At 9:37 AM -0800 12/6/2008, Bill Spencer wrote: >http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/technology/internet/06security.html
An interesting article but my crap'o'meter pegged on the first sentence: >"Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it." Think about that. "Internet Security" - whatever that is, is just fine. The PROBLEM is Windows and Flash, aka Microsloth and Adobe. >"Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a >half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating >system," ROFL What struggle???? Microsloth and Adobe make BIG PROFIT. There is NO *real* effort to really fix this stuff. If they did fix it, they'd kill their gigantic investments in the umpteen BILLION dollar anti-malware markets! >"malicious software is spreading faster than ever." As it should. Think about it. If it didn't, then the whole "security industry" would collapse. That's a lot of people out of work! >"Computer scientists and security researchers acknowledge they >cannot get ahead of the onslaught." ROFLMAO. Never heard that from ANYONE on the non-Windoze side of things. I wonder why? >Note this sentence about halfway through: > >"For now, Apple's Macintosh computers are more or less exempt from >the attacks, but researchers expect Apple machines to become a >larger target as their market share grows." Well, duh. Mac users are able to afford the expensive machines so they're probably better quality targets than microsloth worshippers. At some point quality will win over quantity, wrt targeting. So... the point of this whole article is SSDD. From our (Mac) POV, it's SSDD-Again. And if you're worried, go throw something like ClamXav on your Mac. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
