Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Yeah, my mom does nothing strenuous on her computer at all. Online shopping and basic spreadsheets. The biggest challenge she is going to have it not being able to keep her REALLY old copy of Excel running and have to buy a new copy. She doesn't want to move to Numbers so she gets to pay.
Here is the actual projected time right now: Arrives Feb 17 - Feb 24 I'm actually surprised it is that far out. Even for a BTO model. You'd think that the second tier with doubled RAM would be readily available but I guess Apple is still struggling with parts or something. That is a long way out. I do hope it gets here sooner though. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. Last edited by turtle : 2021-01-25 at 10:48. |
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So now there is M1 specific malware. A user demonstrated getting around all of Apples protection, gaining root access, deleting apps, and such.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021...gun-to-appear/ |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Good grief.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I didn't read the specifics of that malware but it looks pretty rough once installed. I'm sure (but, again, haven't read the specs) that using a non-admin account could mitigate the problem here. I mean, if you give it install rights with those admin crews then you are screwed still. If it can gain admin rights without a source admin account though... that is something different entirely.
Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Now both need desperately need an upgrade and I finally gave some free funds after emerging from a medical/student loan induced Chapter 13. Given the state of the graphics card and RAM market building is a terrible idea right now. I’m planning on getting a M1 mini to tide me over for the next 9 months until the PC gaming/mining world shakes itself out. Formerly known as cynical_rock censeo tentatio victum There is no snooze button on a cat. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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I saw a thing at AppleInsider where 16GB RAM Mac minis are on sale for a good price (well, a bit less than the $899 they'd go for direct from Apple).
Here it is. |
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This malware, a Safari extension, was using using an Apple signed signature, meaning it could install without throwing up warnings. Apple has revoked that signature and it will no longer run on Big Sir. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toronto
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I use Macs precisely so I don't have to deal with crazy viruses and rampant malware.
Haven't run an ad blocker before. How does malware sideload through an ad? I thought individual apps ran in protected spaces to prevent things like this? |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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It doesn't. But for a lot of folks, ads are the way in just by getting the user to click on "Adobe Flash is out of date. Click here!"
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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And there is a second malware variant that is native to both Intel and M1. Been out for a while too. Though this one doesn't seem to actually do anything yet.
Given the likely vector is malicious ads I'm sure it targets those who needed to install their Flash updates too. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Not many ads use flash anymore, most are HTML5, or pictures. I suspect the biggest uptake is from illegal torrents and sketchy download sites. I’ve had to remove malware and pups from my parents computers a few times. My mum always got them from ads on genuine baking/cooking sites. Sadly their computers 09 iMac/09 13” MPB, are all running old versions of Mac OS, so they cannot run a modern version of Safari, and no adblockers seem to work on that version anymore. I’ve tried to get them to switch to a browser that is at least up to date (Firefox or Chrome) but they won’t. At least I got them to use malwarebytes to get them off. I’m really looking forward to the M1 iMacs, they will upgrade when they come out.
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Environmental Bloodhound
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My router notifications light up like a Christmas tree with blocked malicious site messages while the girlfriend is browsing knitting/crochet sites. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Dirty, dirty Knitters.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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A commenter at Ars actually went through pretty details steps to remove or verify you're clear from the Silver Sparrow malware. For once, the comments were worth reading. At least one of them anyway.
Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Maybe we should copy those instructions over here?
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Toronto
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Maybe it's not a bad idea if Apple takes their time with the M1X.
Although I suspect, since AI has a story on iMac discounts, that the M1X is already baked and in the process of delivery. |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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Chip development has to be at least 2 years ahead of final production. The M1X was finished perhaps 2 years ago. I can pretty much guarantee they have been in the production-testing phase for 6 months or longer. In the labs they are production-testing the M2, and finalizing designs for the M2x, prototyping the M3 and M3x, and developing plans for the M4 and beyond. This stuff takes years to hash out.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Direct link to the source with all the actual details: https://redcanary.com/blog/clipping-...parrows-wings/
TLDR: If you find a file at any of the following locations, your system is likely infected. Deleting them and rebooting is a good start, but there are more things you should check and purge as well. /tmp/agent /tmp/agent.sh /tmp/version.json /tmp/version.plist /tmp/verx ~/Library/._insu ~/Library/Application Support/agent_updater/agent.sh ~/Library/Application Support/verx_updater/verx.sh ~/Library/Launchagents/agent.plist ~/Library/Launchagents/init_agent.plist ~/Library/Launchagents/init_verx.plist ~/Library/Launchagents/verx.plist The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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So I'm clear, the only difference between the current Air and 13" MBP is TouchBar or not right?
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Hmmm... For $250 I can get the improvements. That doesn't really seem to make sense. Really, this is for my teenager and while I would like them to get something "nicer" I just can't justify that price difference. Headphones are how they use their computer anyway so speakers are not relevant. Less moving parts seems like a better option for young ones...
Wonder when I'll see refubs for the new Air? Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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They're already out, and have been for a while (since March or so, I believe). The searching thing is weird, so it almost works better to just manually cull through all the refurb Airs. But I've seen them for well over a month now (minis and MacBook Pro too). Here you go...hope it's still there. A silver M1 MacBook Air for $849 (the 8 core/7-core graphics) with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD). There are others available, but this is the base, cheapest one...$150 off the regular $999 price. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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Oh, we hear them all the time. Still, the M1 runs so cool even under load that the most the fans really do is run at idle just to keep air moving.
The point I was making is that I have yet to hear the fans spin up in an M1 machine. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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It depends. Due to space constraints (doubly so: less room for chips to cool down, and less room for fans to move a lot of air at a time), laptop fans tend to be a lot louder. A recent Intel MacBook Air/Pro can get very shrieky.
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
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Can confirm, when it gets cranky (OneDrive sync, looking in your direction), the fan kicks on enough to be disruptive to video conferencing calls.
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