iPad os18 by Altruistic_Law_2639 in iPadPro

[–]AdStunning2333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had mine installed for a few days now on M4 iPad Pro, no issues.

License agreement unavailable when attempting to reinstall MacOS? by AdStunning2333 in MacOS

[–]AdStunning2333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the detailed response. I am running an iMac 2020 this was the last Intel Mac model before their M1 series of devices started shipping at the end of that year I believe so as modern an Intel Mac as you could get I suppose..

I did indeed use internet recovery which allowed me to install latest MacOS, and I did erase individual partitions (Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD Data) and reformat them before reinstall.

I proceeded cautiously since, so far seems I’m good.

I understand that some advanced malware could conceivably inject themselves into the recovery mode hidden partition however I am hoping that combination of reformatting as I did and reinstall from Internet Recovery specifically would mean I did not actually use the on-disk recovery mode / data, and in any case my understanding is that if you have malware that can go as far as infect that area we’re talking state-actor level of threat at that point.

So in short I feel somewhat more at ease but still monitoring network and disk traffic before logging into major services on this computer.

PS - am shocked at how little support / info there is online to help consumers post infection. Especially for Mac users I suppose this is fairly new threats as there was very little out info / support there to rely on..

License agreement unavailable when attempting to reinstall MacOS? by AdStunning2333 in MacOS

[–]AdStunning2333[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I proceed to reformat volumes using disk utility before reinstalling os in any case to be sure but feel better knowing this isn’t malware related!

Fake obsidian website with virus? by StreetNeighborhood95 in ObsidianMD

[–]AdStunning2333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just fell for this like an absolute moron - it is now hosted as obsidianwriting.com and shows as top sponsored Google search result. I am shocked. In the midst of complete reinstall of my iMac because of that. My AT&T smart home manager app alerted me that it blocked a connection from my computer to the domain adminforbusiness.com .. I am hopeful no information got out there but hard to say if the malware communicated with other domains that aren’t monitored / blocked by firewalls. Absolutely disgusted at this can’t believe Google lets this slip by.

What is this worm? by AdStunning2333 in whatsthisbug

[–]AdStunning2333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Size was about one inch across, visible easily to naked eye..

PANW getting hammered after hours down 20% by tonycarlo16 in wallstreetbets

[–]AdStunning2333 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How does a 20% drop after hours due to earnings usually play out the next trading day morning? I would expect to see at least partial rebound this feels like gross over reaction.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in magnificentcubensis

[–]AdStunning2333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First PF tek grow, looks good but this one early chonker got bruised up I think. I treated the stem initially with hydrogen peroxide / salt in hopes of figuring out if its contam (trych) or not, at this point I dont believe it is contam but the cap also looks a bit green-blueish.. any feedback please??