cnn.com — Apple computers have long been prized for being relatively virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is increasingly becoming a target for cyber pranksters and criminals writing viruses and other forms of malware.
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phocion55Oct 21, 2006
Guys, come on. This is Digg. The Mac never had any vulnerabilities and never will. Anything bad you read about the Mac is a blatant lie written by MS fanboy trolls.
gerkinOct 21, 2006
News flash ... CNN's Journalistic Integrity Rare but on the Uprise (NOT)Sadly this story is fodder and not much more. Looks like it may have been written by a high schooler for their school paper and got picked up, spun in that way that only CNN can do and regurgitated. Marked as inaccurate.
Closed AccountOct 21, 2006
"-Symantec later admitted that their big report regarding vulnerabilities in OS X was overblow"Uhhh yeah, Symantecs underlying marketing campaign is fear they will overblow anything to spread fud to a culture that thrives off of fear via our News Stations and our Government Officials.
zwilliamsOct 21, 2006
More of this fud, but I guess that Security Software providers and Mac Bashers have to grasp at anything they can. Symantec said back when OS X 10.0 came out that as Macs would get popular there would be more viruses, and they kept repeating the mantra. Five plus years later, not a single piece of malware still.Marked as inaccurate for both the title of this Digg, and for the article itself for not having the slightest grasp on how OS X or BSD operates.
phocion55Oct 22, 2006
@tdhurst: You're right....I've never encountered one virus with a Mac. Mainly because I don't own one.
phocion55Oct 22, 2006
Anything bad about Mac is shockingly inaccurate
rtiniNov 13, 2006
diggrific:There are no self-replicating viruses that directly affect Mac OS X. The first link you provided cited no data or sources. The other links talked about malware that required direct user invervention to activate or install them, or application viruses like Microsoft Word macro viruses that take advantage of weaknesses of particular applications.If there is actually a self-replicating Mac OS X virus (that doesn't require the user entering in an administrator password, duh!), I'd like to get a link to it so I can find out more. I don't want to be spreading misinformation when I tell people that there are no Mac OS X viruses, but I have been unable to find a single ligitimate case of one.