Macs May No Longer Be Immune to Viruses

Bill writes "MSNBC reports that the combination of Apple's growing market share and their recent switch to x86 processors has made Mac OS X a new target for viruses. Unfortunately, it seems that many Mac users are in denial. '[Computer security expert Tom] Ferris said he warned Apple of the vulnerabilities in January and February and that the company has yet to patch the holes, prompting him to compare the Cupertino-based computer maker to Microsoft three years ago, when the world's largest software company was criticized for being slow to respond to weaknesses in its products.'"

Which will come first?

[ikekrull]

The Year of the Linux Desktop

or

The Year of The OS X Viruses

Inquiring minds want to know.

Re:Heh.

[William Robinson]

LMAO, yeah.. last time I checked, the bug was in this code of MS Management cycle..:P

while (generating_crappy_systems())
{

char* company = pick_yet_another_company();
int percentrisk = assess_risk_from(company);
int percentgrowthrate = assess_growth_of(company);
if (percentrisk > 10 || percentgrowthrate > 10) launch_FUD_against(company);
continue; // with generating_crappy_systems();

}

Re:But...but..but..

[Anonymous Coward]

"manage a trois"

Uhh... That's when three people try to run a company...

If you use such terms, at least get the spelling right.

Macs can get viruses?

[Mathiasdm]

I'll believe that when I see water running uphill!

What we really need

[Wescotte]

is a good open source cross platform virus/worm!

Re:Countdown ...

[cowscows]

Hey, fuck you man. Periods are way superior to commas. I don't want to get into a punctuation flamewar... but you and your damn run-on sentences started it! Periods are the one true way to separate thoughts in writing. But the truth had to be said. And now a bunch of you religious fanatics are going to jump all over me. You'll argue non-stop about how commas are fancier and newer and and how periods are hard to draw and if you're in a hurry they just end up looking like commas anyways. But you all can go to hell! Right to hell!

Sorry, that was dumb. :(

Re:Switch to Intel

[icydog]

I'd think if someone went to a place that causes their browser to crash 10 times in a row, they'd stop trying to go there.

Yet somehow, MySpace still has visitors...