HT5244 What is the risk in my mac with this malaware?

We need to know all the risk's about this malaware

Assuming you're talking about Flashback, see:
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/about-the-flashback-malware/
For more general advice about protecting your Mac, see my Mac Malware Guide:
http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus
(Note that my pages contain links to other pages that promote my services, and this should not be taken as an endorsement of my services by Apple.)

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What in the world is going on with this line

I recently became a Verizon Online subscriber a few short months ago and have been having the strangest issues with my service. First with the basics, 3 Mbps line with a direct Ethernet connection into the supplied Westell modem. I would place my computer knowledge on the high end of the scale as well.
As for the problems, my service always drops when it rains. I figured it would come back up, but I’ve waited 3-4 days before and nothing changed. My DSL light on the modem consistently blinks and the Internet light never once turns on. Then I am forced to call tech support and contemplate suicide for 40 minutes and the problem goes unsolved. I didn’t expect them to solve it, I just wanted someone to come out and physically look at the line outside. Here is the kicker, once I get a service request and disconnect from tech support my Internet always comes back on within 10 minutes. I called less than an hour ago and soon as I hung up set the stop watch on my phone and sure enough 2 minutes and 34 seconds after the call was ended, I am connected online again. It happened just like this when I was offline for 3 days as well. I am only connected at 608 Kbps currently, though. It has happened all 4 times I have received a service request, what gives? When the technician comes out they always tell me the same story “Well it would be easier to track down if you had no connection at all.”
The last service guy replaced the connection that goes into my apartment, what should I suggest be done this time? Why does my connection always seem to mysteriously come back on directly following a service request? It is beyond the realm of coincidence.

I believe that when Vz runs a line test over your dsl copper lines, there is actually a current being passed over the lines for the purpose of getting an electrical reading on the lines. The line test itself may change the conductivity of the copper wires in a positive way, thus after the line test is run you are able again to get a connection.
Do you have Vz telephone landline service as well? Do you hear static on the phone at times when it rains and the DSL goes out?
If you are a Vz landline customer, you may consider calling into 1-800 Verizon and when the system prompts you, ask for Tech Support/Repair for phone service. When you get to an agent, explain the problems you are asking and ask if you line from your apt to the central office has been changed. If not ask if they will do that to resolve this issue. It is not 100% guaranteed it will clear it, but it may.
Hope this helps.
Larry
Verizon Telecom
Vz Voice Portals & Connection Wizard
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So what do the 3GS users ACTUALLY get with this update!!??

I'm seeing nothing I like so far. Anything actually decent for the 3GS?

iOS 4.2 Software Update
This update contains improvements, including the following:
• AirPrint
- Print mail, photos, web pages, and more directly to
AirPrint compatible printers on a local wireless network
• AirPlay
- Wirelessly stream videos, music, and photos to
Apple TV
- Wirelessly stream music to AirPlay compatible speakers
and receivers, including AirPort Express
• Find text on the web page in Safari
• New fonts setting available for Notes
• The ability to set custom text/MMS tones per contact
• Additional restrictions (parental controls) available:
- Account settings
- App deletion
- Game Center friends
- Location settings
• Ability to import .ics files into Calendar
• Bug fixes, including:
- Eliminates sound artifacts occasionally captured in
recorded audio with 4th generation iPod touch
- Improves audio playback to car stereos via USB
• 40 security patches
Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 3G
• iPod touch 2nd generation or later
Not all improvements apply to all models. For more information, go to:
<http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/software-update/>
<http://www.apple.com/iphone/software-update/>
For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guides for iPhone and iPod touch at:
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone>
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/ipodtouch>
For more information about iPhone and iPod touch, go to:
<http://www.apple.com/iphone>
<http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch>
To troubleshoot your iPhone or iPod touch, or to view additional support information go to:
<http://www.apple.com/support/iphone>
<http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch>
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

What's the best webcam for Mac with tilt/pan/zoom?

I am trying to find a good quality webcam to use for videoconferencing with my Mac (MacBook Air actually). The camera is to be positioned on the 60-inch screen on the wall in our boardroom so the built-in Facetime camera doesn't do the job. It needs to have tilt/pan/zoom (in software). When I started on this search I had no idea such a thing was going to be so hard to find. There is no shortage of such products for Windows but I can't find a single one for the Mac.
There are a lot of webcams that claim to support Mac but on closer investigation not a single one of them (that I've found so far anyhow) provides any conrol features like tilt/pan/zoom - nor even brightness and contrast control for that matter. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places because it's hard to believe the Mac world really is lacking such products. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Would be much appreciated.

