MS is vulnerable

Thu Jan 29 17:53:27 UTC 2004

>>When the last big MS virus/worm caused it's major shitstorm,
>>my mom asked me if I ever get infected with viruses. I said
>>no, I run a Mac. They are immune to these viruses.
> 
> 
> Complete BS. There are Mac viruses allright, and the reason these worms
> target the Windows platform is simply because there are much more of
> them and therefore an Outlook worm is much more likely to succeed than a
> Mac worm.
> 
<unlurk>
I'm sorry, but this is a very common misconception. There hasn't been 
one single Mac virus in several years, and I believe that one was a 
Microsoft Word macro virus. Or, maybe Autostart 9805 - but that was 
discovered in May, 1998. How many Windows viruses have shown up in the 
past few years?

Apache powers far more websites than IIS, yet IIS has suffered a much 
larger number of exploits.

The reason there aren't any Mac viruses most certainly is *not* because 
"there are not as many of them." One could even go so far as to say that 
the Mac would be a more likely target because of Apple's security 
claims. It's a much more high-profile target. Imagine the boasting 
rights one would have if they could get a Mac virus to spread in these 
modern days!

<lurks once again>

-Jonathan