No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so that we can see what the tweeter was going on about.
On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer <[email protected]> wrote: > That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The new OS > of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get this stuff on a > Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff for the Mac. Because > it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming more and more popular this > might change. > > > > Sign, > Joe Plummer ( JP ) > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tim > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: malwear and macs > > I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if you want > to install and tell you what is installing. > That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. > On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > >> someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to take over > macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect our macs? I > know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated them when I was > on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the mac was because the > lack of viruses. Do those of you among us with more knowledge than I possess > on this matter think this is a real threat and what would you do about it? >> I'm a pretty frightful mac user right now. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
