Yes, this is correct and this making it more effort to write stuff for the OS and they are not targeting that big of cline tell yet. Another words writing something for a windows OS is easier and Windows still have 90 percent of the market making them a much better target. Just my thoughts.
Sign, Joe Plummer ( JP ) joeplum...@tds.net -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: malwear and macs No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so that we can see what the tweeter was going on about. On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer <joeplum...@tds.net> wrote: > That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The > new OS of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get > this stuff on a Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff > for the Mac. Because it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming > more and more popular this might change. > > > > Sign, > Joe Plummer ( JP ) > joeplum...@tds.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of tim > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: malwear and macs > > I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if you > want to install and tell you what is installing. > That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. > On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > >> someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to take >> over > macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect our > macs? I know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated > them when I was on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the > mac was because the lack of viruses. Do those of you among us with > more knowledge than I possess on this matter think this is a real threat and what would you do about it? >> I'm a pretty frightful mac user right now. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
