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OK....lets cut to the chase here my friend.
What are the total number of sucessfull ie none proof of concept but actual
destructive malware for OSX? for Macintosh pre OSX and for Windows 95-
Prresent?

Total number of.....there has to be a web page somewhere that totals this one for
us and I for onw would like to know.

Besides MS products that run on a Mac just how insecure are the likes of iLife?
iWork, Filemaker, Appenture? FinalCut? Now you did mention Quicktime having a
problem and Hypercard? man that is reaching back to the good ole days. However
while I for one never had a malware problem with HyperCard mostly because I
never had a use for it....still I did hear of people finding a use for it. Did they
make Hypercard for the PC cause my point was that when it comes to Malware
infections one often on a Mac got it from using that bad condome known as MS
Trojans...heh heh heh. And then you came back with Quicktime and a flaw found
in that...which I except as a counter arguement because Apple does make
Quicktime for the PC (Or was the flaw in something related to MySpace?) however I
don't recall Apple making Hypercard for the PC? So I don't think a PC user can or
has been infected by having Hypercard made by Apple on his/her PC...maybe
word or excel more likely Explorer and or Outlook but not Hypercard.

Pagan jim
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Dont feed the troll  frgough | 12/06/06
Huh?  NonZealot | 12/06/06
OK....lets cut to the chase here my friend.  Laff | 12/06/06
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I clearly stated  xuniL_z | 12/07/06
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Your Zealotry has blinded you  Rick_K | 12/06/06
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Typical Mac zealot rationalization  NonZealot | 12/06/06
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NonZealot b  b.d.hi | 12/06/06
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