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tc S On Apr 19, 2010, at 1:25 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > That is dead-on the mark. I always just explain Mac OS X as "Unix with a > GUI". Saying that, very few viruses do exist. > > Regards, > Nic > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 19 Apr 2010, at 02:08, Ben Mustill-Rose <bmustillr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. >> >> Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so >> that we can see what the tweeter was going on about. >> >> On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer <joeplum...@tds.net> wrote: >>> That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The new OS >>> of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get this stuff on a >>> Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff for the Mac. Because >>> it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming more and more popular this >>> might change. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sign, >>> Joe Plummer ( JP ) >>> joeplum...@tds.net >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of tim >>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: malwear and macs >>> >>> I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if you want >>> to install and tell you what is installing. >>> That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. >>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>> >>>> someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to take over >>> macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect our macs? I >>> know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated them when I was >>> on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the mac was because the >>> lack of viruses. Do those of you among us with more knowledge than I possess >>> on this matter think this is a real threat and what would you do about it? >>>> I'm a pretty frightful mac user right now. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
