Yep...and then Macs will be the target.
I just love these Mac folks who think that the answer to all ills a Mac.
Get a clue.
Ever think it might be that we have been ill and been cured? Most of us have been Windows users... I work every day with Windows, curing them of what ails them. It's nice to come home to a computer that doesn't get sick.
Get a clue.
Thank you, already got one... and a Mac.
It's not the machine; it's the better-constructed OS.
I'll "clue" you in:
Imagine....
Imagine no spyware - none, zilch, nada.
Imagine no adware - nothing, zero, not a single one.
Imagine no trojans.
Imagine no viruses - nothing to protect against. Imagine not even _running_ any anti-virus software on your computer.
Imagine computing for 18 years, online for 18 years, and never having had a virus, not once. Ever.
Imagine being able to read _any_ email, without fear. To visit _any_ website you wish, without fear. To look at _any_ image you wish, without fear. Imagine be able to download _anything_ you wished, and not even have to check it for infection, or worry about some hidden application buried within it, just waiting to attack your computer.
Imagine turning on your computer with the confidence that you can leave it online a day, a week, a month, and return to find it in exactly the same state - unmolested - as you left it in.
Now, STOP imagining. That's been my personal computing experience (really!) for the last 18 years online.
Impossible, you say? Not if you're using a Mac.
Granted, someone _could_ possibly concoct a virus or some other malaware for OS X. However, if it _does_ happen, it's going to be a "man bites dog" story. It'll be headlines not because it's another virus, but because there has never been an attack on OS X. And it will be dealt with quickly.
I've got a friend at work who has used computers as long (longer?) than I have, but he came from the "PC side" of things. Two of his most memorable comments to me were "it took me ten years to learn DOS", and, "I hate computers!".
I've been fooling with personal computers since 1986 (the Mac since 1987) and I _enjoy_ computers! Why is that?
Cheers!
- John