[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

[johngalt1]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim March" <1.jim.march>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..


>>>I don't think so (obviously).  I see lots of people that 
>>>manage to
> "get by" with their Windows machines -- at least until the 
> next
> Windows release, etc.<<
>
> Uhhh...wait.
>
> In my case, I had over 16 years IS support/admin under my 
> belt,
> experienced as hell Windows user, and my own lappy got 
> botnetted to
> hell and gone.  I had every possible update plus a paid-up 
> Zonealarm
> Pro for firewall and anti-vir.  Something got past all 
> that and nuked
> me good.  Spent three days chasing it, going nuts, sat 
> back and said
> "oh hell no, never again".

When that happens, it's likely the user brought the 
contaminant in.