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Old 02-10-2006, 07:50 PM   #12
fiery
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Originally Posted by LocoCoyote
I disagree. There are known MAC viruses. There is just little gain in building one. Here is an interesting article that explores this point. http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/08/29.1.shtml

When one designs the software ( ie in this case the virus) you build it for the platform you are targeting. You don't go down to the Bargin Barn and buy a MAC virus! :-)

At any rate, the less common the OS, the fewer virus threats you will have to deal with.


'nuf said.
thank you for that interesting article which reiterates my point,zero viruses for mac osx.i never said there were no known mac viruses.basically what im saying is my imac does everything i want better safer and faster than windows.
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