What is everyone doing about the new Mac virus?

Just read about the new Trojan virus that is aimed at Macs. Is there a solution for this?

There's an update from Apple that's been pushed out. On mine, System Update pushed this when I opened Safari. If not same for you, try running Software Update.

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I think you should buy me one.

What do you think about the new and improved SiriusDecisions Waterfall?

SiriusDecisions launched their new and improved Demand Waterfall this week at their Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. For those of you who haven't seen it yet, I have attached the PDF for your viewing pleasure. What do you think? What's strong? What's weak? Do you agree with Tony Jaros that teleprospecting is a required step in the Marketing Qualification process?

It makes a lot of sense from our perspective. Our sales organization has always generated the bulk of our leads, so it makes sense to account for them and to build programs to support them. It was a great conference - my first SiriusDecisions Summit. I came away both energized and overwhelmed.
Our Inside Sales team qualifies almost all inquiries via telephone, so it makes sense to me that "teleprospecting" is a required step. The only exceptions are sales-generated leads, so the waterfall reflects that perfectly.
What I like most about the new waterfall is that it creates a clear structure for us to focus more on developing lead nurturing and pipeline acceleration programs specifically for teleprospecting- and sales-generated leads. I'll admit that we've neglected this (simply including those contacts in our marketing-generated lead nurtures). Furthermore, it reinforces the need to tailor nurtures to the buyer's stage in the buying process. We tend to move all of our contacts through the same campaign and nurture activities as if they're progressing together, which obviously isn't the case.
I'd be interested in learning how other Eloqua users are getting data back from their CRM on a contact who has turned into a qualified lead. How do you find this information out? Do you then put them through an individual nurture that is focused on accelerating the deal?

What are your opinion on the new mac pro

I feel while radical its too limiting thereby loosing fuctionality. But I also knw how the iSheeps would follow their iSheperd blindly. There making this kind of thunderbolt for everything the norm. I also know that the PC companies brought this on themselves they failed to innovate followed intel and nvidia to blindly with there xeons and quadro. The 3 major pc makers market professional workstations that you would probaly sell ur kidney to get one we have the z820 while very powerful its just 2 xpensive. Let's take for example the imac is the best bang for d buck most beautiful all in one if hp had used say a normal 3770k and a gtx 680m 4gb dat would have brought the price of the z1 down drastically. Let's say d average joe wants to be an editor, compositor, colorist. if u goole pc workstations hp z820 and dell T7600 would pop up but they are dam so xpensive hp consumer PCs are garbage. If there is onething apple knows the average pro does not want to be bothered with specs. I think the pc industry brought this on themselves. Wat of the smaller custom builder they focused so much on gaming big megatron design like cases with all the talk of FPS is every thing. My only prayer is that asus, msi gigabyte should stand up aganist apple and start releasing sexier designs, unless I fear even adobe is not safe cos most editors would gradually drfit back to FCPX sad wen inferior products triumphs a superior one. Pls drop ur thoughts also ur opnions as editors in your location the general trend. I hate to be locked in a garden where I am told this is what I need. I love choices.

The 2 biggest problems with the new Mac Pro are the complete reliance on Thunderbolt for expansion and the Proprietary GPU modules. What happens when those Fire Pro cards are EOL and new GPU's are available. Will Apple go to any of the GPU manufacturers and get newer modules manufactured. Considering the applications that are moving to GPU processing, that was really a very bad idea simply because of the Minimum order quantity Apple will have to make to run another module. Apple will not be able to pull from the general video card supply which means they will be solely responsible for any production numbers required to manufacture to begin with. I personally expect this to be a major limitation as time goes on.
The complete reliance on Thunderbolt for expansion really was bad idea and not ready for prime time. TB2 has the total bandwidth of a PCI-E Gen 2 5x. That is the entire pipe available to pump any video output data, high performance storage, I/O devices, and any number of devices available as time goes on especially video cards. Those trying to GPU process through that pipe are going to find that latency is way to much a problem to get that done. If Lightpeak was out and had the bandwidth of PCi-E Gen 2 or Gen 3 16X then I would say great. There is just to small a pipe and to much device moderation at the TB controller to do this now. The major problem that will develop from this later is when Lightpeak is out for the PC and devices start moving there. Where will Apple be with the Mac Pro when it's entire expansion is legacy in 1 to 2 years. As a final note Thunderbolt 2 is just Thunderbolt 1 with 1 bidirectional channel in stead of 2 unidirectional. This is not a major improvement over the original.
The final consideration though not a major problem yet is the limit to 6 Core Xeons. This is likely due to the heat the 8 Core Xeons generate combined with a centralized cooling design. One of the major reasons to get a Dual Xeon is the 8 Core CPU options. Without that then there really is far less reason to get a Dual Xeon over a single 6 core and eventually 8 core workstation. This is a sacrifice that will reveal more later than now.
Considering the Mac Pro is meant to be the flagship platform for Apple's Pro market, there are really way to many limitations on this one to compete with the PC equivalents. There is only so much OSX will add to any system.
Eric
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What is Apple doing about the "Unable to download" problems?

