Re: [DMCForum] Re: AOL...

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am not going to even argue on this subject, your right, none of the 
people that Bill Gates screwed make virus', the virus' make themselves.

Mark V



On Jan 19, 2005, at 11:28 PM, therealdmcvegas wrote:

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> Macintosh people are "making" the IBM virus'? What in the hell are you 
> talking about?
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> As a Mac user too, I can tell you that the only reason that Macintosh 
> computers have had
> so many fewer problems is due to obscurity. No one writes malicious 
> code, because there
> are so many fewer people that would actually bother. This of course is 
> slowly changing, as
> OS X is becoming more mainstream, as people want better alternatives. 
> It's like how most
> financial institutions keep their systems so secure. It's the same 
> principal of obscurity. For
> many years, Diebold has been installing systems that run OS/2 Warp on 
> ATMs, and other
> mainframes. Yeah, it's older, and there's no support, but it's 
> obscure, and far less
> vulnuerable.
>
> The other reason that OS X is so much more stable, is because it 
> doesn't run friggin' Active
> X all the time. If more people disabled Active X alone, their systems 
> would be so much
> more stable AND secure! Well, that and the fact that we're based off 
> of BSD technology,
> and don't log in as ROOT each time.
>
> BTW, for everyone here that has rattled off everything that they run 
> in order to keep their
> PCs safe, let me chime in, and list what my PowerBook G4 is running 
> for security:
>
> Safari Browser
> OS X Mail
> Built-in Firewall
>
> Of course while I like MS servers and databases, as well as their 
> supurb office software, I
> am biased, because I do believe that OS X is a far superior system. No 
> registry to edit. Just
> folders in "System" and "Library" folder that I simply delete. That 
> and my one laptop can
> run 5 seperate operating systems at once, including XP!
>
> However, even I must admit that OS X isn't invulnerable. It's just 
> that it's so much more
> secure, obscure, and is supported by a software company that 
> proactively installs patches!
> Trust me though, Mac Viri do exist. Some of them have even been 
> carbonized for OS X,
> but haven't been able to do much good, since the patches are in place. 
> As for Macintosh
> OS specific viri, one online report states that out of 71,00 known 
> viri existing in the world
> at that time, only 26 were directly written for the Mac OS. 553 were 
> just macros that are
> only enabled when you run Microsoft Office applications on Macintosh.
>
> So yeah, by laptop also runs faster because I don't have to have all 
> those 3rd party apps
> runnning in the background, sucking down my system resources. And, 
> it's fun to plug the
> PowerBook into the cigarette lighter, and take the DeLorean out 
> Wardriving at night. :) I
> don't know nuthin' about how it affects flux dispersal. But Stainless 
> Steel certainly doesn't
> sheild RF half as bad as carbon steel does!.
>
> -Robert
>
>
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
>> You do not have the perfect anti-virus, i do. I am on a Macintosh. I
>> have been on line for years with no anti-virus, why you ask because it
>> is the Macintosh people making the IBM virus'. Bill Gates screwed some
>> Apple developers plus other software makers so they make the virus' 
>> for
>> IBM.
>>
>> I never even heard of a Mac owner who got a virus.
>>
>> Mark V
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