Apparently the same folks who make windows viruses are starting to turn to Macs because they are open in different ways. More people are using Macs, thus more open computers to attack.
BULLSHIT--that's just F.U.D. and conjecture based on *ZERO* evidence.
Back in the old days (Mac OS "System 6" and "System 7", so we're talking the early/mid 90's) when Apple had about a 10% marketshare (pretty similar to where they're back at now), there were plenty of Mac viruses around. I actually had a book about repairing Macs at the time that outlined 30 or so Mac viruses.
*BUT* since Apple ditched the old OS and switched to the microkernal Unix-based NeXTSTEP (reworked into Mac OS X) in 2001, there hasn't been a single "Virus" on a Mac. The closest thing to a virus has been "malware" that was embedded into illegal bootlegged software.
Make no mistake:
MARKETSHARE has nothing to do with it. Back when they did have good marketshare but a weak OS, they had lots of viruses. This time, they've got good marketshare and a strong OS...and no viruses.
See, here's what you fail to realize:
- Windows lets web browsers run executable applications that have access to the file system of the computer itself, without the USER knowing at all.
- Mac OS
doesn't let web browers run executable applications unless the USER allows it, and
then nothing can download to the computer's file system unless the USER gives up their password, and
then nothing can mount on the desktop that was downloaded unless the USER gives up their password, and
then nothing can actually install unless the USER gives up their password, and
then the installed application is only given extremely limited access to the OS itself.
It's not a marketshare issue.
