This goes with my line of thinking that there’s few viruses written on Macs because its users aren’t bitter.

The unibomber’s manifesto was chocked full of references to the Blue Screen of Death. Just look for yourself.

the point i’m getting at here is that Mac is much more of a fascist corporation than microsoft has ever been. actually i should probably say iFascist to comply with the trademark. okay, so windows OS likes to bundle along “windows media player” and “internet explorer” but at least they haven’t started bundling software with other software, i.e. itunes with quicktime, or safari with itunes, etc…

so i’m surprised that there are more viruses etc. for windows because Mac is obviously much more of a fascist corporation that microsoft. and as seen in this forum, the majority of mac users don’t even have any antivirus software installed, making them so easy to hack.

and they say windows users are closed minded. i bet 90% of Mac users have never opened their terminal or even know what it is.

for shame…. for shame………….

Use Linux!

I have not been able to break my power book yet, despite running 10.3.9 on a 867 MHz machine (runs fine with only one crash in 5 months). I perceived Apple’s intentions to be supportive, helpful - even when using an old 2nd-hand machine running an OS not recommended for the hardware. I would never do anything to hurt Apple.

I have not been able to break my 500Mhz P3 running Mepis yet. As a newbe to the linux world, I was delighted to find that my ‘dump’ questions were answered respectfully and quickly by the Mepis community. I would never consider doing anything to hurt Mepis.

Breaking the XP machine is a weekly occurance, complete with data loss. work-flow interuption and loss of earnings. This is despite having all updates continuously, AV, hardware and software firewalls, using webmail and upkeeping software health and data cohesiveness. I am forced to migrate my business activities to other (completely alien) OS, just so I can sleep a night knowing my business will function the next work day. Microsoft has cost me a lot of money and time. I don’t feel that I would cross the road to kick it’s corpse. It is differcult to avoid emotional profanity when ones income and sanity is threatened. I have no intention of ever hurting Microsoft and admire the initial vision of a PC in every home (and what that has done for intellectual freedom via domestic accessiblity to WWW),

I do however see how a cracker could theoritically wish to hurt Microsoft’s reputation via attacking the user with a virus or malware.

1. The high functionallity of XP can encourage the user to be lazy = opportunity

2. Holes in security and OS due to high functionality and accessibilty = opportunity

3. Other OS could be seen as the domain of geeks = exclusion (a bird does not crap in it’s own nest)

4. Antitrust case against Microsoft made people go “oh yeh” about control and exclusive design practices (yes I understand viruses existed before this!) = malice

5. The differculty in obtaining support without spending on expensive consultants or trolling through countless threads of ill-informed advice or disinformation = frustration/malice forming

6. This is the really stupid one and what we call in NZ as “Tall Poppy Syndrome”: knock over the big guy - just because he is bigger than me = insane malice

All business practices and competitive activities persist because somebody is prepared to do something others are not. Writing viruses and malware is a competitive activity, preventing these and protecting against them is also a competitive activity that makes a lot of money for those prepared to do it. look for motives.

It’s all about terror, and hurting the largest amount of people they can. And realistically.. if 90% of the people with computers own a PC, then why would they even care about apples.

If you can write a harmful virus for microsoft program, you can write one for an apple program. makes since to me.

Apple isn’t special, it’s accualy so basic, it’s scarry.

I accualy hope more people buy apples, so some of the people making viruses for the pc, will accualy change their focus to anyone with an apple! that would reduce the amount of attacks on pc owners, and make everyone just a little bit happier.

but i dont care because im running windows…the better option. i definitely agree with this guy ^. no one gives a shit about macs and doesn’t want to make a virus for an operating system that is being used by 0.1% of the united states population.