On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:54 PM, David W. Fenton <lists.fin...@dfenton.com> wrote: > On 25 May 2011 at 13:22, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > >> And Macs do not have viruses. Ever. They have had a couple of malware >> and trojans, but not a virus. > > Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the vernacular use of the term > "virus", but the fact is, when somebody talks about needing anti- > virus software on a PC, they mean to protect against malware and > Trojans and worms. > > So, what you really mean is: > > Macs CAN have "viruses", but they are very rare. >
That's because they have such a small market share. Why bother writing viruses, maleware, etc that would only affect 10 percent of computers, and very few are enterprise systems at all. Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
