[DB]

"It wouldn't do any good to write viruses for OS X. No Active X to transmit them. Ports are not open by default the way Windows does. Mac OS X is more secure by design; the myth that there are no viruses for Macintosh because no one bothers is pure Microsoft generated myth."

The myth is that you know what you're talking about.

You don't need active X to transmit virus', worms, etc on PCs, Mac's or whatever computer.

And as far as those "default" Mac settings:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1029572/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012349/posts

At 5% market share it would be hard to get a Mac virus to propagate by the shear difficulty in finding one to spread it to in a sea of PCs. That is your saving grace whether you know it or not.

[Swordmaker]

And as far as those "default" Mac settings:

Sorry, no cigar. These "exploits" were LAN only and required that a hostile server exists on the LAN. This is so unlikely a scenario that it is almost beyond the realms of possibility. The exploit was easily fixed by merely turning one default setting from "on" to "off." It did not even require a patch.

Later release CDs of OSX shipped with the default "off."

[Astronaut]

Another Microsoft fanboy repeating the party line. I wont be able to convince you that OS X is as inherently secure as Windows is vulnerable, so I wont even try. Its like arguing with a liberal.