You're most welcome, Julie.
dreamdoc wrote: ... I don't have a cam corder, but that's a great solution ...
If you are still shopping, you might be able to find a compatible used camcorder at a local store that sells used cameras or electronics. One with a failed tape mechanism that otherwise works would likely be very low priced. The same store may also have compact tripods.
Because your MBA is so portable, it is easy to take with you so you can test any camcorder before you buy to be certain it meets your needs.
dreamdoc wrote:... I also appreciate the reminder to close out my inquiry...
Per the Respond to answers tutorial page, you decide when to mark an answer that "solves your question."
I certainly did not intend any reminder. As a user like you, I have not authority to remind or otherwise instruct you about your participation in Discussions. As explained in ¶ 1.11 of Apple Support Communities - Terms of Use, the Apple Hosts would be the ones who would address any concerns with you if necessary.
Have fun shopping!
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Mac OSX 10.8.5

My computer no longer supports PC applications and so I cannot open all the documents I have made with Microsoft Word. What is the best way to deal with this?

I have tried to use "Pages" and find it difficult. However, I have not taken the time to go through the tutorials. I'm used to Word and don't really want to take the time to learn another word processing program unless it is superior to Word. Should I download Microsoft Word or should I learn how to use "Pages". (To learn "Pages" will take me twice as long as it will take someone under 50). What say you?

Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion.
You may want to consider as well:
These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
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Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
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What is the best approach for dealing with this issue?

I have been advised by a mac expert that the computer should be left running except for extended periods or, as I have been doing, shut down at the end of each day/ Please explain the rationale for your response. Thanks

On mactalk.com.au there was recently a thread on "When did you last shut down your Mac".
A lot of people don't.
Some people (which I think is mostly PC users converted to Mac, or old-timers who live in the past) do shut down daily.
I myself have only shut my computer off when moving it physically, when there's an electrical storm, when I've been going on holidays, or when there's been some installation issue requiring a restart/coldstart. (I'm not counting "Restarts" for new software)
OS X doesn't need to be shut down... though an occasional restart can be good for resetting things like virtual memory, etc.
If you do leave it going, the CRON scripts only run if the computer is awake anyway (at like 3am in the morning), so if you set the computer to "sleep" after a time, then it's no different to shutting down in that regard.
If you don't mind the extra time waiting for a boot up... then it doesn't really matter. If like me you're impatient, then don't shut down.

What's the best way to deal with floating point errors?

What's the best way to deal with the decimal number errors in Flex?
Lets say I have:
var number1:Number = 1.1;
var number2:Number = 1;
var result:Number = number1 - number2;
trace(result);
I get "0.10000000000000009".
What's the best way to deal with this so that i get the right result?
Using the trick: result = Math.round( result * Math.pow(10,13) ) / Math.pow(10,13); is not useful as such when using big numbers.
For example, If number1 = 100000000001.1, and number2 = 0.2, I get "100000000000.90001" as result. The previous rounding fixes rounding errors after 13th decimal, but here the first rounding errors come after 4 digits.
The toPrecision method in Number and NumberFormatter dont seem be of use by themselves because of the same reason.
So I'd have to check how big the number is, and then round the number based on that.
So far I've constructed a method that does that with logarithms like this:
public function floatFix(number:Number):Number{
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It just seems rather odd that one would have to create and use something like that to just count 1.1-1; There's a lot of calculating in that method, and i'm guessing that having to use that in a loop could slow down a program quite a bit.
I think there really should be a pre-built method in flex for something like this, but I can't find any.
Anyone know any better/faster ways?

Use the application server database pooling services to create a datasource that can be access using JNDI.
Move the database access code to a Servlet so that a JSP submits a form to the Servlet that does the database access and packages the data into a bean which is passed to another JSP to be displayed.

What is the best way to work with AVCHD 720 24p footage in FCE4.1?

Hi I have a Panasonic HMC-150 and I've been shooting 720 24p footage at 21 mbps transfer rate.
I was wondering what is the best way to work with this material in FCE 4.1? I see that in the easy set up menu they only have the option of 1440X1080i at 50 or 60 fps or 1920X1080i at 50 or 60 fps.
Also in the rates drop down menu there is only 50 or 29.97.
So I was wondering which is the best choice for 720 24p footage and will it look alright in any of them? Also is it possible to customize these settings?
And finally can you work with faster transfer rates (21mbps) in FCE?

Yikes, this is going to be tricky since FCE does not support native 24p editing.
The work around for some of us is that AVCHD material that is 24p is often recorded to disc at 60i using telecine, in which case it can be editing at 29.97 frames per second, and then detelecined afterward for final export at 23.98 fps. The problem is that I think your camera actually records real 24p - not 24p packed into 60i. When you import the material from the camera what does QuickTime report the framerate as?

What is the best way to work with mixed media in 1080 timeline?

