"Macs are virus targets....."

[reed]

Are Macs more vulnerable now to virus, etc.? See article below:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060430/...apple_security

[Mikuro]

There's already a thread on it. See http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271441

[RacerX]

Originally Posted by reed

Are Macs more vulnerable now to virus, etc.? See article below:

The events of that article took place over at MacRumors on February 13, 2006.

It wasn't that big a deal then and hasn't gotten any worse with age.

As to why it is being rehashed now... FUD and a slow news day. To date there has been more articles written about viruses on Macs than than Macs infected... by a factor of about 20!


The average PC user is more likely to get a virus/worm/trojan than to hear about viruses and the like in the news. The average Mac user is more likely to read a couple dozen articles about viruses and the like in the news without ever seeing a virus/worm/trojan on their Macs. In fact your chances of winning the lottery are almost as good as getting a virus currently.


Hope that puts this in perspective.

[delsoljb32]

yeah, CNN.com posted the exact same story on this today as they did a few weeks/months ago. sad really, isnt there other technology news they can report?

[reed]

Thanks for the confirmation. I didn't see the other threads.


In fact your chances of winning the lottery are almost as good as getting a virus currently.


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