it already displaces as much water as it ever will, and by melting it will not raise the sea-levels.
Besides this being little more than a junk science screed against that favorite bugbear, global warming and pollution (hint hint, neither are as bad as a vocal few would make it out to be. What's so bad about the nuclear reactors? Some of the most "Progressive" coutries (such as France) are nearly or completely nuclear powered. Byproducts include steam, steam, steam, and oh, for the humongous amount of clean efficient power put out, a slight amount of radioactive waste that causes less damage if exposed to the average person than the suns rays do over the course of a day. I say cut out the coal-fired dirt bins that power much of the US, maintain the current dam system (don't expand, too much damage to little-understood ecosystems in the rivers they impede and lakes they create), and build lots of nuclear power plants.
BTW, anybody ever looked at the actual data for fatalities and life-threatening or disabling conditions caused by such "disasters" as Three Mile Island or Chernobyl? Yea, thought not.
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Mark Hypponen reported in Nov. 2006 that there were over 200,000. Last I'd heard there were about 360,000 total viruses (for all OSes: 30,000 for Mac, 15 for Linux, etc). I'd second guess the assertion of over 700,000 viruses, even with differences in counting variants and definitions of malware/spyware/adware/viruses/etc... I'm not personally familiar with this service, but I've not found many online scanners that do a real good job of scanning, let alone removing.
I have extensive experience with malware removal in a variety of environs, the tool I used most (though there is no ONE tool solution, I'd usually take 6-10 work hours per infected system and 5-10 different tools depending on infection type) was a hacked version of the NOD32 engine that did not need to be installed. I'd copy the latest defs from an installation of NOD32 (be ESET), copy the directory to the infected system and run the executable. It would find usually 90-95% of all infections on the system, and unless they were really deep, it could remove them all too. I'd also run the sysclean.com from trendmicro (pccillin engine) and then specific fixes/removal tools for specific persistent infections.
Camera only. You'll have the world to listen to so leave the iPod, and nature to watch so leave the MacBook. There are internet terminals and cafes that are cheap for myspace or facebook or your favorite blog tools... Take lots of large memory cards for the camera.
Being smart slashdotter types, you might appreciate the fact that isolating the melting that may occur due to global warming in the artic ice caps, the sea levels would NOT rise. Ever put ice inside a cup and fill it to the brim? Let the ice melt, and even though the ice was over the edge of the cup, the cup will not overflow as the ice melts, because the ice displaces the same amount of water by MASS not VOLUME. Ice just has a more spacious molecular structure. So yea, the Antarctic might cause a bit of sea-level fluctuation, but because the VAST MAJORTITY of the ice in the artic (open spots reported on the sea) is sea (floating) ice, it already displaces as much water as it ever will, and by melting it will not raise the sea-levels.
Besides this being little more than a junk science screed against that favorite bugbear, global warming and pollution (hint hint, neither are as bad as a vocal few would make it out to be. What's so bad about the nuclear reactors? Some of the most "Progressive" coutries (such as France) are nearly or completely nuclear powered. Byproducts include steam, steam, steam, and oh, for the humongous amount of clean efficient power put out, a slight amount of radioactive waste that causes less damage if exposed to the average person than the suns rays do over the course of a day. I say cut out the coal-fired dirt bins that power much of the US, maintain the current dam system (don't expand, too much damage to little-understood ecosystems in the rivers they impede and lakes they create), and build lots of nuclear power plants. BTW, anybody ever looked at the actual data for fatalities and life-threatening or disabling conditions caused by such "disasters" as Three Mile Island or Chernobyl? Yea, thought not.