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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 2270
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:22 am: |     |
Macs may be more vulnerable to viruses than some think. As Macs become more popular, I guess the bad guys will go after them as well. Even with a more stable platform and none of the Windows problems, there must be some vulnerabilities. Let's hope they are few and far between.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox_Mac_Not_Immune_to_Flaws_Viruses/11271679 53 |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 9459
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:43 am: | |
Agreed. No one deserves a complete warm and fuzzy feeling from using a Mac, even though it may be a wise choice. The first internet worm went around in November 1988. Google "morris worm" for info. It propagated on unix systems, because unix systems were the majority of systems connected to the internet then. (Did you know there was an internet in 1988 and for years before that?) MacOS X is built on unix and, like all other computer software, is not immune from bugs.
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Bill P
Citizen
Username: Mrincredible
Post Number: 700
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 8:27 am: | |
Tom, you should consider teaching a "History of the Internet: From Arpanet to the World Wide Web" class at the adult school.
I remember using a very basic form of the internet in college, green screens with white lettering. I had a friend at another college and that's how we communicated. There were also rudimentary chat rooms as I recall. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 9482
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 9:58 am: | |
Thanks for the suggestion, Bill P. That's a nice idea. It's fun to think about it. I've never taught a course, but I think I'd like to.
noglider
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monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1291
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 8:34 am: | |
Still, in the first 6 months of 2005 there were 10,866 new Windows virus and worm variants released.
There was nothing for the Mac.
After you download the virus you'll have to install it. To install it you'll have to give your admin password. Are you eally going to do that?
Symantec is just trying to sell more Norton to the Mac masses, their Mac sales have gone down since OS X was released, for some reason they just can't get it right, and Norton will screw your Mac up before any virus or worm.
OS X is based on BSD UNIX, but it isn't just BSD UNIX.
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