This is a myth common amongst Mac enthusiasts. It's not true that Macs are not subject to virus and spyware attacks. It's just that vastly more people use PCs, and in the strange world of hackers, the honour and glory go to the people whose exploits end up on the 6pm news.
If Steve Jobs could wave a magic wand and everyone switched to Macs there would be as many virus attacks as now, only directed at Mac users instead. The only reason they are relatively free of attacks now is that they're seen by the hacker world as a group of poor misguided fools who havent yet discovered the world's moved elsewhere. And therefore not worth the effort. After all (in their minds) if you perpetrate a major attack on all the Macs in the world, the repercussions would hardly be enough to cause a ripple, let alone a lead item on the 6pm TV network news. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 6/21/06, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lol, hell I dont mind! > > I think bIll needs to worry bout porting his own programs to run on windows > correctly first ;) > > If everyone switched to a mac think about how many jobs would be lost in the > anti-virus and spyware companies, hell half the world would suddenly go > unemployeed, would be a major catastrophy!! > > ~Dave - formerly known as "the disruptor"~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:244340 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
