This gets into a funny grey area. On the one hand most folks have used macs for years without any issues of viruses or malware. Some argue it's because the system is more secure while others say its because the mac market is a much smaller target, not worth the effort. It's hard to find info on this since many of the articles and sites are connected to selling software to find/scan/remove bad stuff which may or may not even be needed. Likewise articles from blackhat conferences and the like only prove that it is possible but provide no context as to whether these things are really being done in the real world. My own anecdotal evidence is that not a single Mac owner I know of nor on any mac-related mailing list I'm on has had a single mention of somebody getting infected with something on the Mac. This isn't proof, but it's a high correlation between using a mac and safe computing. Others might still argue that as the Mac market share has grown the oasis of pulchritude is drying up and we'll be just like Windows when the baddies take notice. Maybe, but so far the ice hasn't cracked and nobody has fallen through.
CB James & Nash wrote: > Hi folks, > > With all this talk of viruses on the list recently this got me thinking. As > Mac OS X is Unix based, is there the possibility that we could be attacked > by Root Kits and if so is there a program for the Mac which can stop these > attacks? Under Linux there is RKHunter which is very good. I do not mind > command line based tools if they are the only ones around. > > Thanks > Take care > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
