I'm confue. Anti-R and Hal9000 have said that the virus was for MAC OS9, but it looks like your post says they are for OS X. And they dismiss it because the user is prompted for admin access. As I stated earlier. Trick 1% of mac users to giving admin access...no real threat. Trick 1% of windows users and you have yourself a nice little claim to fame.
There were viruses, etc., in the wild for OS 9 and previous. However, there is almost no relation between OS 9 and OS X. Apple didn't just upgrade their ancient, outdated OS like Microsoft did -- they replaced it completely.
There are proofs of concept for OS X that don't work well, but nothing in the wild. To take your Apple hatred out of the equation, remember that the credit for a superior security model doesn't really go to Apple, but the FreeBSD UNIX that is the base of OS X. FreeBSD is well-known for being a very robust and secure OS.
No need to be. Ignorance is curable.
What Antirepublicrat and Hal9000 are referring to is that the ONLY Mac viruses that have been found in the wild are viruses designed to infect OS 9 and older systems. OS X is a completely different animal than OS 9, sharing only the Macintosh name... there is no relationship beyond that.
"Tricking" any user into giving access is far easier on a Windows computer where 99% of users are essentially operating at "root" level. Almost 0% of Mac users operate at root. To even activate root on a Mac requires an effort on the part of the user, establishing a new user and a new password. On a Windows machine, until the release of Vista, the out of the box default user is root.
Tricking 1% of Windows users gives no one any claim to fame... that's so easy to do that script kiddies do it all the time. Script kiddies can't even make a dent in a Mac.
I nominate this to become part of the Freeper lexicon along with stuned, hugh, and series.
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