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Story: OSX 'at risk from attack'
Posted by: Laird Popkin (Tuesday 22 March 2005, 6:23 AM)
They're right, but only in a trivial sense -- since there are currently no MacOS X viruses, and it's entirely possible that someone will write a MacOS X virus, this could lead to an infnite percentage increase in MacOS X viruses.
That being said, it's somewhat pathetic that ZDNet bothered to "print" this "story" since it's clearly self-serving fearmongering from Symantec. If they were journalists rather than a marketing channel, they'd put this FUD in context -- that Microsoft just released a free security tool for Windows (which, if you remove IE and Outlook is actually fairly secure), and MacOS X is secure by design, so the security business is a bit desparate to drum up sales.
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Story: OSX 'at risk from attack'
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Failing of course to mention that yes- although vi... Paul Munro -
Attack does not equal vulnerability, except on Win... Olav Petri
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(1) Symantec is in the business of selling protect... Joseppi Blauinski
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This is just such a load of self-serving crap ...... Anonymous
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Total nonsense. Yes, of course as OSX grows mark... Anonymous
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When a company that sells anti-virus software anno... Ken Cox
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Symantec writes to worst software for the Mac in e... advocate
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What's Symantec's Anti-Virus for Mac going to... Ben Welsh -
They're right, but only in a trivial sense -- sinc... Laird Popkin -
What a load of FUD. Anyone with the smallest sence... Anonymous
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Unfortuantely ( and expectedly ) the virus mongers... Tor Sigurdsson
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What a load of cobblers.
A couple of years back I... Mac Guru
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Ziff Davis continues to embarrass themselves with... Anon E. Mouse
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Symantec is just concerned about their profits. T... Evan Marshall
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It is true that all operating systems are at risk... Carl Vander Bee
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They are desperate because MS is about to put them... Ryan Gray
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Has this guy ever seen a computer? what a tool! BMX BANDIT
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There are some cases where it actually is ver... Kevin Trumbull
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Windows user sees b.s. I don't buy the hype and wo... Anonymous
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In other news, if you run Windows you run the risk... Vermine
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