A burning at the steak in the center of Infinite Loop in Cupertino is in order.
I'll have mine medium-rare!
Everybody knows they invented sliced bread,
Make that a steak iSandwich!
Apple need to stop the "no viruses" line. It's going to backfire majorly if they don't. Now they're going to have a mass of users downloading all sorts just because they think "Macs don't get viruses!"
As already pointed out, they have never said that. They said they don't get PC viruses. In the past 10 years, they don't get any viruses, because no Mac OS X viruses exist in the wild.
So much for their "Macs don't get viruses" campaigns.
See above. You're making it up.
Even back then there was malware for Mac OS X, Apple had only comfortably ignored that fact and lied to its customers.
No, they haven't lied or ignored that fact. They have always acknowledged that there is malware.
No platform is absolutely safe and secure. It's just that nobody else runs around with a big mouth and pretends to be immune to threats,
Apple never claimed to be immune. You're making stuff up.
Anyway. Welcome to the real world, Apple and Mac users.
I'm in the real world, and it's wonderfully malware free, since I have the only protection my Mac needs to defend against malware: an informed and prudent user.
Well well well. I never thought i would see the day
You still haven't seen "the day." This is nothing new. Just another trojan that uninformed users are foolish enough to install.
i hope it deters other malware writers.
Nothing will deter malware writers.
It'll be more interesting to see if dumb users get educated to the fact that having admin rights on a normal user account is not a good idea.
It makes no difference if you run a standard or admin account. There is no advantage to one over the other.
Fact is - Apple has marketed their OS as not being able to get a virus.
No, they haven't. See above.
Apple should disable "Open Safe Files" in Safari per default.
I agree. And they should enable the firewall by default.
The guy at the mac store and everyone I talk to says they're incapable of getting a virus.
That's false. They CAN get a virus, but since none exist in the wild at this time, they DON'T get viruses. MacDefender is NOT a virus!
I have been saying troubles with computer attacks are real for Mac..and got bitched at and fluffed off by many here..........but it is a part of reality.......I expect to hear many of you crying in your beer having to eat the words that Mac's are not affected. Then I can and will say I told you so...and that stuff about it's not a virus, or malware, or a Trojan..means nothing. It is a glitch that got to the computer and what you call it does not matter. Mac will have the same issues as MS as they get more of the market value. Here is a site to read
You still can't say "I told you so" because this is nothing more than a trojan for the truly ignorant or foolish user. This doesn't represent any failure of Mac OS X, but a failure on the part of users who blindly install software they don't know anything about. Computers, regardless of the OS involved, have always been affected and always will be affected by the #1 threat: the user.
95% of the Windows Infestations are Users.
100% of Mac OS X infestations are users.
And where do you get your reference from...your opinion or facts?
Fact. Users have the power to choose to install malware. Trojans don't install themselves. The user invites them onto their systems, either by ignorance or by carelessness.
Please don't come here if you are looking for information.
If you want information, read this:
Mac Virus/Malware Info
