Breaking News - The Worm Turns

[NicP]

According to the Computer Science grad in my education classes this summer, Macs don't get viruses because there's such a small user base no one wants to mess with it. But he could make a Mac virus easily, he says.

Aside from his arrogance and idiocy, I understood (and he doesn't) the Unix base of OS X makes it much more difficult to create a workable virus on a Mac.

Is this right?

tell him he shouldnt have graduated, hes a moron

perhaps he dosent really understand what a computer virus is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

kamper: i dont think anyone would argue with you that security through obscurity isnt benificial to macs, its that your portray it as the MAIN reason macs dont viruses, which is simply nonsense. there would at least be the occasional virus on OSX if its primary means of defence was obscurity, as has been the case with previous versions of the mac os

 

[Doctor Q]

Creative is said to ship 4,000 wormy MP3 players

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Creative Technology Ltd. has accidentally shipped almost 4,000 digital music players in Japan that contain a Windows worm, according to an advisory from Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.

 

[dsharits]

Creative is said to ship 4,000 wormy MP3 players

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That is hilarious!

Thanks for the link, Doc.

 

[_Matt]

Makes you feel a little bit better to know that the man
at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave uses a Mac.

only a lil...

 

[VanMac]

Creative is said to ship 4,000 wormy MP3 players

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Nice.

Wonder if they will apply for a patent for that....

 

[MACDreaming]

I feel lucky.. My entire family switched two years back.. and except for my mental sister-n-law that nobody listens to who thinks a 100 MHz Compaq Presario on dialup was a good time, nobody misses Winblows at all..

Oh god.... that is bringing flashbacks to dialing up on a 1200 baud rate modem 10 years ago... Old Tandy 8088 I think it was...

Dial in..... creeeeeehhhh ping ping more loud noises....

Leave desk.

Make pot of coffee.

Go back to desk... Click link.

Go make a sandwich.

Go back to desk... read article (no pics, no video just text)

Click link.

Balance checkbook.

yadda yadda yadda....



Mental sister-in-law is an understatement..... I don't even have my mac yet and dial-up in no way can be a good time!! I have a friend that can not get broadband access at his home so he is no longer online at home do to the frustrations.

Wiping the tears from my eyes....