id_ivan Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 any body has know this virus? some of workstation in my office has affected and could be easily cleaned today. the worst thing is, my friend office has lost all the data and backup because of this worm. From what i heard, you can easily infected after 25 mins. surf the net. get the removal tool here: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html and download the patch for your OS from microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 get the removal tool here or here at the Apple Store :ebiggrin: Sorry, couldn't resist. Especially when i read that 50 % of all Windows crashes are because of the OS, and no third party software or drivers involved, weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Too bad there are no autodesk/discreet products for Mac - otherwise I would most certainly switch over full time. I love the ease of the OS - no registry, bla, bla... It's a shame I have to use autocad on dialy basis. Xav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I don't know why he would have lost all of his data becuase this worm's sole purpose is to perform a DoS attack on windows update. The only reason it crashes systems is becuase it's coded so poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by xgarcia: Too bad there are no autodesk/discreet products for Mac I always laugh when I see MAC users post like a MAC is so stable and never crashes. I've seen MACs crash just as often as as hard as PCs in full production environments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I haven't used a Mac in years, so I have no idea about the 'claims' from Mac users, but they sure are pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I always laugh when I see MAC users post like a MAC is so stable and never crashes. I've seen MACs crash just as often as as hard as PCs in full production environments What is a crash ? :ebiggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Originally posted by Jeff Mottle: quote:Originally posted by xgarcia: Too bad there are no autodesk/discreet products for Mac I always laugh when I see MAC users post like a MAC is so stable and never crashes... I am not a MAC user (I do not own a MAC) but I have used G4's in the architecture school's computer lab at my university and they just seemed easier to handle (the OS I mean). Using them for photoshop was fun. But seeing how I use Acad and Max I don't think I will ever go MAC. MAC's are perfect out of the box for complete computer retards, whereas power users who can tweak and problem solve (such as Jeff) I think would rather go PC (more hardware, driver, software support). But I don't want to start Mac vs. PC flame. I'm jsut stating my limited experince on a MAC was pleasant. Damn, it even had Internet Explorer Jeff (no netscape)!! Xavier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I always laugh when I see MAC users post like a MAC is so stable and never crashes. I've seen MACs crash just as often as as hard as PCs in full production environments. As a longtime Mac nut, it's painful to admit that the OLD Mac OS (i.e. before OS X) probably crashed as much as Wndows. The difference between OS 9 and OS X however, is like night and day. I've been running OS X (Jaguar) on my dual 1GHz G4 since I bought it about a year ago, and I'm straining to remember if the OS has EVER crashed since then. Some apps crash more than others, but the OS itself has been bulletproof under heavy use. By heavy use, I mean rendering in Cinema 4D while working in FormZ or Photoshop, surfing the web, even running Autocad under Virtual PC all while listening to iTunes. The only times I've HAD to reboot have been when required by OS updates. I have no desire to start a Mac vs PC war (I may even build an AMD machine for a cheap render node), but I do want to clear up a mispereception that still seems to hang around the Mac. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Damn, it even had Internet Explorer Jeff (no netscape)!! LOLLOLOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 By heavy use, I mean rendering in Cinema 4D while working in FormZ or Photoshop, surfing the web, even running Autocad under Virtual PC all while listening to iTunes Hmmm, so you listen to itunes and work in FormZ and AutoCAD AND surf on the web all at the same time, wow !! But seriously, how well runs AutoCAD under VPC ? I just need it for exporting plans so my clients dont need to do this, although only a few of them still work with AutoCAD. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Well maybe that makes me sound a little more productive than I really am! As for Autocad under Virtual PC, it's fine for working on drawings, importing and exporting, but the display refresh can be sluggish. I would NEVER try to render anything under VPC. I tried running Cinebench once and it was painful to watch. If all you want to do is work on 2d drawings though, it does a decent job. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Thanks for the info Jack. So maybe in the near future with a new PowerMac i will do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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