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cultofmac.com - 22 days ago

Security Experts Flag Art Project as Malware Threat to Mac Users

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Security software developers must think Mac users are quite daft. Tuesday afternon Symantec sent out a press release flogging its ‘discovery’ of a new trojan horse targeting Apple’s OS disguised as a ’space invaders’ style video game in which killing invading aliens ...

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9to5mac.com - 15 days ago

Windows 7 was "inspired by Mac", Microsoft admits

— 9to5mac.com — We reckon a lot of Mac users - and possible some members of the company’s legal team... - will be dashing across to read PCR’s interview with Microsoft’s partner group manager, Simon Aldous, today, if only to look in black and white at his admission ... (more) Windows 7 was "inspired by Mac", Microsoft admits

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hardwaresphere.com - 22 days ago

Get A Mac: “PC Switcher” [Video]

— hardwaresphere.com — Here is fun online ad from Apple’s Get A Mac video series. This time, PC is trying... to stop users from switching to Mac because of Windows 7. Well, PC did capture one switcher and saying: “One down Mac! Thousands and Thousands to go!” Well, if Windows 7 is worth the match, ... (more) Get A Mac: “PC Switcher” [Video]

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modmyi.com - 21 days ago

New Mac Game Permanently Deletes Your Files... Like It's Supposed To

— modmyi.com — If you like living life on the edge and treasure the personal files living on your Mac,... you're going to love the potential adrenaline rush of a new game that, while incredibly stupid to some, will infuse a tangible element of pain to losing at a video game. MacWorld is profiling the ... (more) New Mac Game Permanently Deletes Your Files... Like It's ...

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Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk:  Mac game deletes your files: is it malware or is it art?

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Mac game deletes your files: is it malware or is it art?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Symantec's security blog, Ben Nahorney has posted a story about a 1980s-style Mac game that deliberately deletes files in your home directory. Symantec classes this as a threat, OSX.Loosemaque. Having watched the video, there doesn't seem to be anything deceptive about it. The game's opening screen says in block capitals that "Playing Lose/Lose will likely result in files on your hard drive being deleted" and "Killing in Lose/Lose deletes your files". And as Lonnie Lazar points out at Cult of Mac: The game in question is an art ...

'Art project' video game attacks Apple Mac machines
AppleInsider — ... of classics like Galaga. After a number of aliens were killed, the program attempted to delete a critical system file, which caused the malware to crash. "You'll notice that while I'm blowing up the ships, the files in my Documents folder are disappearing," the video states. "It looks like the game chooses users' documents first, and then it moves on to preference files contained within the very subfolders of the user's home directory." Cult of Mac noted that the game has also been defined as a threat by Sophos Anti-Virus and Intego VirusBarrier X5. The software was first ...