Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:11 PM, mike wilson wrote:
No computer is "perfectly safe". My Apple iMac 20" and PowerBook G3
systems running Mac OS X are well managed to minimize security risks
and viruses, behind a security firewall and with proper user accounts
limiting access to virus invasion. No virus attacks have been
detected since May 24, 2001.
Not being argumentative but do you really mean that last statement?
How does the attacker know that your machine is an Apple and therefore
not to be bothered with?
Yes, but let me refine it a touch: there have been no successful virus
attacks. I've received emails and files delivering Windows viruses
thousands of times, but they do not run in Mac OS or on a PowerPC
processor so they cannot attack it. Of the 10 or 12 Mac OS X viruses
that exist, I think perhaps two were delivered but were unable to
install themselves from a user account process on a properly
security-managed Mac OS X system.
Thanks. Thought that was what you meant but, from the way it was
written, I thought you might have some super-whizzo defence that
prevents the viruses even getting _to_ your machine.
(Note that the default Mac OS X configuration, out of the box, is *not*
a proper security-managed Mac OS X system.)
I've been running Mac OS X on my home systems since March 24, 2001, the
day I helped release it to the public.
Godfrey
