Posts by REunson

Haven't customers already been refunded by the publishers?

Won't they they have a tough time proving damages?

Digitimes have a woeful track record for rumour accuracy.

Digitimes are wrong most of the time, wildly wrong sometimes.

Take this rumour with a serious grain of salt.

It won't stop the Apple stock price tanking tomorrow though.

http://techland.time.com/2012/05/14/digitimes-apple-rumors/

FUD from one source Ed Bott

"Apple's support centres sources told ZDnet that anywhere between 60,000 and 125,000 customers had contacted the facility with malware-like problems."

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!! Apple support centres sources did not tell ZDnet anything. Ed Bott concocted the 60,000 - 125,000 number himself. He arrived at that number after a so called "anonymous insider" said calls that "REFERRED" to Mac Defender had exploded.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/an-applecare-support-rep-talks-mac-malware-is-getting-worse/3342?tag=mantle_skin;content

The word "REFERRED" is very vague, it could be just callers asking for advice.

When Arstechnica did a more thorough investigation, to find how bad the problem was, they found there had been a marked increase but the problem wasn't anywhere as bad as Ed Bott portrayed.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/malware-on-the-mac.ars

Ed Bott then comes up with an internal memo, that say's support staff are not to help. But, as actual Mac users have attested, support staff have only been too happy to help.

Has anyone else found that Apple was ignoring the problem except Ed Bott?

Apple are well known for not commenting until they researched the issue, this is no different.

Ed Bott also posted links to Apple forums, where the number of infected users has also exploded. But, if you actually read the forums, 95% of the posts are helpful instructions on how to remove and avoid the trojan.

Ed Bott then comes up with the 60,000 - 125,000 number, based on no evidence at all.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-continues-to-tell-support-reps-do-not-help-with-mac-malware/3375

Where has all the information come from that the whole web is suddenly using as verified facts.

One source. Ed Bott.

He got riled by John Gruber when he called him out for crying wolf. Now Ed Bott is on a FUD campaign. Plain and simple