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To: rlmorel
Many Mac users have never, ever, in years of use suffered a virus or malware. Those of us who know about these things know they are out there, we know they exist, and we know they could infect a Mac, but...who could blame those ignorant Mac users for thinking they are invulnerable? Most have never purchased virus protection. (I use a Mac among other things, and purchased virus protection at some time, but ended up throwing it away.)

Please provide us with the names of the Mac OS X Viruses, the self-replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing viruses that infect OS X Macs IN THE WILD that are out there... the ones YOU KNOW ARE OUT THERE... please, we really want to know.

And, please, show us the Mac users who claim Macs are "hack proof." I have never seen them... just Windows fanboys claiming Mac users say it. Just before they attempt to shoot it down... a favorite straw man argument they use in anti-Mac diatribes.

Of course, ALL it takes is one viable Mac self-replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing Mac OS X virus in New England to demonstrate the point... but then one has yet to surface in almost 11 years of exposure of now almost 60 million OS X Macs... so when do you think one will appear???

48 posted on 06/09/2010 9:29:29 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!Apple could simply require that any iPho)
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To: Swordmaker

Oh, they are out there, at least in labs. The point is, you can always get someone to click on something, put in their password, and release the hounds of hell into a system.

Human engineering is always a weak point...:)


64 posted on 06/10/2010 3:46:06 AM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: Swordmaker

Pesonally, my opinion is that there is a lot of hate by mostly reasonable people towards Apple products.

I am surprised that, with Apple being as unsecure as it is made out to be by some, that it hasn’t been attacked by those who fanatically hate its products.

There is a difference, I think. There are many people who hate Microsoft products, but it is, in many cases, the result of experience with the products.

There are many who hate Apple products, and many of them DON’T have much experience with Apple products. There is something else they are angry at.

So with all that anger, and all that talent, I am very surprised there have been no attacks on macs to speak of.


65 posted on 06/10/2010 3:52:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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