Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 25, 2007, at 10:33 AM, ric wrote: > How about name one (virus) that has infected a Mac in the last 5 years As former heard of the CUNY Academic Computer Committee, I can assure you that no computer system connected to the internet is absolutely safe. Mac viruses do exist, however they are much rarer than PC viruses. On operating systems prior to OS X, Macs sometimes got infected with: AutoStart, Code9811, SevenDust, plus several that were specific to MS Office programs and Outlook Express. These viruses posed an inconvenience but rarely damaged any data. For the most part they screwed up the display. The could be eliminated by runniing anti-virus programs. But for the fact that we were situated in the middle of IBM territory and formerly got huge academic discounts on IBM equipment (free), we would have been an all Mac shop. OS X seems pretty resistant to virus attack despite being based on Unix. Our unprotected PCs running Windows XT got their first virus infections within a few minutes of being connected to the internet. It's worse than unsafe sex. Now that I am retired, I use only Mac laptops and the Intel iMac, all running OS 10.4.10, and all connected to the internet. I have not had ANY virus problem in years. (But I'm still looking for some unsafe sex.) Larry Z