Apple and virus troubles can be real these days... but they aren't
Fixed that there for you. There are no Mac OS X viruses around. Malware/Trojans are not viruses.
Apple and virus troubles can be real these days... but they aren't
I did not mean the blog was profesional. I ment for you as the self proclamed "IT Professional" which you so clearly stated in your post to read the artical referenced.
"Macs are immune/invulnerable to viruses": false.
"Macs do not currently have any viruses": true (for OS X, to the best of my knowledge).
"Macs do not have any spyware/malware/trojans": false.
"You should be worried about downloading Mac spyware/malware/trojans": false (so long as you avoid downloading pirated software, etc.)
For all we know, a new OS X virus may have been made a few hours ago and has spread it's way onto every MacRumors user using a Mac. And we wouldn't know for a while because MacRumors always seems to be behind when it comes to Mac based news.Why is the bold statement false?
For all we know, a new OS X virus may have been made a few hours ago and has spread it's way onto every MacRumors user using a Mac. And we wouldn't know for a while because MacRumors always seems to be behind when it comes to Mac based news.
Because the possibility for OS X to have a virus exists. It's a slim possibility, but it still exists.Why is the bold statement false?
Hmm. I have AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, MacWorld, TUAW, Macenstein, MacRumors and a few others in my Google Reader, and they all pretty much have the same Mac news within a few hours of each other.And we wouldn't know for a while because MacRumors always seems to be behind when it comes to Mac based news.
Why is the bold statement false?
If you had said just that, you wouldn't have encountered the challenges that you have. Your original post contained several false statements. Those falsehoods are what was being challenged. No one is claiming that Mac OS X is not at risk from malware, or that it is immune to malware, or even that a Mac OS X virus couldn't exist some time in the future. These are all well-known facts that your thread isn't needed to prove.This entire subject I have brought up was only intended to state simply that computers both PC’s and Mac’s are targets for malicious code writers.
Not one virus. None. Zero. Zip. Zilch. And only a handful of trojans, which are easily avoided with some common sense.We still only have like a couple of trojans and I think one actual virus.
When it was wastelanded, the mods gave the OP the option to have it reopened.Wasn't this thread wastelanded? Or did you post a new one with the exact same original post?
It's false because Macs are not immune to viruses. There simply ARE none that run on Mac OS X, but that doesn't make it impossible. There were viruses that affected Mac OS 9 and earlier, over 10 years ago, and there could be again. We're still waiting.Why is the bold statement false?
Just curious on what GGStudios posts
I have been using computers since 1984 when virus things were not even heard of. Now they are everywhere. Mac computers have been saying for years that they are not effected. Wake up..... programers that use Macs are working at doing their dirty work as we speak. Now they are creating virus programs that don't just ruin a hard drive........they can go down into the bios chip on the motherboard and you got real troubles. What do you think of that? It might even be that SOME NOT ALL the virus programs are creatred by the very ones who sell anti-virus protection. Just my comments. But we live in a world full of people who want to kill us and kill our computers too. Rodny King said "Why can't we all just get along"...answer is we live in an imperfect world full of evil thinking trolls.
Ah, I see. Well, if you would use proper punctuation in your post it would have helped to understand who or what "professional" was referring to.
Post is 2 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKciRQQ_8o&feature=related
Post is 2 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKciRQQ_8o&feature=related
Wow, nice try.... Still not bothered by it and you are still incorrect.
You're always a day late and a dollar short. That isn't even a trojan. It's simply an installer that automatically launches upon download, if you have that option selected in Safari.This was posted May 6, 2011 at ExtremeTech. Mac Malware Finally Comes of Age. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2384994,00.asp
I don't think I am incorrect at all. Just informed about what is out there and coming to Mac users as we speak. At least one might read some of this stuff with an open mind, instead of stcking your head into the sand and singing that same old song............Mac's are safe.
It's not even a true trojan. It's simply an installer package.I know what this is about: That piece of malware that surfaced recently. Its not a virus, its malware - A trojan.
It's not even a true trojan. It's simply an installer package.
What does it claim to be? It doesn't pretend to be something other than an antivirus app. It's just aggressive, annoying, intrusive marketing, but it does no harm. It's not like you think you're installing iWork but get a trojan instead or in addition. It is what it says it is.Really its an application that doesn't do something it claims to do And since I don't have a credit card its not in the least bit dangerous to me.
What does it claim to be? It doesn't pretend to be something other than an antivirus app. It's just aggressive, annoying, intrusive marketing, but it does no harm. It's not like you think you're installing iWork but get a trojan instead or in addition. It is what it says it is.
Exactly. A trojan actually does something.It claims to be antivirus software but it doesn't actually do anything. It just tells you that you've got viruses and that it's cleaned them up, and it reality it hasn't done a thing.