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To: for-q-clinton
The reason it wont' cause widespread harm is because there aren't enough MACs to make a dent on the news cycle, so hackers won't waste their time.

Apple had occasional problems with viruses several years ago when they were selling far fewer computers. Since then, Apple has switched to Mac OS X and is selling Macs in record numbers - and not a single virus has spread in the wild. Your theory is discredited.

28 posted on 01/03/2007 3:41:36 PM PST by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

I'm not so sure that will continue with Apple's embracing of the Intel processor. Granted, dll-loading and system API calls within the virus code designed for Windows will not work, but I'd still think hackers could now have the capability to write platform-agnostic viruses for Intel that could do a phenomenal amount of damage. Your thoughts?


35 posted on 01/03/2007 4:29:09 PM PST by Lexinom (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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To: HAL9000; antiRepublicrat
and not a single virus has spread in the wild. Your theory is discredited.

But there have been as noted above. The new vista requires users to say yes when running as admin as well; however, I bet the excuse antirepublicrat uses won't be acceptable for Microsoft when idiot users click on a link and say yes to allow admin access and wammo virus hits. The fact that most machines will be windows it's more likely that a virus writer will gamble that even if 1% of the users are dumb enough to say yes...they'll catch hundreds of thousands if not millions of users with their virus. If you catch 1% of the mac users that say yes to an admin access request...then you have caught hundreds of people. Not exactly newsworthy.

37 posted on 01/03/2007 7:28:14 PM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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