Apple's Big Virus

Apple's Big Virus
Kelly Martin, 2005-04-20

After your identity has been stolen, your bank accounts compromised, 53 critical patches and 27 reboots later, when will you decide that you've had enough?

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My old ZX Spectrum (1982) also had no viruses, not because it was so secure, but the viruses could not spread because they couldn't reach another computer.

Apple OS X is enjoying security through obscurity which works fine for now. However, as I read somewhere, Apple's lack of viruses is a perfect indicator of it's market penetration.If only a virus would appear, that would be a "great" sign of commercial succes!

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