So, forgive me if these questions have been asked before. But I am new to Apple, just bought an iPhone about 2 months ago. I love my iPhone, but once you start getting into the world of the App store is where the problems seem to start flooding in. Specifically with the downloading and updating portion. Downloading is sometimes a breeze and sometimes a pain as is updating. Some days I have no problems downloading or updating apps. Other days I get error messages such as "unable to download" with an option of "done" or "retry."
The "done" option is worthless because if you select it, the app is still unselectable and will stay that way for days and the only way around it is to delete the app and reinstall if you can even reinstall it without having problems.
The "retry" option is also worthless because as soon as you select that option, not even a second later will the message "unable to download" pop up again.
Some days I get the error message that says something along the lines of unable to download without a wifi connection. That confuses me because there are plenty of times when I have downloaded apps without a wifi connection. So why is it that sometimes I need a wifi connection and other times I dont need it. Second, I am connected to a wifi connection right now and my app still wont update.
I dont know about you, but I sure as **** dont like seeing that red number 1 on my app store every day, but with the problems of updating apps sometimes im forced to just stare at it every time I unlock my phone.
So what is Apple doing about these problems?? Because I've seen alot of threads on this discussion board but they all seem to have the same answers, "turn off the phone then turn it back on" "download over a wifi connection" "delete the app and re install"

Have you called Apple tech support or visited an Apple Store to ask for assistance with the problem? If not, then you really haven't even given Apple the opportunity to assist you with this problem. This is not happening to every iPod touch by any means, so it's most likely an issue with your particular unit. Try the usual steps: restart, reset, restore.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If that doesn't help, call Apple support or take the iPod to an Apple Store.
Regards.

Question about the new Mac Mini

I'm considering getting a Mac soon, I've considering my various options and the new Mac Mini has recently caught my eye.
1. The higher end model now has a 6630M AMD GPU, if I also combine this with the i7 CPU and 8GB RAM upgrades, would this be a good viable option for gaming? The CPU would only be dual-core.
2. Can the Mac Mini be connected with a new Macbook Air as use as an external monitor? Would Thunderbolt make this possible?
Thanks in advance.

I'm considering getting a Mac soon, I've considering my various options and the new Mac Mini has recently caught my eye.
1. The higher end model now has a 6630M AMD GPU, if I also combine this with the i7 CPU and 8GB RAM upgrades, would this be a good viable option for gaming? The CPU would only be dual-core.
2. Can the Mac Mini be connected with a new Macbook Air as use as an external monitor? Would Thunderbolt make this possible?
Thanks in advance.

Question about the new mac pro

is the new mac pro gonna be able to do gaming on it since it is alot better than the old one

Random public hearsay would not be indicative of anything. It will be out tomorrow, maybe you can go test drive one at such a time
heat exchange:

A stupid question about the new mac pro

I know the mac pro has dual ethernet ports, but does it also have wifi built in? Or do I actually have to plug it tonto my router? Sorry for the perhaps obvious question.
PS. As a point of interest, I received mine yesterday. There was NOTHING inside of the box except for the cpu. I know the docs will be already installed on the cpu along with my purchase of Final Effex Pro X. It just took me by surprise is all. Now my next problem is trying to take my time and relish the exciting setup today. Unfortunately, I have compression fractures in my lower back from this last snow storm, so my enjoyment will be bitter sweet.
Thanks for you help.
---jerry

From the product page (http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/specs/):
Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking;3 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
and
In the box: Mac Pro, power cord
So, yes, it does have Wi-Fi. However, you are likely to get better local network performance with a gigabit ethernet cable and a gigabit ethernet switch (assuming you have other local gigabit devices similarly connected).
For many years, Apple has been cutting down on the amount of hardcopy documentation shipped with products. Two years ago, my MacBook Pro came with a tiny booklet that was little more than how to plug it in and turn it on, an equally tiny warranty booklet, and some logo stickers. I'm only a little surprised to hear they are now down to zero paper shipped.

