[thelist] thinking of getting new mac

[Ben Morrison]

On 25/9/03 5:32 am, "Jeff Howden" <jeff at jeffhowden.com> wrote:

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>> From: Chris Johnston
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>> Virus are fairly rare when it comes to Macs. Most virus
>> writters target Windos machines not because everyone has
>> them, but because they just so simple to write.
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> you're completely forgetting about motive if you think that's true.  there's
> way more to gain by infecting a larger percentage of the base of computer
> users.  the group you have to target to do that is windows users.

Interesting article concerning virus on macs:

http://tinyurl.com/nwdq

Ben