It seems like so many modern cars have electrical problems, how would
one ever know if their ecu had a virus anyway?
Todd Vess wrote:
>
> And when someone creates a virus that infects vehicle ECUs, my Land Rovers
> and Mini will be superior vehicles. If nobody creates viruses for Macs, and
> thus they don't get sick, then they could be superior. I try to stay inside
> the 10 percent. It's safer there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Todd Vess
> Windsor, Colorado
> 1972 Land Rover SIII 109" 5-door "Effie"
> 1972 Land Rover SIII 88" Wagon "Ursula"
> 1967 Morris Mini Cooper "Chloe"
> 2000 Ford Excursion "The Black Pearl"
> 1971 Piaggio Ciao Moped "Pedelia" A frightful mess
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net
> [mailto:lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Jeremy Brooks
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:05 PM
> To: lro@koan.team.net
> Subject: RE: [lro] bad stuff
>
> HI Guys,
>
> Macs are not immune from virus attacks - there is no inherent superiority in
> the mac architecture in this regard. Fact is less than 10% of computers on
> the planet are mac based - if all of them crashed at the same time due to a
> virus, nobody would even notice! Virus programmers want more action than
> that !
>
> Jeremy
>
> From: "Todd Vess" <toddvess@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: the Land Rover Owner Mailing List <lro@koan.team.net>
> To: "the Land Rover Owner Mailing List" <lro@koan.team.net>
> Subject: RE: [lro] bad stuff
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:45:25 -0700
>
> Jim: You're the second person I've met this year who "saves" viruses on his
> computer. One of our volunteer firefighters, who is also our tech support
> guy, collects them on his Mac. I'd never even paid attention to viruses
> until two years ago when I switched from working at a newspaper that was all
> Mac-based to our PC-based system at the fire dept. We spend more bloody
> money on virus software. . .
>
> Cheers,
>
> Todd Vess
> Windsor, Colorado
> 1972 Land Rover SIII 109" 5-door "Effie"
> 1972 Land Rover SIII 88" Wagon "Ursula"
> 1967 Morris Mini Cooper "Chloe"
> 2000 Ford Excursion "The Black Pearl"
> 1971 Piaggio Ciao Moped "Pedelia" A frightful mess
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net
> [mailto:lro-bounces+toddvess=comcast.net@koan.team.net]On Behalf Of
> jimfoo
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:57 PM
> To: the Land Rover Owner Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [lro] bad stuff
>
> Not job security from me. Never had an anti-virus program. I just pay
> attention to my e-mail, and don't use IE or Outlook. In fact for some
> reason, I decided to save the different viruses I recieve, sort of a
> collection I guess. And no, my computer has never been infected.
>
> trevor_easton@dofasco.ca wrote:
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
> > definition of wasted genius: the b*st*rds who spend their time inventing
> > viruses.
> >
> > Best Cheers
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > But isn't it the bastards from Norton, McAfee et al, who create these for
> job security?
> >
> > Sure come up with fixes fast don't they.
>
> --
> Jim Hall
> 1966 88" Elephant Chaser
> 1987 RR Classic
> http://webs.purplemountain.net/jimfoo/Foospage.htm
> "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling
> with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
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