Why cant macs get viruses?

[GGJstudios]

Very easy to explain, market share of OS X increased a bit, but the difficulty of writting malware increased relatively a lot. Are you saying that if you were in the business of writting malware you wouldn't factor market share in? Come on!

You're contradicting yourself and you're not making sense.

• You just said, "Nowdays writing malware for Mac OS X is a bit easier than writing it for Windows".
• Then you said, "Since the difficulty of writting malware is almost the same"
• Now you're saying "but the difficulty of writting malware increased relatively a lot."

You also said,

• "market share is the main discrimination factor.",
• but now you're saying the difficulty or ease of writing malware is a primary factor?

Make up your mind.

People generally use the default browser on the system they are using. Safari is the default browser for Mac OS X and IE is the default browser on Windows

That has absolutely nothing to do with your claim that "Nowdays writing malware for Mac OS X is a bit easier than writing it for Windows". First you talk about Mac OS X vs Windows, which are both operating systems. Now you're talking about Safari vs IE, which are applications. I can say that Porsches are better than Ferraris, but that doesn't have anything to do with the topic of this thread, either.

 

[notjustjay]

Can we all just agree that the likelihood of contracting a virus "in the wild" on OS X is currently very, very, very slim, and leave it at that?

 

[GGJstudios]

Can we all just agree that the likelihood of contracting a virus "in the wild" on OS X is currently very, very, very slim...

Only slightly better than having your 3 winning lottery tickets struck by lightning.... underground.

 

[Horus]

'Cus Steve's Reality Distortion Field is stronger than any virus.

/thread

 

[JavierP]

You're contradicting yourself and you're not making sense.

• You just said, "Nowdays writing malware for Mac OS X is a bit easier than writing it for Windows".
• Then you said, "Since the difficulty of writting malware is almost the same"
• Now you're saying "but the difficulty of writting malware increased relatively a lot."

You also said,

• "market share is the main discrimination factor.",
• but now you're saying the difficulty or ease of writing malware is a primary factor?

Make up your mind.

That has absolutely nothing to do with your claim that "Nowdays writing malware for Mac OS X is a bit easier than writing it for Windows". First you talk about Mac OS X vs Windows, which are both operating systems. Now you're talking about Safari vs IE, which are applications. I can say that Porsches are better than Ferraris, but that doesn't have anything to do with the topic of this thread, either.

This is my last post on the subject

ROI of writting malware = constant * market share / difficulty

At the time win98 competed with MacOS
ROI for writting MacOS malware = x * 0.01 / 1
ROI for writting Win98 malware = x * 0.99 / 1

Nowdays
ROI for writting MacOSX malware = x * 0.05 / 1000
ROI for writting Window malware = x * 0.95 / 1010

If you don't understand that MacOSX has a lower ROI compared to MacOS and that MacOSX has lower ROI compared to Windows .....

 

[GGJstudios]

This is my last post on the subject

ROI of writting malware = constant * market share / difficulty

At the time win98 competed with MacOS
ROI for writting MacOS malware = x * 0.01 / 1
ROI for writting Win98 malware = x * 0.99 / 1

Nowdays
ROI for writting MacOSX malware = x * 0.05 / 1000
ROI for writting Window malware = x * 0.95 / 1010

If don't understand that MacOSX has a lower ROI compared to MacOS and that MacOSX has lower ROI compared to Windows .....

LOL! OK, first it was market share. Then it was ease/difficulty of writing malware. Then it was applications vs operating systems. Now it's ROI, which you don't even have defined properly.

The return on investment formula:

Unlike reputable software development firms that develop and sell software, virus writers aren't concerned with ROI. They don't sell their viruses, so there are no concerns with cost of development, market share, pricing strategy, marketing, competitor advertising, etc. They write viruses to be malicious, to cause damage, to make a "statement", to feed their egos, and many other non-business related reasons. A virus writer doesn't get a return on investment in the traditional sense.

If anything, a virus writer would be highly motivated to have bragging rights to releasing the first virus in the wild that affects a large number of Mac OS X users. Such a feat would make them infamous overnight.

 

[JavierP]

LOL! OK, first it was market share. Then it was ease/difficulty of writing malware. Then it was applications vs operating systems. Now it's ROI, which you don't even have defined properly.

The return on investment formula:

The formula I used is compatible with that formula. I hope that you're not an engineer.

Unlike reputable software development firms that develop and sell software, virus writers aren't concerned with ROI. They don't sell their viruses, so there are no concerns with cost of development, market share, pricing strategy, marketing, competitor advertising, etc. They write viruses to be malicious, to cause damage, to make a "statement", to feed their egos, and many other non-business related reasons. A virus writer doesn't get a return on investment in the traditional sense.

If anything, a virus writer would be highly motivated to have bragging rights to releasing the first virus in the wild that affects a large number of Mac OS X users. Such a feat would make them infamous overnight.

"They don't sell their viruses", hahaha, keep on bringing the good stuff.

 

[GGJstudios]

The formula I used is compatible with that formula.

I hope that you're not a finance teacher!

 

[iShater]

Both formulas are OK, both of you have valid points. You are also both making some mistakes there as well.

There, I made you both feel better and worse at the same time. The good news is that whoever asked the question at first has an idea of what happened.

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!


/thread

 

[JavierP]

Both formulas are OK, both of you have valid points. You are also both making some mistakes there as well.

There, I made you both feel better and worse at the same time. The good news is that whoever asked the question at first has an idea of what happened.

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!


/thread

You're right, I am better off finishing my NetBSD malware, I'm going to be rich!