I don't know, do you? I was just putting out some information, don't take it personally.
Monday, December 6, 200411:02 PMMarta Ediemartaedie at mac.com >Do you think , Harry, we don't run the definitions and don't upgrade >when upgrades are available? I don't quite understand your statement. >Marta >On Dec 6, 2004, at 22:23, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> Your virus program won't do you any good for tomorrow's virus unless >> you >> update your virus definitions regularly! >> >> Monday, December 6, 20046:47 PMMarta Ediemartaedie at mac.com >> >>> That is the good thing about Macs. Their makers think ahead - just >>> in >>> case- rather than after when the milk is spilled. So Virex has its >>> place. You buy insurance before the house burns, not after, while all >>> along hoping you will never need it. >>> Marta >>> >>> On Dec 6, 2004, at 17:59, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Jerry, Bill and Harry, >>>> I'd like to offer just a teeny bit more of food for thought. >>>> Would you agree this is a numbers game???Wouldn't most wackos?write a >>>> virus because they want fame, money or to release anger? >>>> With Macs holding 3.2% of the market share, Apple is a smaller target >>>> for fame, money or anger. >>>> http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/15/marketshare >>>> Whatcha thin Babalouie? >>>> If there wasn't a virus threat on the Mac, would people still buy the >>>> Norton Antivirus or Virex for the Mac?? Of course, am not saying it's >>>> a signifcan't threat.? Just offering another point of view. >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Jeff Slyn, Owner >>>> SLYN Systems & Peripherals >>>> (502) 426-5469 >>>> serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! >>>> ? >>>> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:33:09 -0500 Jerry Yeager >>>> <jerry at browseryshop.com> writes: >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 04, 2004, at 11:02 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've heard hackers don't attack Mac machines because there are so >>>>> few >>>>>> of >>>>>> them (relative to the pcs). If the roles were reversed, ie Macs >>>>> having >>>>>> the major share of the market, wouldn't the hackers be writing >>>>> code to >>>>>> get to them? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What you have heard is one of those urban legend things. Macs on the >>>>> >>>>> 'net are attacked as often as the other OSes. But they are not >>>>> broken >>>>> into as often. >>>>> >>>>> Not too long ago some computer security firms tracked this and found >>>>> >>>>> that the most targeted systems were Linux and Mac OS-X based with >>>>> Windoze based machines actually being the least targeted. Targeted >>>>> here >>>>> means that the attackers are specifically looking to exploit >>>>> weaknesses >>>>> in that type of OS. >>>>> >>>>> BUT, In terms of being broken into, it (usually) goes like this: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Windoze systems (very easy, many home users have been broken into >>>>> >>>>> and do not know that they are their machines are being used to send >>>>> out >>>>> the gobs of spam and viruses that infest the internet.) >>>>> The things that attack Windoze directly as opposed to other systems >>>>> are >>>>> most often looking to either get credit (identity) information >>>>> likely >>>>> stored on the computer or to take the machine over to use as part of >>>>> a >>>>> zombie network. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 99) Linux (pretty tough -- you have to find a system running with a >>>>> >>>>> very sloppy sysop that does not keep up on things) >>>>> 100) Mac OS-X (not impossible but very tough, see 99). ) >>>>> >>>>> (Actually, if Macs and Linux systems could be easily broken into, >>>>> they >>>>> would be targeted even more, as these systems may have more vital >>>>> information stored on them). >>>>> >>>>> ????????????????????????????????Jerry >>>>> >>>>> p.s. Even with Windows SP 2, there are known exploits out there to >>>>> break into the systems. You might notice in the article none of the >>>>> >>>>> honey pot systems that had SP 2 running got broken into. Since SP2 >>>>> basically just turns on a firewall, this shows that attackers are >>>>> not >>>>> having to work very hard at all to break into a Windoze machine. >>>>> >>>>> p.p.s The above does not mean that you can blindly skip those >>>>> periodic >>>>> security updates that Apple releases. Keep installing them! >> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
