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01/23/2007 02:10:06 AM · #26 |
"This should reduce the risk of the other 8 macs in exsistance to not get the virus."
Too funny! ...and good spellinge too! ;) |
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01/23/2007 05:13:24 AM · #27 |
Excuse me, but what's a "virus"?
Kind regards, a Macintosh user since 1989
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01/23/2007 05:15:55 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by eyewave:
Excuse me, but what's a "virus"?
Kind regards, a Macintosh user since 1989 |
It's something you shouldn't be complacent about.
Kind regards, a security professional ;o)
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01/23/2007 06:59:07 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by Manic:
It's something you shouldn't becomplacent about.
Kind regards, a security professional ;o) |
That article is already 10 weeks old... has anyone heard of the virus in the meantime?
7 November 2006 10:52AM
Proof-of-concept virus largely harmless.
Security experts have detected a virus that targets Apple's Mac OS X systems.
Symantec has classified the virus as a level-one 'very low' threat, as it lacks a 'payload' or any sort of malicious instructions other than simply to replicate itself. The security firm said that, once OSX.Macarena is launched, it infects every file located in the same folder. At the time this article was written, Symantec confirmed that there were fewer than 50 confirmed cases of infection.
Whoa, I really feel threatened now.
I think the only danger for my Macs is that they are connected to a Windows server.
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01/23/2007 07:08:40 AM · #30 |
Yes, but it proves that it is possible for MacOS to get infected, admittedly it's much more unlikely at present and the only real damage would be when exploiting an unpatched security hole and/or a user running as root... but that doesn't mean that MacOS will always be safe - its a matter of ease & size of target (even Linux is targeted by some viruses now).
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01/23/2007 07:54:51 AM · #31 |
Mac? as in Apple?
Why would someone try to infect a load of MP3 players? |
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01/23/2007 08:58:08 AM · #32 |
Oooooh, I feel so much safer now knowing that our air transportation system runs on windows, because all the bug writers will be busy with Macs from now on. ; P
Only kiddin'
PC or Mac, they all work, or we would not be here on line. Some are more work than others, but they work.
Does XP mean "Xtra Patience" ? Can't wait till "Various Illnesses Surfaced Today Already" comes out.
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 10:40:44.
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01/23/2007 09:02:27 AM · #33 |
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01/23/2007 09:23:43 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by Manic:
Yes, but it proves that it is possible for MacOS to get infected... |
Um, yeah. People have been saying that since OS X was first released in 1999. It's also possible for your house to be leveled by an atom bomb, but have you built an underground shelter? Complacency, you know. ;-P |
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01/23/2007 09:56:59 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Manic:
Yes, but it proves that it is possible for MacOS to get infected... |
Um, yeah. People have been saying that since OS X was first released in 1999. It's also possible for your house to be leveled by an atom bomb, but have you built an underground shelter? Complacency, you know. ;-P |
Atom bomb.... ***going to start digging***
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01/23/2007 10:06:20 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Manic:
Yes, but it proves that it is possible for MacOS to get infected... |
Um, yeah. People have been saying that since OS X was first released in 1999. It's also possible for your house to be leveled by an atom bomb, but have you built an underground shelter? Complacency, you know. ;-P |
Atom bomb.... ***going to start digging*** |
I aint worried about the atom bomb. I think I know somewhere thats pretty darn safe from that kinda thing. Shhhhhhhh, its a secret!
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01/23/2007 10:11:54 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by marksimms:
Shhhhhhhh, its a secret! |
ROFLMAO! |
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01/23/2007 10:17:21 AM · #38 |
Plenty of mac xploits, same as any other OS.
//www.securemac.com/ |
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01/23/2007 10:23:05 AM · #39 |
| Honestly, who would write a virus for a mac? That would be like a terrorist bombing an abandoned desert town. Not worth the effort. |
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01/23/2007 10:26:27 AM · #40 |
| Would Bill Gates even want to build a virus and ruin Apple? I think he would be in all kinds of anti-trust suits if that happened. |
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01/23/2007 10:31:37 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Plenty of mac xploits, same as any other OS. |
Vulnerabilities maybe, but not exploits. That guy is trying to show that something might be possible even though it's never actually happened. Many of the issues noted have already been patched, and rest no doubt will be in Apple's next security update. This is NOT the same as Windows, which has tens of thousands of actual viruses, worms and trojans.
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Honestly, who would write a virus for a mac? That would be like a terrorist bombing an abandoned desert town. Not worth the effort. |
Apple is a bigger company than Dell. If you're a hacker seeking attention, what better way than to be the first author of a Mac virus? |
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01/23/2007 10:35:40 AM · #42 |
Or you just support them a bit and pay (what's that?) for the full version.
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01/23/2007 10:38:58 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Or you just support them a bit and pay (what's that?) for the full version. |
If you need all the features of the pro version then that's the route to go. If you don't, why pay for features you don't need. |
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01/23/2007 10:43:09 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Plenty of mac xploits, same as any other OS. |
Vulnerabilities maybe, but not exploits. That guy is trying to show that something might be possible even though it's never actually happened. Many of the issues noted have already been patched, and rest no doubt will be in Apple's next security update. This is NOT the same as Windows, which has tens of thousands of actual viruses, worms and trojans.
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Honestly, who would write a virus for a mac? That would be like a terrorist bombing an abandoned desert town. Not worth the effort. |
Apple is a bigger company than Dell. If you're a hacker seeking attention, what better way than to be the first author of a Mac virus? |
It isn't about the computer manufactures, it is about the OS. Dell might be smaller, but Dell, Gateway, Alien, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony, HP, E-machines ect... make up 97% of the market share for computers. Apple accounts for some of the rest. Those viruses are for windows not the mac os.
Also it would take a very long time for a mac virus to spread. It probably could not make the jump from PC's to macs. So in order for it to spread it would have to be when a mac comes in contact with another mac. That probably doesn't happen often. In that amount of time it would be taken care of.
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 10:46:15. |
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01/23/2007 10:49:27 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Those viruses are for windows not the mac os. |
Therein lies the answer. ;-) |
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01/23/2007 10:50:01 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Those viruses are for windows not the mac os. |
Therein lies the answer. ;-) |
If I did make a mac virus how would I get that virus to spread? Mac machine to mac server to mac machine.
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 10:50:28. |
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01/23/2007 10:53:19 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Plenty of mac xploits, same as any other OS.
//www.securemac.com/ |
Thanks for the link RG.
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01/23/2007 10:57:01 AM · #48 |
| I think where it is going to hit Apple is in the ipod. |
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01/23/2007 10:59:44 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
If I did make a mac virus how would I get that virus to spread? |
There are quite a few Linux viruses, despite an even smaller market share. |
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01/23/2007 11:07:15 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by boomtap:
If I did make a mac virus how would I get that virus to spread? |
There are quite a few Linux viruses, despite an even smaller market share. |
Lots and lots of linux servers. |
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