There was no insult. I simply stated a fact.
You apparently have not read the link I suggested, or you would know what "in the wild" means and how I would know that none exist.
Read the link and educate yourself.
Read the link and my posts. You will find no such inference or suggestion. In fact, you will find the opposite.
That's the bottom line. Name one and you disprove the statement that no Mac OS X viruses exist in the wild. Since you can't, the statement stands true.
I have never insulted you.
Not quite. Did you just post the link without reading it?
That means it has not been released into the wild. You continue to show that you haven't read or understood the Mac Virus/Malware link I've posted, to educate yourself on malware. Your posts suggest that you don't understand the difference between a virus and a trojan or the difference between proof-of-concept or in the wild. Until you read and learn, your arguments are going to be ineffective.
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They're not wrong in saying there are no Mac OS X viruses in the wild, because there aren't. That is a fact that you, like many others before you, have failed to disprove.
Rather than continue this discussion, which has grown tedious do to your lack of understanding the facts and apparent unwillingness to read the information that has been offered, I'll leave it with this: Why would I say in so many of these threads that no Mac OS X viruses exist in the wild, if it weren't true? If one did exist, many others in the forum would be quick to name it and disprove me. I have no motivation to lie, because doing so would only serve to humiliate and embarrass me. The fact is, it's true.
I have no doubt that it's possible that a virus could be introduced some time in the future. If that happens, I'll be among the first to acknowledge that and warn users. As I say in the link that you apparently refuse to read,
Like others in this forum who know the facts, I've had this debate dozens of times over the years, and not one person has ever proven the existence of a Mac OS X virus in the wild. Why do you think you'd be any different? Could a virus be created that affects Mac OS X? Yes! Has one been created and released into the wild? No! If that changes sometime in the future, I'll be alerting people to that fact. Until that time, I will continue to encourage Mac users to stay informed and to be cautious and careful in choosing what software they install.