Ahem, if I hypothetically had a friend (I know but just suppose) who needed to download Appleworks (there is no quick legal way to get hold of it) from a bit torrent source what is the worst that could happen (setting aside Apple gettting bent out of shape about a piece of software they don't sell or support any longer). No-one much bothers to write viruses and trojans for Mac do they? I......er I mean my friend would be installing on OS X - not sure which one till I, er I mean he, gets there.
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You already know the possibilities, but here they are anyway:
1. Nothing bad will happen.
2. Plod will do a dawn raid, arrest you, confiscate your PC, find Glitter-ish stuff on your HDD you never knew was there, bang you up, then you get bummed to death in the shower.
3. Something else. -
My friend's not too worried about a visit from PC plod, but he might be bothered about an outbreak of virus type nastiness on his/her mac.Comment
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Does your friend have an up-to-date virus scanner?Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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No - the torrent client's on a linux box and the destination of the file is a mac.Originally posted by voodooflux View PostComment
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Is the torrent well seeded (i.e. popular) at the moment? A friend of mine tells me that he takes a look at the comments for the torrent on whichever index site he's using - they usually give a good indication of the reliability. He says.Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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Unfortunately not - it seems to be about the least popular thing around at present - or so he says - so he hasn't been able to find any comments (only 2 seeds). I guess it's like what Branson said when he started Virgin Atlantic with one plane "we'll either have the best or worst safety record"Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
Thanks (from my friend) for the tip by the way, he hadn't thought of that.Comment
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That's OK - I'll pass your friends thanks on to my friend.Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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A friend of mine who was also concerned about the risk of infecting his machines decided that a standalone cheapo downloader machine was the best way to acquire these types of files.
It seems he could check the files before they made their way to the main computer.Comment
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My friend says your friend is very sensible, and also suggests downloading within a Virtual PC/VMWare session.Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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