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To: bgnn32
You just keep believing that, it is people who think stuff like that keep me in business.

Give me just one example of a virus that will attack Macintosh OS X. Just one, that's all I ask.

Walt Mossberg writing in the Wall Street Journal last week:

In addition, the mini comes with Apple's latest operating system, called Panther, which has so far never been attacked by a successful virus and has been plagued with little or no known spyware."

But unfortunately there will always be people who manufacture FUD to make a buck.

47 posted on 01/26/2005 2:36:17 PM PST by 1LongTimeLurker
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

Well I could list more but because you asked for "Just one" there is Opener which hit the net about 3 months ago and it attacks MAC OS X as well as most Unix based O/S's. There are a lot more out there but there is "Just one" like you asked for.

Ya there are more that will attack windows, but that is beacuse over 85% of the computers in the world use Windows. But Mac's are attacked by Viruses and the fact that most Mac users work under the misconception that because they use a Mac they are safe is making them a more popular target for hackers.


72 posted on 01/26/2005 2:46:27 PM PST by bgnn32
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To: 1LongTimeLurker
Give me just one example of a virus that will attack Macintosh OS X. Just one, that's all I ask.

SH/Renepo-A is the creature you are looking for.

SH/Renepo-A is a shell script worm targeted at the Mac OS X platform. If run on your computer (either accidentally or by design), it copies itself to the local startup directory (/System/Library/StartupItems) and to any other mounted volumes, including other computers on your network. SH/Renepo-A also makes infected StartupItems folders world-writeable, thus opening a dangerous backdoor on any system it infects.

"Just one, that's all I ask."

Why do I have the feeling that that will not be all you ask for? That you will find some excuse to deny that such a virus does exist and it does indeed infect OS X. <sigh>

114 posted on 01/26/2005 3:13:21 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: 1LongTimeLurker

If a MAC is invulnerable to a virus attack, then that means there is no antivirus software for the MAC then, right?


202 posted on 01/26/2005 5:16:25 PM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker; Shortwave

As I recall, there were over 100,000 new trojans and viruses reported in 2004.


210 posted on 01/26/2005 5:23:48 PM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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