Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Are iPhones subject to ransomware attacks? Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:16:57 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <65f77da3$0$3158686$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="21614ec78e1271e61afb1adf27236751"; logging-data="4007027"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ojKtnFkJV88VzXEj3vAiFaCeeTVjsnVM=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3vlHUqWqyQP05ZjjyJGKcm0LnqU= Bytes: 1976 On 2024-03-17 23:32:51 +0000, David Brooks said: > On 17/03/2024 23:16, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2024-03-17, Sten deJoode wrote: >>> On 16 Mar 2024 15:35:32 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote: >>> >>>>>> To be successfully attacked by malware, a Mac user must interactively >>>>>> download the malware to their computer >>>>> >>>>> That's dead wrong. >>>> >>>> Nope, it's correct. >>> >>> No Jolly Roger. You're dead wrong. >> >> Nope, I'm right. >> >> FACT: All platforms have zero days. > > Agreed. Hence the need to run anti-malware software on Apple devices? > >> The only reason you are trying to single Apple out is to troll. > > If you choose NOT to do employ anti-malware software, how do you avoid > "interactively downloading malware to your computer" if you do not > recognise it as such? It may be well obfuscated and/or trick you. Another moronic troll continually harping on and on about the same nonsense joins the killfile. :-\