Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul, To my knowledge, Macs and Eudora are inherently safer than Windows and Outlook. But the main reason you have not had viruses is that Apple's share of installed computers is so low that the hackers and virus writers do not bother spending time on attacking Apple environments. Nathan Paul Hardy Carter wrote: > Sorry to continue such an OT thread (although I guess it's really very on-topic given the spreading technique of the virus), but there appear to be some very knowledgeable people here and I have a question: > > I use Macs, and have done for many years. To my knowledge I have never, ever, had a virus. Am I just lucky? Or is it true - as someone once assured me - that Macs are virus proof? (I can't really believe this to be the case) > > Cheers, > > - PHC > > PS My email client is Eudora. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html