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To: Swordmaker

With all due respect this was bound to happen. With increasing market share and Mac users constantly bragging about how their computers didn't get viruses, it was only a matter of time before some hacker decided to meet the challenge.


3 posted on 02/24/2006 11:27:53 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
With increasing market share and Mac users constantly bragging about how their computers didn't get viruses, it was only a matter of time before some hacker decided to meet the challenge.

But he hasn't "met the challenge"... this is far from a self replicating, self propagating virus... it is a Trojan and not the first of that breed for the Mac OS X.

15 posted on 02/24/2006 7:03:56 PM PST by Swordmaker (Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Bound to happen? You mean ONE proof-of-concept that is not "in the wild" as virus gurus like to call it (despite what has been reported, it is not on the loose)?

This is the same stale news, reprinted with even more wrong information.... looks like those in the technology media industry are no better at fact-checking or even doing a little research on their own than the Lame-stream media sources.

I will be the first to admit when I feel ANY threat to my computers. That time has yet to come (and I don't expect it any time soon).

And yes, I know what you really meant - that someone would finally take a stab at MacOS X simply because of it's reputation (even if it's a "limited" market).


20 posted on 02/24/2006 7:29:54 PM PST by TheBattman (Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan and a Cancer on Society)
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