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Story: OSX 'at risk from attack'
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 22 March 2005, 9:05 AM)
What a load of FUD. Anyone with the smallest sence of knowledge about any of these operating systems know that the biggest issue with windows security are the basic design flaws that it keeps dragging on from its past eras, to ensure compatibility.
OSX and Linux, like any other UNIX, are far more secure because they have been built from the ground up with these security measurements in mind. OK, that rootkit on OSX is a nice toy but it is still nothing more than that. Its not a virus, its a troyan at best.
Offcourse its not a strange thing to hear such words from a company like symantec, as its their business model to live on the fear of internet security. The sad reality is, however, that apart from VBA viruses, there is not a single virus out on the Macintosh platform. So as long as you steer clear from the M$ applications, you're safe.
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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
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What a load of FUD. Anyone with the smallest sence... Anonymous -
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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