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New Mac Virus is a Worm, But Can't Pose Threat Due to Amateur Mistake

Dailytech reports:

Virus proves insignificant, but may be a sign of things to come

A trojan virus attacking Apple computers, transmitted via pirated iWork software, gained significant attention as it was one of the first viruses to strike the OS X platform.

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Thugbot1875504d ago

As soon as more people start using Apple you will see more of this happening. Apple users don't have Anti-Virus so....

Tito Jackson5504d ago

Are like Nuclear Weapons.

Macs = Luckenbach, Tx
PCs = Los Angeles, CA

So, if you were a terrorist, and you wanted to make a successful attack---who would you bomb?

Macs arent impervious to attacks, its just very rare for someone to create a virus geared towards them. 99% of viruses are made for PCs, and are CREATED on PCs. :)

BulletToothtony5504d ago

is that macs can get worms yes.. but in order for it to install you have to type in your password.. if you go to a site or open an email or plug in a usb drive you won't get anything..

While pc's can.. you just have to barely look at the file and the virus can affect your computer without you even noticing.. if people are downloading bittorrents and installing them without checking what's inside then this is suppose a big threat.. but in general yes macs can be infected, but you have to let it in.. unlike pc's..

Information Minister5504d ago

OMG... There's a worm in the Apple!

Get it? Worm, Apple? Aaaahhhh forget about it.

Tempist5504d ago

It only gets more intense from here on out. Macs FTL.

MartyPs35504d ago

I'm kinda rooting the Virus against MACs. Just to finally shut the ppl who says they're MAC can't get viruses. But even more want to see how apple will adapted itself when all they're vulnerabilities start getting attacked.

SaiyanFury5504d ago

I've been saying it for a long time that Macs aren't as secure as people would like to believe. They CAN get viruses and just because the OS is UNIX based doesn't make it secure. It makes OSX secure against Windows-based viruses but if someone writes a virus for a UNIX-based system OSX is at it's mercy. And with zero antivirus protection available (at least to my knowledge) Macs are at the mercy of any hacker or malware developed specifically for them.

jden285504d ago

Finally the truth is coming out!!! I hear all these people talking about Apple as if thier gods and there software/hardware combo is the best, it's not, same with linux. Just because nooobody was using mac's or linux they felt as if they were better than everyone else. The truth is that nobody wrote software for those platforms and that includes the hackers that send these viruses to everybody anyway. So now the more thay sell the more thay'll be attacked and then people will see just why windows(whatever version) are not as bad as they thought just more popular so more of a target to virus hackers.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot10h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

anast6h ago

I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.

Abear212h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Agree 100% this is why I didn’t want the M$ Monopoly, now PS5 version will be held back too.

If PS5 Pro comes out and Series S is still a thing it’ll be interesting what differences and what devs choose to do. Really hoping Rockstar pushes the PS5 pro with GTA6 and we get the best version possible.

outsider162444m ago

Good ole S indeed. Everyone knew this all along. S was holding games back...Now where the hell is Orchard i want a word with him.

LucasRuinedChildhood11h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

Sgt_Slaughter6h ago

I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.

franwex5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?

Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.

Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.

If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.

Jin_Sakai5h ago

“During the event, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 producer also revealed that on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the game will run at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second“

Another “creative decision” right? 🤦‍♂️

IHateNate4h ago

Amateur hour. Very incapable developer.

Outside_ofthe_Box4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Since you're not an amateur and clearly know more than them, can you over there and help get the game running on the S without having to sacrifice their true vision. Us gamers would really appreciate you using your wisdom for good 🙏

IHateNate4h ago

Thousands of games run just fine on S.

But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!

franwex2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Thousands of games run on PS4 and on Switch. If developers want them to run on those systems. Fine. Those two platforms still get new games. Sony isn’t making studios also make a ps4 pro version, or Nintendo a wiiu version. Microsoft technically is.

IHateNate1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

If games like Alan Wake 2, GTA6, COD, hellblade all run on S, no excuse for this 100x smaller and 100x worse looking game to be held back.

outsider162439m ago(Edited 39m ago)

"Thousands of games run just fine on S.

But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!"

Kingdom come 2 runs just fine alright. Its the SCOPE that they want. They had to cut it because of the stupid S series. Hellblade2 ran just fine too..but im pretty confident if it was just the X in mind, the scope of the game would have been much bigger.

IHateNate15m ago

So their scope is greater than that of GTA6 and warzone? Wow. Crazy

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast12h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics10h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX10h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon9h ago

We are on the same team brother!

Rynxie6h ago

I uninstalled d4 after they kept screwing over the sorc build and I beat the game. I also uninstalled immortal after reading the end. I actually went back to d2r here and there.

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Tales of the Shire Stands at a Fork in the Road Regarding Magic

Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.

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