Hi there,
I have a project shot mostly in 1080 24p but a bit of 720 24p and 4x3 30p footage.
What is the best way to work with this mixed media?
Thanks!
Steven

Hi Shane,
Ok just to recap (thanks for being patient by the way)...I have put some questions in here...feel free to write in caps to respond and we'll put this baby to rest!
1) I will work in a 1080p FCP sequence, correct?
2) HD 1080p footage captured as applepro res hq I will leave as is and work with?
3) HD 720p footage which was captured as applepro res hq. Can I just drop in 1080 timeline and let FCP do its work? Or should i run through compressor, if so what setting shall I submit it too?
4) I dont have a budget for an external hardware to convert SD to HD...should I capture my SD Beta through Final Cut and just leave and let FCP do its work? Or should I run through compressor? If so what setting shall I submit it too?
5) For for my master sequence in FCP am I not using an I-Frame format apple pro res if I am using my apple pro res hq 1080 footage as my formatted sequence? I am not sure what you mean by GOP?
6) I also found some 60p footage 1080p XDCAM compressor shot with the same XDCAM camera. I put in the 1080p 24p timeline but it was pretty choppy...any ideas of this conform?
Thanks very much for all your help it has gone along way,
Steven
Saying what CODECS you are working with was my question. 1080, 720, 4:3...really says nothing. There are a dozen 1080 codecs, another dozen 720 codecs, and nearly 100 4:3 formats.
Best to capture all the footage to one uniform codec.
Second best is to work with one format and let FCP conform the rest to that...IF and only IF that format is an I-Frame format like ProRes. GOP formats as master sequence formats cause TONS of issues.
What I'd do is work 1080 ProRes, just add the 720p footage (Use Compressor to convert it if you didn't have a lot, but if you had a lot, just add it), but I'd capture all the SD 4:3 footage via a Kona 3 or Matrox MXO2 as 1080 ProRes. Hardware conversion of SD to HD is much better than anything FCP can do. AE might do good as well. But then use Compressor to convert 29.97 footage captured (you can't convert 29.97 to 23.98 when you capture) to get to 23.98.

Internet explorer is required to access some of my financial accounts; what are the risks? I am running Mac OS X 10.7.2 on a Mac Pro

Internet explorer is required to access some of my financial accounts; what are the risks? I am running Mac OS X 10.7.2 on a Mac Pro
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Advisable is irrelevant... It is not possible. There has not been a version of IE for Mac for a long time. You will have to load Windows on your Mac in order to run IE, or try making your browser mimic IE. (In Safari, go to Safari -> Preferences, click the Advanced tab and check the box to show the Develop menu. Then, in that menu, choose User Agent -> Internet Explorer x.0.) Note that doing that will not work if the site relies on some weird non-standard feature of IE that no other browser on the planet has.

HT3986 what is the risk to install windows 7 on mac book pro?

what is the risk to install windows 7 on mac book pro?

If you have back ups and follow apples instructions on using bootcamp assistant to install Win7, there is no risk.
If you choose not to follow the instructions apple provides and have no back ups well then there is high risk of dissapointment.
Just follow the instructions and you should be fine.
Good luck.
Edit: Here's a link to the install instructions. Just choose the one for "Lion OSX". Should be the first one on the list.
http://support.apple.com/manuals/%23macos
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What is the risk of changing the order of the security providers?

I have developed a SFTP solution for Webmethods. Webmethods has IAIK (class iaik.security.provider.IAIK) as its default DH provider. To get the SFTP solution to work, I had to change the DH provider to SunJCE.
I did that through changing the order of the security providers in the
java.security file
in C:\j2sdk1.4.2_13\jre\lib\security
Now it is
security.provider.1=com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE
security.provider.2=sun.security.provider.Sun
security.provider.3=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider
security.provider.4=com.sun.rsajca.Provider
Before it was
security.provider.1=sun.security.provider.Sun
security.provider.2=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider
security.provider.3=com.sun.rsajca.Provider
security.provider.4=com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE
security.provider.5=sun.security.jgss.SunProvider
A lot of other webmethods services uses the same server, so if we change the order of the security providers, it will affect all of these. So what I want to know is what is the risk of changing the order of the security providers?

Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using...
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also note that Rosetta is no longer supported in Lion and Mountain Lion...
You will need more RAM... Get the Maximum you can for your Mac...
It is important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
See Here > OWC RAM > http://www.macsales.com
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Right now, I'm running MAC OS X version 10.3.9.
Can I run Aperture iMAC G4?

OK,
I am now officially an certified idiot. I have 10.5.8 running, and was told that 10.4 makes a G4 run smoother. I did notice that, however I blamed it on firefox, safari and mail. Also I noticed that pages and word take quite some time to start up.
My apologies for all the confusion. But before I consider reinstalling 10.4, I thought I'd pop the question on this forum.
Do you think it will make a difference, and what are your thoughts on security risks if it is true that with 10.4 you can't run the latest versions of Safari and Firefox?
Thanks bluebird

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What is the difference between a mac-book and an I-pad?

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Macbook Air : http://www.apple.com/macbook-air/
MacBook Pro : http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
iPad Air : http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/

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What are the risks of jailbreaking?

Voiding your warranty. Losing Apple support and support of this form. Both are guarantees, not risks.
Bricking your iPad or catching viruses.
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HT5244 What is the risk in my mac with this malaware?

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