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Topic: Mac OS X Target of New Viruses

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Kilamon
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Posted: Wed, 03 May 2006 16:03:07 Post Subject:

Dr. EvilCheeze wrote:

Well... I personally consider it VERY bad. It's a very big chink in the armor, and it actually goes to show that any OS is venerable when it's targeted.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=venerable

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vulnerable

Get it right ya bum! Laughing

All OSes have viruses, even linux. It's just a matter of time for the virus writers to create one for any "new" OS. Windows has prolific exploits and viruses only because it is itself prolific. If Linux were as widely used, you'd see more linux viruses.