[LINK] Rampaging bugbear
Adam Todd
at@ah.net
Sun, 06 Oct 2002 21:25:11 +1000
> > I wasn't aware there were any (if) Mac Viruses at all? Perhaps OSX might
> > have some susceptibility due to it's Linux base? But even that is highly
> > minimal in most cases.
>
>OSX is based on BSD.
OK, at any rate a good stable and strong Nix.
>linux worms like slapper won't affect it as it looks for specific OS versions
>and hardware platforms. Not to say a cross platform worm is not a big
>possibility.
Cross Platform worms are definitely on their way <sigh>
> > The Mac's can be quite playful thought too. Don't they accept standard
> PCI?
>
>It's not the hardware. It is getting the vendors to write the drivers.
As with any platform beyond Windows.
>Mostly there is support for the Mac these days.
I suspected as much. I'm not a big Mac person yet, but my Dual G4's are
coming.
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