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Mac OS X ? Unix? Secure?
Daniel Hanson, 2004-07-21

Apple's OS X is not safer or less susceptible to vulnerabilities and viruses than other OSes, and Apple's secretive culture is bad for the security world.

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Mac OS X ? Unix? Secure? 2004-07-23
Anonymous
Fact. OS X is not invulnerable to older Mac viruses, let alone the macro viruses that have been the main Mac virus problem for many years. And btw, many PC viruses aren't Windows viruses at all.

The issue is not whether it's "safer" to use Macs than PCs. It is, partly because the platform is rare...

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