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CheffoJeffo:
The quote-fu is strong in this one ...

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: shmokes on January 12, 2009, 03:23:23 am ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on January 11, 2009, 10:58:49 am ---As it's been said, the reason Macs don't get viruses is because of their mail client and web browser.  There have been viruses that infect macs through other programs, but they're just not as widespread since the mail client and web browser are the best way to quickly spread an infection. 

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You say this like it's something to be simply dismissed.  It's like responding to my bragging about my new home alarm system with, "Yes, yes, your windows and doors are very well protected, but that's not going to stop someone from tunneling under the house and coming up through the floor.  So your alarm system really doesn't make your house much safer than my no-alarm-system house."

If OSX is locked down from email/web-based threats (I know nothing about it and have no idea whether this is actually true, btw) that pretty much makes it about 99% locked down. 

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I'm saying it because Level42 is saying that OSX is impervious to virus attacks and has never had any sort of virus threat, but thats not true, it's just better protected.  Heres one that spread via the instant messenger chat:  http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-021614-4006-99
Of course that security hole also has been patched, so it's pretty much non-existent now, but at one point it was capable of sending itself to everyone on your IM list.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on January 10, 2009, 07:07:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Hoopz on January 08, 2009, 10:44:53 am ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 08, 2009, 10:40:29 am ---First thing they did was purge the archives of all the 'edgey' content - the stuff that was actually funny.  All the dud articles were left online.  

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Agreed.  I've searched for various articles before with no luck. 

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Any examples?   I've been able to find old articles without a problem.  Though I really didn't start reading it until the late 90's.

But even if you think it's lost its edge, do yourself a favor and pick up the Onion's "Our Dumb Planet".  My favorite is the entry on Nicaragua (the header is: "Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start").

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have you seen the onion movie?

STEVEN SEAGAL IS

[youtube]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-iYTflJFg[/youtube]

best seagal movie ever! apparently the only movie with him in it to get over a 6 on imdb

Level42:

--- Quote from: patrickl on January 11, 2009, 11:33:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 11, 2009, 10:37:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Havok on January 11, 2009, 05:27:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 10, 2009, 05:36:17 pm ---....and yet no-one has succeeded in creating one.

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The only protection Macs have is that no-one gives a crap about such a small amount of users.

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Sure. 30 Million computers worldwide is not a thing to attack eh.....if you really believe that you're really dreaming.


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Well if the same effort can reach about 1 billion computers, which would you pick?

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For the ---smurfing--- last time: it's not a matter of how many there are, it's a matter how ---smurfing--- easy it is to do !

I'm SO done here in this thread. Shmokes, thanks for a little common sense here instead of plain stubbornness.


Wow Atomsmasher, you actually found 1 (ONE) !!!! Wow !! Impressive !!!

Quote from that same site you linked to:

OSX.Leap.A is a worm that targets installs of Macintosh OS X and spreads via iChat Instant Messenger program.

Note: It infects files on the Macintosh OS X version 10.4. The worm will execute on Intel Macs, but cannot spread to other systems from these machines.
Protection

.....


    * Wild Level: Low
    * Number of Infections: 0 - 49
    * Number of Sites: 0 - 2
    * Geographical Distribution: Low
    * Threat Containment: Easy
    * Removal: Easy

Damage

    * Damage Level: Low

Distribution

    * Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Costin Ionescu

End of quote.

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH 0-49 infections !!!!! AMAZING !!!!

O and see: IT CANNOT SPREAD. Isn't that the definition of a virus ?

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Level42 on January 15, 2009, 02:32:12 am ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 11, 2009, 11:33:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 11, 2009, 10:37:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Havok on January 11, 2009, 05:27:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 10, 2009, 05:36:17 pm ---....and yet no-one has succeeded in creating one.

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The only protection Macs have is that no-one gives a crap about such a small amount of users.

--- End quote ---

Sure. 30 Million computers worldwide is not a thing to attack eh.....if you really believe that you're really dreaming.


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Well if the same effort can reach about 1 billion computers, which would you pick?

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For the ---smurfing--- last time: it's not a matter of how many there are, it's a matter how ---smurfing--- easy it is to do !


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Well then why mention the 30 million as a desirable target? Seriously though why would anyone go for such a minimal market share?

An e-mail virus or Worm is indeed a lot more difficult with a mac. Simply because of the numbers. With only 3% of the recipients possible to infect, the virus (worm) would die out soon.

Besides the 3% who own a mac mostly do because they hate Windows for some reason. Why would they attack their beloved OS? If they even do anything besides web browsing and downloading itunes on their mac.

OS X is not secure. Heaps of exploits are discovered every year. For instance, the mac was the first to go down in the latest hacking event

Report: Vista more secure than OS X and Linux (Vista and WinXP have a lot less exploits than OS X)

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