on 8/23/2003 8:04 AM, Bruce Klutchko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 8/23/03 3:51 AM, "Bryan Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I wish more Windows users could watch me smile and get work done on my Mac >> while they're having to deal with all these problems. =) >> >> - B > > I agree that it has been a pleasure to be immune to (at least one of the) > plagues that infest the Windows World. Nevertheless, it is not inconceivable > that a virus could be written for OS X. Who knows, some people are very > twisted. What seems troubling to me is that, should a virus hit, we have NO > tools (at least, most of us don't) to eradicate it. Most of us have no > antivirus tools at all. That is a bit troubling.
I have some contacts within the AV industry, and one of them told me about 6 months ago that they *finally* found their *first* OS X virus. That doesn't mean that there aren't more coming, but given the restrictions on programs within the OS X environment, a virus won't get very far. -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
