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MacOS X Apple realy no virus?, interest in apple

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zc_squash
post Apr 5 2007, 12:25 AM

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QUOTE(DDSFan8 @ Apr 4 2007, 10:56 PM)
also, nobody want to infect MAC anyway. Population too small. No point and no fun
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Yep. damn true. The reason there are no viruses on Mac is nobody even care to write a virus for it. Complete waste of time. But the Mac OS X is still a better OS than Vista i feel. For the fact that you do get the feelings that Vista is a OS X rip-off tongue.gif
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post Apr 5 2007, 12:42 AM

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Believe it or not, there is a varient of Brontok virus that can affect MacOS X. My gf's iMac icons on the desktop just disappeared one by one......... scary..
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post Apr 5 2007, 01:17 AM

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QUOTE(waynelyp90 @ Apr 4 2007, 07:50 PM)
My Ipod Nano got infected my Trojan Backdoor before... Not sure about Macs though... whistling.gif
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we r talking about os not mp3 player lah , your ipod got virus becoz you r format it as windows format already , if you use mac format should be no this problem loh , but once you format it as mac version, you cannot use windows to download or upload songs already .


Added on April 5, 2007, 1:20 ami already use mac for long time , i never kena virus/hacker/spam/spy ware....... i think virus creater was no interst wif mac os kua . coz no much ppl use mac in world and they got no point to infect mac os coz virus will not course mac os die de , juz maybe course some software cannot use only ....

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post Apr 5 2007, 07:51 PM

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QUOTE(mingock @ Apr 4 2007, 10:52 AM)
Apple realy no virus? No antivirus require?  sad.gif
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No viruses for Mac(only very little and it's like so hard to get attacked by them). Now, Go and buy a Mac
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post Apr 5 2007, 08:35 PM

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QUOTE(samus_ng @ Apr 5 2007, 07:51 PM)
No viruses for Mac(only very little and it's like so hard to get attacked by them). Now, Go and buy a Mac
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haha. great. so you say "no viruses" followed by "only very little". smile.gif
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post Apr 5 2007, 09:37 PM

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I've been using Macs since 1988. I've installed Mac antivirus programmes in the past but have only detected a virus ONCE on a 3.5" floppy. It did NOT cause any damage.

Since then, I've not detected any more.

So much so, I've stopped installing antivirus software.

That answer the question?
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post Apr 6 2007, 05:18 PM

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I've never install antivirus in my office's mac at all...dunno got virus or not... whistling.gif
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post Apr 6 2007, 10:15 PM

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my fren said virus was created by mac user. haha:P Dunno true or not.
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post Apr 6 2007, 10:27 PM

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QUOTE(Moonstroke @ Apr 6 2007, 10:15 PM)
my fren said virus was created by mac user. haha:P Dunno true or not.
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My friend said that Windows user loves to hack own OS to test their security, but eventually... smile.gif
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post Apr 10 2007, 06:36 PM

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mac doesnt hv more virus then windows ok
windows hv more then a thousand viruses when apple has only 10
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post Apr 10 2007, 09:22 PM

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owh nw i c y mac hav performance power despite da hardware itslef..cool.. smile.gif
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post Apr 10 2007, 10:31 PM

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QUOTE(Turnip @ Apr 10 2007, 09:22 PM)
owh nw i c y mac hav performance power despite da hardware itslef..cool.. smile.gif
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What's wrong with the hardware? It's not lacking in any way, is it?
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post Apr 12 2007, 10:14 PM

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try check this out

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/04/10.9.shtml
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post Apr 12 2007, 10:41 PM

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Because nobody interested to create virus in Mac, only 4% desktop market share
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post Apr 12 2007, 11:30 PM

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I have got virus infected in my apple three years agoooooo.... I formatted, then until now, i donoooooo...
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post Apr 12 2007, 11:55 PM

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nothing is secure.
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post Apr 13 2007, 12:03 AM

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i wish i could be a mac group of users later on. got myself bored with all the "windows-tindows" thing... my next notebook would likely be a mac book..
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post Apr 13 2007, 12:48 AM

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Guess people are more concentrate on "no virus" than usability of the computer?
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post Apr 13 2007, 10:37 AM

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hurmm..need more concentrate on "defending your own territory" after this

executing more chkrootkit detector and upgrade security baseline , in whatsoever OS we have
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post Apr 13 2007, 10:58 AM

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just because you don't see any, doesn't mean there aren't any, and there won't be any...

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