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26 viruses on it!?!

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cjm3113

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Some guy on another forum I frequent said:
Mac users like to subscribe to the myth that Macs don't get viruses. I don't know how many times I've heard Mac enthusiasts claim that "Macs never get viruses". It's total BS. I had to clean a Mac up a couple months ago that had no less than 26 viruses on it.
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Okay so there is a Windows/Apple debate going on another forum I regular. I am not even taking part in the argument, but this one comment stood out to me.

I know there has been a lot of talk about viruses, or the lack their of on OSX. We all heard all about the first one on iChat, and sure their existence is possible, but is this guy who claims to be an IT specialist full of ****?
 
Any "virus" I've seen on OS X requires you to input your admin password. Anyone could write one if a user is dumb enough to give away their password
 
nomar383 said:
Any "virus" I've seen on OS X requires you to input your admin password. Anyone could write one if a user is dumb enough to give away their password
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Exactly, if you are using the computer and trying to put some garbage on it then obviously you shall succeed.
 
sound like he either:
had every mac os x virus ever made,
was a ye olde mac running OS 9 or lower in which case it would still prob be every mac virus every made,
it was running windows or it was just full of windows viruses
OR he used some cheap piece of software that told him he had loads of viruses to make him feel like it was worth paying for (is that not philosophy of norton antivirus)

as in 3 years of macs i've never had a virus not even the simple please give me ur password type viruses maybe i just dont go on the right websites for em lol, altho incidentally since i got windows vista on release day i havent got any on that ever either (i only got them on xp and earlier)
 
cjm3113 said:
The lying was understood. The question was more about is he exaggerating or just talking completely out of his ass.
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Completely out of. He didn't get any viruses. He's either lying about getting them, or he is a complete, bumbling imbecile and doesn't know what a virus is.

He probably found 26 errors repairing permissions in Disk Utility. :D
 
It's total BS. I had to clean a Mac up a couple months ago that had no less than 26 viruses on it.

See, he probably cleaned someone's Macbook running XP. So his statement isn't necessarily far fetched.
 
rdowns said:
Post the link to the thread. I'd like to see it. :D
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I would, but it was just deleted. I was actually surprised it lasted as long as it did.

KingYaba said:
It's total BS. I had to clean a Mac up a couple months ago that had no less than 26 viruses on it.

See, he probably cleaned someone's Macbook running XP. So his statement isn't necessarily far fetched.
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Ha, that was my first thought as well.
 
Leap-A?

Did Leap-A require admin password to start or did you just have to accept the file transfer in iChat for it to start replicating to everyone in your ichat user list?
 
It is possible than a scan with ClamX AV found 26 windows viruses sitting dormant on the drive.
 
He probably did have 26 viruses. Windows viruses.

As has been said before... there are not viruses for Mac OS X. There are less than a handful of very, very, very rare lame ass trojans, but you'd do well to get one of those and even then, then are so lame that it's not really a problem.
 
lostngone said:
Did Leap-A require admin password to start or did you just have to accept the file transfer in iChat for it to start replicating to everyone in your ichat user list?
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IIRC you have to accept the transfer, decompress the file, and run the executable. I don't think that it requires your admin password though, since it manipulates iChat using the current user account.

Not sure on that though, as it's been a long time since I've messed with Leap.
 
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