Not to be a Negative Nancy, but this IS bad news for switchers. i hate to admit it, but one of the reasons Mac OS doesnt have viruses is that nobody would make a virus for that small of the market share. Yeah, OS X does have alot of great security features, but anything can be worked around. More viruses for PCs means more people switching to Mac, which means that Mac OS X is going to be one more target.
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Great news for mac users, horrible news for PCs
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wonga1127 said:
Then why did Mac OS 9 have viruses when it had an even smaller market share?
Does Mac OS X have viruses? No. Will it some day? Perhaps. Perhaps not. To be sure no OS is perfect. But the biggest reason for lack of OS X viruses is not market share but the security model.
McAfee is full of it.
As for the Virus writers, BRING IT fools. BRING IT.
I think I will regret saying that, since I run Windows XP exclusively.
As for the Virus writers, BRING IT fools. BRING IT.
I think I will regret saying that, since I run Windows XP exclusively.
dmw007 said:Yes, doubling the viruses for Mac is of little concern (2x0=0), but doubling the number of viruses for PeeCees is a slightly larger number.
Yep -- they need to go 64bit to calclulate them all