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sequitur
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March 30, 2009 3:00PM
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Does anyone know if Conficker will affect Macs (without Windows)?
With BootCamp and Windows? -
With Parallels and Windows? -
With Fusion and Windows? -
I heard it's safer NOT to go on line on April 1. Is that a fact or just someone blowing smoke?
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backtomac
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March 30, 2009 8:32PM
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sequitur
Does anyone know if Conficker will affect Macs (without Windows)?
With BootCamp and Windows? -
With Parallels and Windows? -
With Fusion and Windows? -
Yes to all the above.
In fact i just ran Windows Live One Care on my windows vm to make sure it was 'clean'.
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tonton
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March 31, 2009 6:12AM
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backtomac
Yes to all the above.
No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.
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backtomac
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March 31, 2009 7:19AM
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tonton
No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.
My bad. Didn't read his entire question.
You're right, only affects Windows.
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bbwi
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March 31, 2009 10:19AM
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sequitur
I heard it's safer NOT to go on line on April 1. Is that a fact or just someone blowing smoke?
Yes, it's safer to be offline than it is to be online on any given day
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jazzguru
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March 31, 2009 1:07PM
It's interesting how all the hype over the Conficker virus has fueled the Mac vs WindowsPC debate. I've read some pretty amusing comments on some of the news articles about it.
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Does anyone know if Conficker will affect Macs (without Windows)?
With BootCamp and Windows? -
With Parallels and Windows? -
With Fusion and Windows? -
Yes to all the above.
In fact i just ran Windows Live One Care on my windows vm to make sure it was 'clean'.
Yes to all the above.
No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.
No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.
My bad. Didn't read his entire question.
You're right, only affects Windows.
I heard it's safer NOT to go on line on April 1. Is that a fact or just someone blowing smoke?
Yes, it's safer to be offline than it is to be online on any given day