Now I'm not exactly sure about this but I'm wondering, suppose you
were using MS Office for the mack and you downloaded or received via
email a document containing infected macros, what sort of havic could
that play with your Mac system, it seems to me that all systems would
be vonerable to macro viruses possibly?
What do others think.
Also I'm surprised that no one has thought to inbed an apple script
in something in order to try and do damage.
On 05/06/2006, at 10:09 AM, Access Curmudgeon wrote:
Yes I believe that there are some viruses out there
Nope. By definition a virus can replicate itself without the active
(albeit ignorant) cooperation of an end user.
that can attack a Mac
There is malicious software that will erase files and the nature of
this software is disguised, typically to look like a jpeg image. But
that is a trojan, not a virus. In order to damage your system one is
prompted (and must provide) the administrator password *twice*.
and I did think that Symantec had a virus solution for the Mac
If you are naive enough to pay money for something that doesn't yet
exist, Symantec is pleased to take your money. But the truth is their
is little reason to believe said software will be effective when and
if a true OS X virus manifests.
Would $10 for software that will prevent both dinosaurs and space
aliens from deleting files on your computer be a good deal?
Dane Trethowan
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