Hi Antonio, I was expecting that you would read the following paragraph in that article in response to your query why Mac is usually spared for virus attack which is very rampant in Windows machine. Never mind on OS/X security hole etc.
"Typically, people write exploits and other forms of malicious code for the Windows operating system because so many people use that OS and because of the notoriety the person gets. For those same reasons, Macs are usually spared. "It seems to be that people just don't write exploits for the Mac because they're not as popular and they [the exploit writers] don't get much bang for the buck," Cheers, Ken On 5/19/04 4:41 AM, "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, nice to meet you too. The link you posted is to a know issue > with DLling dodgly .dmg files (like .Zip files). Basically if you set > your browser to auto open them after DL there is a potential security > risk as you could be unzipping a dodgy piece of software - of course > for it to do any harm you would have to allow it to install first too. > No really a big risk but something to be aware of. The lesson as > always is watch what you DL. > > A. > > > > On 19 May 2004, at 05:21, KT Takeshita wrote: > >> On 5/18/04 5:53 PM, "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Really, I didn't know that. Interesting. So how come Windows is still >>> so vulnerable to virus attacks? >> >> Hi Antonio, >> >> Nice to meet you (on the list :-). >> >> This might help you understand what's going on in each OS? >> >> http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/05/18/safariadvisory/ >> index.php?redi >> rect=1084911514000 >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ken >> >
