lol, I still got viruses with antivirus on windows. But I see what you're saying. I guess eventually either apple will help protect us from viruses or we'll have to invest in a third party app. I just hope no viruses or malwear get me. lol
On 24 Apr 2010, at 19:23, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > PSH. Articles. They say it's not there. But really, let's see when Macs get > viruses. And if you're attacked and your Mac does not defend itself, you lose > the battle. And you have to invest in software. > > Actually, it's malware protection Mac has. Not antivirus. When downloading > files, Mac OS X 10.6 automatically scans the file in the background for > malware and potential risks. This, of course, does not fall well with the > latest "get a Mac" ads. They continue to bash PCs for being highly > unreliable, unstable and prone to virus infections of any kind. The ads seem > to indicate that Macs are entirely invulnerable, which is not true with any > operating system regardless of what you are running. > > Of course, in order to get a larger market share, Apple has to embellish that > part a little bit to make it more appealing. It's partially true, but, as is > always the case, if Apple went ahead and said "Oh yeah, and you hardly get > any viruses!" people would be saying something like "Well, I have antivirus > on Windows." Of course, then you could start arguing stability and such, but > each to their own! > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Apr 24, 2010, at 7:33 PM, tim wrote: > >> Nice, but it also stated that you have to say yes to the install. Unlike >> windows 7, it will install without say a thing unless you have active x >> turned off. Then using the browser becomes a pain to use. >> Also saw the article on snow having builtin virus, and we all see it still >> don't have virus protection. >> On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> thought you guys maybe interested in this article. >>> http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/a-potential-backdoor-malware-for-mac-identified007/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+globalthoughtzHome+(Global+Thoughtz) >>> >>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:27, James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing - even UNIX is invulnerable. and as Chris has said, the web is the >>>> big and future target. Perhaps the most dangerous application/opening on a >>>> computer is the system's web browser. >>>> >>>> TC >>>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >>>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:02, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>> >>>>> OSX being Unix doesn't make it impervious, as recent security updates >>>>> from Apple attest to, but it does make it harder. Throw in the small >>>>> market share and most malware developers will move on to easier/broader >>>>> targets (Windows). That said, an even bigger target is the web which, by >>>>> design, is cross platform. So if you're one of those deviant types >>>>> interested in trying to break into a system, your time might be better >>>>> spent doing cross site scripting or Acrobat exploits than OS-specific >>>>> hackery. It also happens that people like to type in credit card numbers >>>>> and shop over the web, which doesn't happen much in desktop apps or the >>>>> OS. So this makes the web a juicy target for those of nefarious intents. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> Ben Mustill-Rose 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:macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 >>>>>>> macvisionaries@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 >>>>>>> macvisionaries@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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