"As a long serving citizen of the Internet I have, in my time, accumulated membership to a number of email groups. It was in one of these groups that I first heard reports of a virus (Leap.A) that had started to infect Apple's Mac OS X operating system. I was not surprised that this had happened; in fact I was quite taken aback that it had not happened before! But I was flabbergasted by the response of the Mac Mafia to this news. The assumption that something is infallible is at best naive and at worst stupid; it can only invite trouble."
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Member since:2005-07-06
Oh? So the things that were reported (and some still not fixed, like the Mail/Safari problems) are all fake? They have been made up?
Sure there are problems but the response is disproportionate. Pure FUD as they don't offer solutions but do nothing but wildly exagerate the problem. To contrast nearly every mac related site has posted security tips for users and generally informed them about basic security.
And the term adware was never used, iirc.
Malware then. I'm not really up to date on the difference between the two.
Cut the nonsense. Next thing you know you're gonna tell me Microsoft and aliens are behind all this.
Well the same BS keeps resurfacing every month on a new no-name site. Point is most new mac users have told me security played a role in their decision and this story which refuses to die expressly damages that reputation. When what is essentially a non-story (Leap.A, the most limp-wristed virus in recent history) refuses to die even after months I get suspicious. Well these guys are "security consultants", "Wiens brood dat men eet, wiens woord dat men spreekt" I guess.
There are alot of Mac users out there (I'm actually a Mac user myself) that think that using OSX makes the virusproblem something to not worry about. Just check the post by i.e. jeffb above. The more Mac users squeal there are no and will be no problems related to security, the more people will try to disprove them.
A lot of windows users think just installing Norton will solve all their problems. Idiots are everywhere. And another FUDing article that offers no tips or constructive advice surely isn't going to change that.
Edit : the dutch proverb translates roughly to "you speak the words of the provider of your bread" FYI
Edited 2006-03-22 21:11
Member since:2005-09-03
" It was in one of these groups that I first heard reports of a virus (Leap.A) that had started to infect Apple’s Mac OS X operating system."
Yes what do you mean with "started" is that is a real objective presentation of the situation? is there no innuendo there at all ?
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2005-06-29
Look all the hype surrounding the reported mac "virusses" and "adware" was pure FUD.
Oh? So the things that were reported (and some still not fixed, like the Mail/Safari problems) are all fake? They have been made up?
And the term adware was never used, iirc.
There is an effort going on to blacken the mac's reputation for security which has become a major selling point.
Cut the nonsense. Next thing you know you're gonna tell me Microsoft and aliens are behind all this.
Nobody is assuming OSX is infallible except some idiots, the kind which also exist on Windows and Linux and claim those OS' will solve all of life's problems. So stop the hate-campaign already.
There are alot of Mac users out there (I'm actually a Mac user myself) that think that using OSX makes the virusproblem something to not worry about. Just check the post by i.e. jeffb above. The more Mac users squeal there are no and will be no problems related to security, the more people will try to disprove them.