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To: sam_paine
Good point. But not sure how me buying a Mac fixes the unpatched-windows masses out there in the ROW.

If you have a Mac you no longer have to worry about viruses. There aren't any for the Mac.

15 posted on 01/26/2005 2:18:41 PM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

Nice answer. Wrong question.

I was asking how you or I getting a Mac reduces the headache of unpatched-windoze boxes out there that drag down the net with DOS attacks, spam, etc.

You're correct that Microsoft's program here will do nothing but encourage more Chinese pirate machines to stay unpatched. Buying Macs doesn't fix that.


17 posted on 01/26/2005 2:22:12 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

That's so dead-pan, it's hilarious.


31 posted on 01/26/2005 2:27:17 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

>If you have a Mac you no longer have to worry about viruses. There aren't any for the Mac.

who would bother writing a virus for all 12 of them that has been made?{sarcam}


35 posted on 01/26/2005 2:28:09 PM PST by postaldave (ACLU = Anti-Christian, Liberal, and Un-American.)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

"If you have a Mac you no longer have to worry about viruses. There aren't any for the Mac."

You just keep believing that, it is people who think stuff like that keep me in business.


40 posted on 01/26/2005 2:31:01 PM PST by bgnn32
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To: 1LongTimeLurker
This site lists a lot of security holes and patches the OSX.
There are also several ads for Virus Scanners for OSX. Why are there scanners if there are no viruses ...
http://www.securemac.com/
74 posted on 01/26/2005 2:47:24 PM PST by a_screen_name
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To: 1LongTimeLurker; a_screen_name
"SH/Renepo-A" is a virus for the Mac.

Name SH/Renepo-A
Type
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems
  • Macintosh
Side effects
  • Allows others to access the computer
  • Deletes files off the computer
  • Steals information
  • Downloads code from the internet
  • Reduces system security
  • Modifies passwords
Aliases
  • Opener

86 posted on 01/26/2005 2:53:13 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: 1LongTimeLurker
If you have a Mac you no longer have to worry about viruses. There aren't any for the Mac.

That bit of Mac-Head mythology will get you in trouble. More proof Mac's are more of a religion than a computer platform

Join us in reality

138 posted on 01/26/2005 3:41:44 PM PST by Last Visible Dog
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