The 'New' Mac Virus...please explain

Good Afternoon all,
I too have read the google news. So here are my concerns/questions:
1-What is an ARDAgent and how/why would I 'run such an executable'?
2-How can someone have such unabandoned access to my system if I have minimal sharing turned on?
I have more but I guess those two questions are a good start.

Tom IV wrote:
As far as the google story, it starts out as "Two Mac viruses were discovered over the weekend..."
Can you point me to this story and what weekend was this? It sounds like old news and the exploit involves you willfully giving administrative permission to some website to download a program. Not likely you would fall for it.
As far as security, while there are no known viruses that attack Mac OS X at the present time, it is possible for spyware to get onto your Mac.
So I go to lenghts to protect my user. A hosed system can be replaced but a compromised user folder is compromised forever. Along with all your important data like bank records, credit cards, ... I.e. your "identity" stolen.
The best way to avoid that is by using your built-in firewall which is industrial strength and/or a hard wired router, downloading only from "trusted" sites, installing all security updates and being careful about what you give administrative power to. It is also recommended to run day to day tasks from a non-admin account.
Don't use Limewire or any other P2P service to download your software, get it from reputable sources. In addition, always keep at least your users backed up, preferably a clone of your entire system on a separate disk. And put your sensitive passwords, bank accounts, credit card numbers in a "secure note" in a new keychain or in an encrypted folder.
If and when a Mac virus does appear it will be headline news and you can download the AV software then. If you feel you have to run an AV program I'd suggest ClamXav a mac friendly freeware app that is very stable with Tiger. It will check for known virus signatures at any rate.
Hope this helps.
-mj

Creative Support. What R U Doing About The Firmware Update Iss

This post is primarily aimed at Creative Support.
Like many other out there that have a Zen player, i recently decided to upgrade my 40Gb Zen Touch's firmware from .0.03 to the latest PlayforSure version 2..0.
This is what i did on my Dell p.c.
) Upgraded my Win Media Player from version 9 to 0.
2) Backed up all my mp3 data to the HDD.
3) Erased all of the mp3 data from the player.
4) Connected the player to my p.c via USB ( 2.0 ).
5) Ran the firmware update, and selected to proceed with the upgrade.
During this process it warned me that the player may reboot a number of times during the 5min upgrade. The player rebooted twice, but on the 2nd time the update software couldn't initialize the player. I left this for about 5mins, to no joy.
I stopped the update via the close button and disconnected my player. When rebooted this shows the error "Firmware Problem" and proceed's to the Recovery Mode screen.
If i choose the "Reload Firmware" option this proceeds to Erase the firmware and then states "Start firmware update now". Even though the firmware software is on my desktop and the player connected to the p.c it fails to reload the firmware.
Now.... On my p.c, if i go into "My Computer", the player is clearly linked and present as an other linked device. However if i run the firmware update software from the desktop it say's "Your player is not connected, please connect your player".
This is a contradiction since the fact that my computer successfully detects the connected player and Media Player 0 also recognises that it is connected.
Like many other's out there we have paid good money for your products and expect a bit of commitment back to resolve these issues. For now i have player that might as well be a book-end.
Questions to Creative Support:
) Are you fully aware of the amount Zen owners experiencing this problem?
2) Are you working on a fix for this update problem?
3) If yes to question 2, when are we likely to see the results of this?
Regards

Wish I had seen this thread before attempting to update my firmware to the SurePlay version.
This is what I did.
I downloaded the Firmware, downloaded the extra software and download Windows Media 0.
I ran the firmware update and connected my player to the computer, no problems.
It said the player would reboot several times and on the 2nd or 3rd, it would no longer connect my device. It would tell me that there were no drivers for the device.
I tried re-booting the player several times, as it will now only boot into recovery.
I have re-installed the drivers, I have even re-verted back to the original drivers from the CD, but it now will not even connect. If I can't connect the device, I can't put any firmware on the Zen, which means I can't use it at all now.
I have been through the knowledge base, but even narrowing down my search to only Zen Touch players, I get several pages of irrelevant information.
I have e-mailed Creative and will see what response I get and I have also posted on another forum.
There must be someone out there that can help sort this, it was an excellent present to me and now its not working
Thanks
Bubs

What is Apple doing about the Heartbleed threat?

Does anyone know if Apple will have a patch for the Heartbleed threat? Apparently, it's pretty serious to computers, ipads, iphones.

