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McAfee's releases a "white paper" that says that Apple Macs are now vulnerable to "Chip Based" malware because they switched to Intel processors... PING!

I am certain we will see this spread in the MSM...

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2 posted on 05/22/2006 11:33:29 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")

Yeah, it's another sales pitch for virus "protection" software.

3 posted on 05/23/2006 1:42:06 AM PDT by glorgau

Examples of chip-level attacks are rare. The last known serious outbreak dates back to 1998, when the CIH/Chernobyl virus embedded itself into the flash-BIOS of infected systems.

A couple of observations:

#1 - "chip level" attacks are rare. So I suppose they will start coming out of the woodwork like an Ivory-billed Woodpecker to attack Intel based Macs???? Please...

#2 - embedded itself into the flash-BIOS? Since when do any Macs (including Intel Macs) use flash-BIOS?

And of course - the next paragraph spills the beans on the whole supposed issue - Anti-virus company spouting the "info"....

9 posted on 05/23/2006 7:56:32 PM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan and a Cancer on Society)

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