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A Short History of Computer Viruses and Attacks
Brian Krebs, Washington Post 2003-02-14

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A Short History of Computer Viruses and Attacks 2003-02-14
Anonymous
A Short History of Computer Viruses and Attacks 2003-02-16
Maclectic
How many of the major viruses in the last 5 years are related directly or indirectly to Microsoft software?

ALL OF THEM! Think about it.

Norton Antivirus for the Mac actually causes more problems (incompatibility, instability, interference with other SW, bugs) than it protects from. I would be shocked if I got a virus on my Mac. I've been using Macs for near 15 years and have had about 2 viruses that I even noticed. They both happened to me at work and one was a Microsoft Word macro virus. The other one was just annoying.

- Maclectic

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