>>Well, we'd make all Mac users -- who historically have thought they did not need to -- install some reliable and up-to-date form of malware detecting software, and have that software reliably and uniquely report their infected-/affected-ness to a central repository.
Hmmm... What I thought. Even if it's very successful the numbers will probably be small enough that the folks who monitor botnets won't be able to notice them. In the Windows world the MSRT and AV companies can give us some sense of specific infection rates. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.