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Kokopelli
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For the record techster... I find your avatar amusing. Disturbing, but amusing none the less.
Viruses now are less often corruption based in nature and more control based. Virus writers seem to be targeting creating zombies and propogating more than doing damage. After all a machine that has been zeroed can't propagate any further now can it? There are a number of viruses that replace and/or update system level files. If it can replace a system level file it can most likely destroy the partition. And while Windows may not be able to read the partition, it is very likely that it is aware of the hfs+ partition in which OS X resides.
Again though viruses are rarely data destructive in nature now This is more a trend in the goals of the writers though than improvements in the OS. It is harder to write viruses to be sure, but there are enough that can execute arbitrary system level commands that the potential for a destructive virus to be created is still present. Such a virus just probably would not spread far since it is destroying its means of propogation. With a delayed destruct anti-virus would likely find and remove it before it does the dirty deed.
Just be thankful mail viruses are harder now. Thise are the worst of the modern vectors IMHO.
Viruses now are less often corruption based in nature and more control based. Virus writers seem to be targeting creating zombies and propogating more than doing damage. After all a machine that has been zeroed can't propagate any further now can it? There are a number of viruses that replace and/or update system level files. If it can replace a system level file it can most likely destroy the partition. And while Windows may not be able to read the partition, it is very likely that it is aware of the hfs+ partition in which OS X resides.
Again though viruses are rarely data destructive in nature now This is more a trend in the goals of the writers though than improvements in the OS. It is harder to write viruses to be sure, but there are enough that can execute arbitrary system level commands that the potential for a destructive virus to be created is still present. Such a virus just probably would not spread far since it is destroying its means of propogation. With a delayed destruct anti-virus would likely find and remove it before it does the dirty deed.
Just be thankful mail viruses are harder now. Thise are the worst of the modern vectors IMHO.
