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Do Windows viruses effect Mac in any way at all?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 934271" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>A trojan isn't something that accompanies a media file (or any other file, for that matter). A trojan is a non-desirable application disguised as a desirable one. For example, the 2 or 3 trojans that are geared toward OS X, are simply DNS redirector programs that are disguised to look like a media player, when in fact, no media player exists (or ever did).</p><p></p><p>Viruses, on the other hand, can co-opt a normal file and make that file harmful. But there is a difference between a Virus and a simple trojan.</p><p></p><p>Any idiot can write a trojan. In fact, the only ingenuity in writing a trojan is in baiting the user to execute and install it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 934271, member: 24098"] A trojan isn't something that accompanies a media file (or any other file, for that matter). A trojan is a non-desirable application disguised as a desirable one. For example, the 2 or 3 trojans that are geared toward OS X, are simply DNS redirector programs that are disguised to look like a media player, when in fact, no media player exists (or ever did). Viruses, on the other hand, can co-opt a normal file and make that file harmful. But there is a difference between a Virus and a simple trojan. Any idiot can write a trojan. In fact, the only ingenuity in writing a trojan is in baiting the user to execute and install it. [/QUOTE]
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