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I'm gonna have to make this into a "rubber stamp" comment that I can post on command:

99% - The percentage of Macs that are completely devoid of anti-virus software, and which are operated by users possessing limited technical computer knowledge, running with "administrator" privilege (the default).
30,000,000 - The number of Mac OS-X computers in active use.
50,000 - The number of compromised computers required to build a successful and lucrative botnet.
600 - The number of 50K-node botnets possible with 30,000,000 vulnerable Macs.
0 - The actual number of such botnets in existence.

If I were a virus writer, I would target the Mac. Why? it's a totally open field, no competition from other virus writers, no protective anti-virus software, nearly every user is non-technical yet runs with full admin priv.

So I say to the FUD-spewing Win-trolls: WHERE ARE THE MAC BOTNETS???

Right on dayglored. Hackers hack ‘cause they love to hack. How stupid do they think we are? No one has tried to hack a Mac ‘cause there aren’t enough of them yet? What tripe.

“One of these days Alice. Bang! Zoom! Just as soon as there are enough of you out there, you’re goin’ to the moon!” (For the kiddies, it’s a Jackie Gleason reference. He used to say, ‘You’re goin’ to the moon Alice...’ Gleason. Jackie Gleason. Oh, never mind!)