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Story: Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 23 March 2005, 12:53 PM)
As the Mac becomes more popular it will become a target, that's obvious, the more Mac's are known about, the greater number of hackers will work on ways to compromise the system.
The point is, hackers will TRY to attack a Mac OS X system, but how many of those will be successful attacks?
Due to the inherent security features of OS X, it will be VERY insignificant next to the Windows OS, if not zero, certainly not enough for Symantec to make any money out of - and that's the point.
Symantec seem to be confused between the number of hackers trying to attack a system and the number of actual successful attacks. Hackers can TRY all they want, but when they see that very little trouble is caused by their efforts, they'll move onto something else, such as mobile phone viruses.
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Story: Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
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This is inline with ISS reporting a vulnerability... Anonymous -
I just tested my Mac with Symantec's own onli... Wilfred Hildonen -
We have had a very involved and expensive security... Anonymous
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When liars try to cover their asses they write art... Anonymous
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And the Mac whiners come out of the wood work... Peter
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THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!
By my Super Hard Hats at a... pHHHHHHtowindozs
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"People should not be scared, but they should make... Anonymous
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What I really would like to know from Symatec is,... Anonymous
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Since the Mac installed base is significantly... Anonymous
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I think that Symantec is correct. The user base fo... Jay Weiss
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Symatec have also stated that due to the incr... Anonymous
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No OS is 100% secure!
Obviously with a Window... Matty C.
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There has been linkage (in the security industry)... B. Smith
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All these sayings about the fact that MacOSX has n... Anonymous
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The next time somebody who is in the business... David Alan Gregory
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As the Mac becomes more popular it will become a t... Anonymous -
well itīs quite obvious that the threats to the OS... Juan Eduardo De Magalhaes-Calvet
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I use both Windows and Mac OS X, Mac OS X being my... Bob Kerstetter
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These people must serously be retarded. It would t... bob
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