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Of course they are
Windows users are as safe or safer when they keep their system up to date and habits in check... Now mac users are 10+ years behind as they have almost no way of getting rid of these problems.
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Of course they are  cfischer83@... | 01/26/09
Removal isn't that tough  Fred Fredrickson | 01/27/09
Windows malware...  JoeMama_z | 01/27/09
OS X and Windows  frgough | 01/27/09
But doesn't mean it won't  Pliny the Elder | 01/27/09
Perhaps but that 200 has as a starting point a Unix  James Quinn | 01/27/09
whats the difference  Hogleg | 01/28/09
Right back at you  tikigawd | 01/28/09
But the saddest part of it...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/27/09
worked for Microsoft :P  JoeMama_z | 01/27/09
Yeah  vmaatta | 01/27/09
re: Yeah  Badgered | 01/27/09
BS  vmaatta | 01/27/09
Re:  dvm | 01/27/09
Until 1.5 million or more...  arminw | 01/28/09
Well said.  914four | 01/29/09
Same goes for Windows  TasteeWheat | 01/30/09
All software is of dubius origin.  deowll | 01/30/09
I"m a Mac user and I don't have AV  frgough | 01/27/09
And yet OS X was the only one hit with a drive by in PWN2OWN  NonZealot | 01/27/09
Can the same code effect a Windows machine as it  James Quinn | 01/27/09
dose of reality  macadam | 01/28/09
More like, dose of fantasy.  rtk | 01/28/09
You are right to a point  macadam | 01/29/09
I seem to remember...  914four | 01/29/09
In other words...  MyMac | 01/27/09
Well since...  Sleeper Service | 01/27/09
Remember the old parable  MGP2 | 01/27/09
True  macadam | 01/28/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  WHG3 | 01/27/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  Gis Bun | 01/27/09
Anti-virus software on MacOS  Michael Fournier | 01/29/09
AV is not the solution!  forrestgump2000@... | 01/27/09
Don't run as admin  rpmyers1 | 01/27/09
Wrong. Anti-virus software is the ONLY thing  Lerianis | 01/27/09
So far I've learned that Porno sites are questionable.  James Quinn | 01/27/09
Actually.... most porno sites are pretty safe  Lerianis | 01/27/09
I thought Macs can't get malware??? WTF?  NStalnecker | 01/27/09
Don't think they did.....:P  James Quinn | 01/27/09
I found the Apple commercials enteratining but...  flyerbry | 01/27/09
Except that A Trojan...  arminw | 01/28/09
re: Don't think they did  Badgered | 01/27/09
Virus is not the same as Malware  snberk341 | 01/27/09
huh?  Badgered | 01/28/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  jcuevas711@... | 01/27/09
What would AV do?  TripleII | 01/27/09
Get a life... stuff off p2p sites  Lerianis | 01/27/09
Yes, that can happen  macadam | 01/28/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  phatkat | 01/27/09
Trojans from stolen software?  Ken_z | 01/27/09
People keep referring to this extra protection that OS X offers  NonZealot | 01/27/09
really NZ, are you serious?  rtk | 01/27/09
There IS extra protection  arodriguez@... | 01/28/09
tested, not true  rtk | 01/28/09
Read the whole post  macadam | 01/28/09
As if paid does  rpmyers1 | 01/28/09
EULAs  macadam | 01/28/09
comparable to viruses endemic amongst needle-sharers  Bruce Walker | 01/28/09
Keep Believing That  whcressall@... | 01/28/09
If I mail you a hammer...  arodriguez@... | 01/28/09
How is it down there in the dark, with your head in the sand like that?  jblakeney@... | 01/28/09
Yes, remain alert  Bruce Walker | 01/28/09
Let's get this straight from the beginning...  mikifinaz1@... | 01/28/09
Blog title of the day  macadam | 01/28/09
no matter how many times it's repeated  rtk | 01/28/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  Michael Fournier | 01/29/09
Numbers are catching up with Mac's  jscott418 | 01/30/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  Jay4614 | 01/30/09
More FUD from ZDNet  JoeBob_z | 01/30/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  compumaster428@... | 01/30/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  JeremyBoden | 01/30/09
That's the primary OS X security trick too  JoeBob_z | 01/30/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  chucksjc@... | 01/30/09
The Mac ain't idiot proof  JoeBob_z | 01/30/09
why is ZDnet pushing the idea of Mac viruses?  Hobyx | 01/30/09
Why not?  mustangj36@... | 02/01/09
No, it's because Windows is EASY to hack  JoeBob_z | 02/01/09
User cooperation is the key.  mustangj36@... | 02/02/09
RE: Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups  Rick56 | 02/02/09
RE: At ZDNet, we write whatever we are in the mood for-facts be damned  gennx30 | 08/12/09

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