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Post by DJ on Aug 9, 2006 16:08:00 GMT -5
Newsflash: Macs can now run Windows. Proof that we are superior to you silly PC users ;D
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Post by Darkbugg on Aug 9, 2006 16:12:48 GMT -5
I thought the point of getting a Mac was to escape from Windows... hahaha.
And about a virus getting your PS2, here's what the FAQ says:
If I connect my PS2 to the Internet, can it catch a virus or be infected by a worm? I can't say that there is absolutely no possibility of this, but due to the nature of thew way the PS2 works, the probabilities that there will ever be an Internet worm or virus capable of infecting the PS2 is extremely low.
A worm or virus needs several conditions in order to survive and spread. It needs a host that in can infect, it needs a weakness or vulnerability which it can exploite, it needs a writeable program or operating system which it can modify or install itself into, and it needs a way to find other systems with similar weaknesses in order to spread.
The PS2 has no storage media with a writeable operating system or programs. The programs (games) are all on non-writeable (DVD or CD-ROM style disks). These cannot be modified.
The only way for a virus or worm to atttack a PS2 is to use an online game that has a weakness. The console could never be infected unless that particular game were running and online. As a result of infecting that console, the worm or virus could only put itself in memory temporarily. As soon as the console were rebooted or switched off the malicious code would disappear.
This means the the probabilities of finding an infectable game are extremely low, but then the ability to store itself while searching for other hosts to infect are even lower. It's an awful lot of trouble to go to for virus or worm code which cannot do any permanent damage and is almost sure to go extinct before being able to replicate.
PC's have somewhat favorable conditions to allow for worm / virus infection and spreading. The PS2 simply does not
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Post by Natsume on Aug 9, 2006 20:07:11 GMT -5
uhh...wow. That doesn't make any sense at all. I think the Ps2 doesn't really access the "internet".... it connects to the playstation servers through the internet. But I don't know. Pretty sure you can't get viruses that way. But try explaining that to someone who thinks viruses affect everything and anything, right? yes...exactlySo many viruses could be avoided if people would shut the hell up and use Firefox! or better yet, buy a mac hahahaaa we DO use firefox XD and i dont think we have a/t serious (if a/t at all), but mom doesnt know wat half the buttons do, so wen she clicks on s/t she practically freaks out and says its "acting up" or "doing s/t strange"
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