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You really need to research, NZ...
...before you open your noise trap. Don't get me wrong,
there are hundreds of variants of nearly every Windows
virus, trojan and other malware out there, but that
doesn't mean that the true number of attackers is small.
Just look at the databases of Symantic, McAfee and even
Panda and you will find thousands of different attackers
with double- and even triple-character varients,
meaning 26x26x26 or anywhere between 27 to 17000
variants of each of them A rough average would
probably be about 400 variants to over a thousand
different pieces of malware.

Yes, protection is a good idea; but with Windows it is
mandatory just to be useable. With a Mac, for now, a
true virus has yet to rear its ugly head. This Trojan is just
the opening shot in another long war.
Posted by: vulpine@...   Posted on: 11/12/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Wow, there are now 32 pieces of malware targeting OS X!!  NonZealot | 11/08/07
Ah well...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/08/07
With you, that would be 33...  BitTwiddler | 11/08/07
One actually  voska | 11/08/07
I agree, was using Mac zealot logic  NonZealot | 11/08/07
Seeing you rant...  crampy20 | 11/08/07
actually...  doh123 | 11/10/07
You really need to research, NZ...  vulpine@... | 11/12/07
re:Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet  Intellihence | 11/12/07
Even Windows users don't need to live in fear...  Resuna | 11/12/07
macs are not "vulnerable" to this software at all, no exploit  jjarman | 11/12/07
this is why it is not an epidemic yet  jjarman | 11/12/07
They could always use  tracy anne | 11/13/07
Installing unknown software is risky, no matter the OS  Heatlesssun1 | 11/08/07
Linux has the advantage only because it is so insignificant (nt)  crampy20 | 11/08/07
That may be true  ROTORY | 11/12/07
Who "hates to admit" this?  Resuna | 11/12/07
Agreed in principle  thx-1138_@... | 11/12/07
wait a sec, 20 years?  JamesDoyle | 11/13/07
Now in Linux's favor  tracy anne | 11/13/07
No where near the number that plagues per say Windows  Boot_Agnostic | 11/08/07
It's a Trojan Not Virus  joedokes | 11/08/07
Speaking of stupid  Mujibahr | 11/10/07
It's THEN not THAN!  tracy anne | 11/13/07
Would the porn be free?  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 11/09/07
Doesn't matter how you count  JoeBob_z | 11/13/07
******** = "hard" + "core"  JoeBob_z | 11/13/07

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