Pamela Kinann wrote:
Does anyone know if Apple will have a patch for the Heartbleed threat?
There will never be a patch for any computers or devices that are not servers using the vulnerable software. The only thing you can do is stay away from all web sites that require you to log in using SSL (https://) an enter sensitive information, including userid and password until that site notifies you that it was either not affected or has fixed the problem, obtained new certificates and is now safe. Only then should you change your password. If you do it too early it will make you more vulnerable to having it harvested.

What Do You Think About The New 1.2 Version Of iTunes

It isi interestinf for me, if only i think it *****, or maybe all users experiense problems with it.Also, Apparently there is a question to the apple progammers aren't they going to fix this bug update, or i will never ever update anything from them!Aren't they going to fix the froblem as fast as possible.
For me giving plenty of money for a machine close to luxury is enought to get a perfect servise.Plus I buy many features of apple sinse 2 months ago.And by the way, ***?U don;t do your joob!It is your job and you don't do it!

I think Apple has really screwed this UP! You are correct,
they should be posting a fix for the umpteen gillion of us who spent hundreds of dollars on their product and then they give us a crappy "upgrade" that renders the very expensive product USELESS!!! This is extremely frustrating. I should not have to be a rocket scientist
to use my **** mp3 player!

How have people been doing with the new update?

It says that the update "...improves overall stability and performance...". Just curious, as I have been privy to emails everytime someone responded to the "Is anyone's FCP X not crashing on a consistant basis" thread, and have noticed that a lot of people have had many stability problems. How is everyone doing with the new update? Does it seem to help?

Just gets better and better .... FCP x didn't like the "Tutorial Event" being open as per the dialogue in my previous post so I moved it out of the events folder and then restarted FCP x ....
This is what I get now .... GUFFAW!!!!
All I did was restart FCP x ..... ???? GUFFAW!!! In version 73.66 they will then display the "Invalid argument" so I know what the he ll they are talking about. Did all the programmers go on vacation when Jobs resigned?

What is Apple doing about Yahoo Email not working?

It's been 2 weeks. What is Apple doing about the clear fact that Yahoo email is not working? It's becoming unacceptable.
As a Blackberry convert, I was sold when Steve J said that Yahoo would "push" like a Blackberry for free. It does not work. I have an older yahoo account and it still does not send email from the iphone (trying the spam thingy doesn't even work with my yahoo). Incoming emails are intermittent.
Has anyone received information that attests to the fact that Apple is at least aware and addressing the problem?
Thanks!

Free. I have an older yahoo account (few years old) and it syncs imap just fine and I receive emails fine but not always at push speed. I also cannot send an email from my yahoo on my iphone. It looks like it sends it by the bar and the sounds but nothing in the sent box nor nothing received on the other end. I tried making a new yahoo id to try it and it worked for a while and now that one wont send either. The forums have multiple folks with the same issue. One resolution was sending an email from the yahoo web interface because it has you fill out a "captchca" spam thing and then seems to work again. On my yahoo id, I never even get the captchca. VERY FRUSTRATING. I want this to work but it doesn't. I've resorted to GMail only but it's not what's advertised and being used to the Blackberry this is a dealbreaker. I just want to know that Apple/Yahoo is aware of the issue and that it will be fixed.

CiscoVPN and the new Mac

Did anyone try how is Cisco VPN client doing with the new mac? That problem is still not fixed on my PB G4 runnin gon 10.4.4 ( Most of the time I have to go to the terminal, type: sudo SystemStarter restart CiscoVPN ( and even restart the machine sometimes, a shame) and then relaunch VPN to be able to use it.)
I heard that the problem is from the Cisco's side and they are not ready to accept the fact that it's there problem and not the OS X....( a Mac OS X developer told me)
Alpesh

Alpesh,
I followed your suggestions. At the point when I enter "sudo SystemStarter restart CiscoVPN", hit Return, I enter my password, I get the following:
kextunload: unload kext /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext failed
kld(): warning /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext/Contents/MacOS/CiscoVPN cputype (18, architecture ppc) does not match cputype (7 architecture i386) of objects files previously loaded (file not loaded)
kextload: kldlookup("_kmodinfo") failed for module /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext/Contents/MacOS/CiscoVPN
kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext
load failed for extension /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext
(run kextload with -t for diagnostic output)
Based on the returned text, it appears that the CiscoVPN software does not recognize the cpu type i386? Oh well... I guess I'll just wait for the Universal Binary version of Cisco VPN Client to come out.
17" iMac Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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