Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC

date posted 21st January 2006 18:30

> Please excuse the very crude analogy, but that's like saying, I've =20
> sh&gged a load of slappers without any protection and I've not =20
> caught anything.

No it's not.

> It's people like you that cause the spread of viruses because you =20
> don't take suitable precautions to prevent them spreading. And no, =20
> having a Mac is not a suitable precaution...

There are NO cases of genuine OS X viruses in the wild. Therefore =20
any anti-virus software can't have a database of them. Therefore IF =20
a virus were created it MIGHT catch it.

McCaffee are a company, and therefore I assume their motivation is to =20=

make a profit. They're offering 'protection' from a perceived threat.

> Who's to say that the latest desktop widget thing that you've =20
> downloaded and installed hasn't installed some back-door software. =20
> Yes, the Mac OS asks you when you want to install software, but if =20
> you let it then who's to say it's entirely legitimate.

That's not a virus.


Rich Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com



On 21 Jan 2006, at 18:41, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:

>
> Please excuse the very crude analogy, but that's like saying, I've =20
> sh&gged a load of slappers without any protection and I've not =20
> caught anything.
>
> It's people like you that cause the spread of viruses because you =20
> don't take suitable precautions to prevent them spreading. And no, =20
> having a Mac is not a suitable precaution...
>
> If there's "no such thing" as Mac viruses, why do companies like =20
> Mcafee make products like this;
> http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/mcafee/antivirus/desktop/virex.htm
>
> Do you have a firewall or are your systems wide open ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Richard Quick
> Sent: 21 January 2006 17:03
> To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC
>
>
>> It's na=EFve to think that there are no viruses for the Mac - a quick
>> google search will find references to a number of issues / malware.
>
> OK - put it like this. I've been using my iMac for a year with out =20=

> any virus software and it still works just fine. Try doing that =20
> with a PC running IE and see how long it takes for you to get =20
> infected.
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