Trojan infects 20,000 os x using computers

**BigSilly** · January 24th, 2009

So just how safe are repositories like Medibuntu and PLF for Linux users? Not wishing to cause any offence, but at the end of the day many of us rely on these repositories, and if they got hacked or had a malicious contributor, we'd be screwed really wouldn't we?

I have used these software sources for a while now, and trust they are safe. Is someone here going to prove otherwise?

**-grubby** · January 24th, 2009

Originally Posted by 3rdalbum

2. Why would you pirate iWork? Surely there's a cracked version of Microsoft Office on the trackers?

Maybe some people prefer iWork over Microsoft Office.

**Frak** · January 24th, 2009

Originally Posted by nathangrubb

Maybe some people prefer iWork over Microsoft Office.

Bleh, no. Last time I used it, it felt like an unfinished version of office. There are many usability bugs, such as listing, and the formatting feels incomplete, especially since the formatting is easily undone when selecting something else.

I prefer OO.o over iWork, and I'd still use MSO over OO.o

**ratmandall** · January 26th, 2009

Originally Posted by EnGorDiaz

no the app runs on normal user level after you install them they usaly have a hidden set of config files in the home directory its complex to explain

The key word here is "AFTER".

**hanzomon4** · January 26th, 2009

Same thing could happen on any nix system, only a matter of time.

**Skripka** · January 26th, 2009

Here's an interesting addition to the question of, "Why?"

It seems for boxed discs of iWork, Apple no longer needs/requires a reg code.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...boxed-iwork-09