zdnet.com.au — Research group Gartner has said that Mac OS X users are now safer from a mass attack -- such as Blaster on Windows -- than they were two years ago, partly because Microsoft has closed so many holes in its ubiquitous platform.
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otomoOct 11, 2006
Wow, now I know that Gartner opinions are worthless.Right, so x86 windows == x86 os X? Not so much buddy. You can argue the EFI angle, but that is pretty weak.Most drivers just use kernel apis anyway with a very thin assembly layer that (obviously) is quite tailored to the api. Can we taser people that spout off wrong information? Not just here but in real life too?
neomOct 11, 2006
Am I the only one sick of hearing "There are more macs then PCs so no one bothers writing viruses and spyware for them" every time an article is written on the subject? Although Windows has the market share, I think it would be the ultimate win for a "1227 h4x0r" to write a virus that would bring the mac world to a screeching halt, then we could stop bragging about how much we rock. :)Got darwin? Yeah.. that's what I thought.
Closed AccountOct 11, 2006
Gartner Research is about as insightful and accurate as *anything* posted on The Inquirer. I guess they share journalists or sources or something. Seriously though, how can they be so wrong and retain credibility? It hurts my brain to even consider it.
woleverOct 11, 2006
Yea, I'm going to have to agree with you on that one...From TFA:"Moving to x86 means that the Mac shares some common code with the PC -- example, network drivers. These drivers opened up a target attack weakness in the Mac that was discovered because the drivers have common components," said Reynolds.This makes about as much sense as saying "Hey, Windows runs on computers... and Mac runs on computers... So they MUST share code!"Oh wait... The SCO already tried that =
Closed AccountOct 11, 2006
And now, removing VBA in Office:Mac 2007. No more Macro viruses!
h3xleyOct 11, 2006
The hilarious thing is, the move to intel keeps macs safer, not more vulnerable, as now virus writers have to target 2 architectures to run on. The mac already has a small enough market share to prevent spreading, no need to split that into ppc and x86...
mdalanOct 11, 2006
I wonder what will happen to the author once Gartner realizes how embarrassing this is...