On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Richard Gerome wrote:

> I think any of us who are running a PPC do not have to worry about  
> any infections or viruses here, only the intell ones... I'm not  
> worried at all about this!!! CoolKat

More viruses have been released for PPC-based macs than Intel ones:  
every virus ever released for the old Mac OS, except some of the VERY  
old ones, like WDEF, were released for OS 9 and lower. There have been  
ZERO widespread OSX viruses in the wild; the few exploits that have  
garnered notice have had very little, unreliably reported spread in  
the wild (for example, I firmly believe that anything Intego says  
about viruses in the wild should be discounted. They're FUD-meisters  
of the highest degree).

Viruses and malware are *OS*-specific, not CPU-specific.

-- 
Bruce Johnson

"Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai,  PhD


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