James Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/19/2008 02:33:43 PM: > The old foggies on the list might remember back to the pre-Windows days > when PC's ran DOS and the majority of viruses and worms were on the > Macintosh. Anyone remember "Worm Food"???
1) That was a different version of the Mac OS then the OS X 2) PC's still had more viri 3) A free little program by the name of Disinfectant pretty much put a stop to new viruses on the Mac in the mid 90's. Sure there were still new ones, but nothing like the late 80's/early 90's You tended to see more widespread virus issues with Mac's since with AppleTalk built in, Mac's tended to be networked far earlier then their PC brethren (remember LANtastic or Windows for Warehouses, ARCnet, and paying for TCP/IP on PC's?!?) Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
