[Ham-Computers] Do Apple Computers have Virus and Spyware Problems?

[Paul]

On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 19:49, Buck (N4PGW) wrote:
> Apples, Mac's, Linux (or any NIX) all get viruses, worms, and spyware.
> However, the scoundrels that write these things mostly write where they can
> get the best coverage.  Since most of the systems are on MS, then they write
> these things for MS systems.  As a result, by default, the Apples and 'Nix
> computers are much safer to use.  Spyware may involve HTML and other web
> related languages to work.  Since the web is, for the most part, open
> platform or cross platform, some of these things can affect any computer.  
> 
The 'MS gets most because they are the biggest' belief is mostly a myth.

MS gets most because they make it so easy. Until XP SP2 everbody had
administrator right, and this is the proble, - a virus can enter,
reproduce and depart. Anybody could log on, if you needed a password
just hit escape & carry on.

If it is a closed system a user (as apposed to admin) install
system-wide software. So a virus might be able to procraet, but cn't
move outside that area,. It might do some damage tgere, but can't go any
further.

Unfortunately, there are still some morons who run XP from an
adminstrators log in.

The biggest prizes of all for the crackers & their kind are the big
internet servers, the bulk of whivh use apache - they don't seem to go
down, yet the MS servers seem to.