tim-from-pa
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/malw...yes-mac-malware-real-even-apple-hacked-itbwcw
I'm still waiting for the usual "insightless" comments (not necessarily at this forum) "If more people would use Macs and Linux, there'd be just as many viruses on them as Microsoft."
No.....that's not true, nor are Macs dropping like flies at all. As a matter of fact, MANY people in my family own Macs, and I don't know of any that had a virus over the years. The only thing I knew of was my son in his college days had someone control his Mac remotely (hacked) but that was not from malware. Turning it off cured the problem and did not happen since. I guess it's those computer science guys messing with him for all I know, especially a popular guy like he was (it always pays to keep low profiles
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If you read the comments to this article, one person talks about "Microsoft and Linux fanboys". I take issue with that. As a Linux "fanboy", I never, ever blasted Macs or Androids, Unix cousins of sorts. My only gripe with Mac is the expense, and also there were some installed apps that made one question privacy, but never, ever the virus mayhem where the computer does all sorts of weird stuff and practically destroys itself just by visiting a web site with a drive-by. Nevertheless, a Mac is an expensive OS, albeit a very good one, and we won't see them dropping in droves any time soon. Trust me on that despite the Mac-haters wishful thinking.
I'm still waiting for the usual "insightless" comments (not necessarily at this forum) "If more people would use Macs and Linux, there'd be just as many viruses on them as Microsoft."
No.....that's not true, nor are Macs dropping like flies at all. As a matter of fact, MANY people in my family own Macs, and I don't know of any that had a virus over the years. The only thing I knew of was my son in his college days had someone control his Mac remotely (hacked) but that was not from malware. Turning it off cured the problem and did not happen since. I guess it's those computer science guys messing with him for all I know, especially a popular guy like he was (it always pays to keep low profiles
).If you read the comments to this article, one person talks about "Microsoft and Linux fanboys". I take issue with that. As a Linux "fanboy", I never, ever blasted Macs or Androids, Unix cousins of sorts. My only gripe with Mac is the expense, and also there were some installed apps that made one question privacy, but never, ever the virus mayhem where the computer does all sorts of weird stuff and practically destroys itself just by visiting a web site with a drive-by. Nevertheless, a Mac is an expensive OS, albeit a very good one, and we won't see them dropping in droves any time soon. Trust me on that despite the Mac-haters wishful thinking.