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<blockquote data-quote="MichaelSullivan" data-source="post: 80477"><p>I know you probably love your Mac and all, but thats no reason to spout opinion instead of fact. Took me about 30 seconds to find examples of a mac os x virus and a trojan by looking through symantec. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/macos.mw2004.trojan.html" target="_blank">http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/macos.mw2004.trojan.html</a></p><p><a href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sh.renepo.b.html" target="_blank">http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sh.renepo.b.html</a></p><p><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news" target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news</a></p><p> </p><p>I don't dislike Macs, so no need to be rude when stating your opinion. Mac's aren't invulnerible... nor are they perfect. I do question why some Mac users become so defensive when people point these things out, though. </p><p> </p><p>From this article: <a href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/renepo.html" target="_blank">http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/renepo.html</a></p><p>"The Renepo worm reminds Mac users who may have felt smug that most viruses target the Microsoft Windows market that they should be careful not to turn a blind eye to security."</p><p><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news" target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MichaelSullivan, post: 80477"] I know you probably love your Mac and all, but thats no reason to spout opinion instead of fact. Took me about 30 seconds to find examples of a mac os x virus and a trojan by looking through symantec. [url="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/macos.mw2004.trojan.html"]http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/macos.mw2004.trojan.html[/url] [url="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sh.renepo.b.html"]http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sh.renepo.b.html[/url] [url="http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news"]http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news[/url] I don't dislike Macs, so no need to be rude when stating your opinion. Mac's aren't invulnerible... nor are they perfect. I do question why some Mac users become so defensive when people point these things out, though. From this article: [url="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/renepo.html"]http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/renepo.html[/url] "The Renepo worm reminds Mac users who may have felt smug that most viruses target the Microsoft Windows market that they should be careful not to turn a blind eye to security." [url="http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5215586.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news"][/url] [/QUOTE]
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