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To: driftdiver
I also think its humorous how the mac people think they are invulnerable to security risks.

The open source software fanatics were crowing the same thing about Firefox vs IE. And Firefox probably is somewhat more secure than IE, but Firefox did not turn out to be nearly so secure as they said it was. When they started crowing I just told everyone that it only seemed that way because the malware writers weren't writing malware for it; Firefox wasn't a big enough target. Once it got some traction, lo and behold, I started noticing my Firefox browser receiving ever more frequent security updates and patches.

Macs are no different. They might very well be more secure than Windows (OS X, being essentially FreeBSD with a pretty interface helps, since it's part of the Unix family of operating systems), but I assure you it can be broken. The only reason it isn't being broken is because it's not a big enough target for malware writers to feel like it's worth the time to go after it.
26 posted on 05/16/2008 1:10:42 PM PDT by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
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To: JamesP81

If it’s not a big enough target, please explain why the virus writers are going after certain cell phone models, not running Windows, that are numbered only in the thousands of units?

“There’s not enough of them to bother” doesn’t fly any more. Not when people are writing *Palm* and *Casio* viruses.


30 posted on 05/16/2008 1:14:00 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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