Macs May No Longer Be Immune to Viruses

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Macs May No Longer Be Immune to Viruses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday April 30, 2006 @09:28PM from the harsh-reality dept.

Bill writes "MSNBC reports that the combination of Apple's growing market share and their recent switch to x86 processors has made Mac OS X a new target for viruses. Unfortunately, it seems that many Mac users are in denial. '[Computer security expert Tom] Ferris said he warned Apple of the vulnerabilities in January and February and that the company has yet to patch the holes, prompting him to compare the Cupertino-based computer maker to Microsoft three years ago, when the world's largest software company was criticized for being slow to respond to weaknesses in its products.'"

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Which will come first? by ikekrull · 2006-04-30 21:54 · Score: 4, Funny

The Year of the Linux Desktop

or

The Year of The OS X Viruses

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Re:Heh. by William+Robinson · 2006-04-30 22:46 · Score: 3, Funny

LMAO, yeah.. last time I checked, the bug was in this code of MS Management cycle..:P
while (generating_crappy_systems())
{

char* company = pick_yet_another_company();
int percentrisk = assess_risk_from(company);
int percentgrowthrate = assess_growth_of(company);
if (percentrisk > 10 || percentgrowthrate > 10) launch_FUD_against(company);
continue; // with generating_crappy_systems();
}

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Re:But...but..but.. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-30 22:58 · Score: 1, Funny

"manage a trois"

Uhh... That's when three people try to run a company...

If you use such terms, at least get the spelling right.
Macs can get viruses? by Mathiasdm · 2006-04-30 23:08 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll believe that when I see water running uphill!

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What we really need by Wescotte · 2006-04-30 23:24 · Score: 1, Funny

is a good open source cross platform virus/worm!
Re:Countdown ... by cowscows · 2006-05-01 00:03 · Score: 1, Funny

Hey, fuck you man. Periods are way superior to commas. I don't want to get into a punctuation flamewar... but you and your damn run-on sentences started it! Periods are the one true way to separate thoughts in writing. But the truth had to be said. And now a bunch of you religious fanatics are going to jump all over me. You'll argue non-stop about how commas are fancier and newer and and how periods are hard to draw and if you're in a hurry they just end up looking like commas anyways. But you all can go to hell! Right to hell!

Sorry, that was dumb. :(

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Re:Switch to Intel by icydog · 2006-05-01 01:14 · Score: 3, Funny

I'd think if someone went to a place that causes their browser to crash 10 times in a row, they'd stop trying to go there.

Yet somehow, MySpace still has visitors...