We all knew with the gaining popularity of Macs...

Kazrog said:
It happens and I've proven it at my old job multiple times, much to the dismay of stunned IT officials, as recently as 2007. Get a new Windows XP Pro SP2 based-PC workstation fresh out of the Dell or HP factory packaging. Connect ethernet port to a firewalled, routed, professionally run LAN connection at a Fortune 500 company office. Boot up, and wait about 20 minutes. Literally don't do anything except turn the machine on, just let it sit at whatever default Windows first-run nags.

Then install Norton and run a first check. No fewer than 50 viruses, spyware programs, worms, trojans, and other bits of malware auto-downloaded in 20 minutes every time I tried this. It was always slightly different, which to me indicates there are massive botnets searching for specific root-level vulnerabilities in Windows OS's across vast IP ranges.

This has been my experience. More recently, I've been running XP and Windows 7 beta on a couple of test boxes, with AVG installed, and I have yet to have any problems with either, but the experiences I had testing/proving my theory in 2006 and 2007 are hard to forget. I had multiple witnesses each time, all of whom were certified IT professionals.
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James Murphy said:
yeah... right... read Kazrog's post above if you haven't already.
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That's pretty interesting, but 1) I'm sure if Apple/Mac ever got as popular as Windows, it would have similar issues. Mac isn't invulnerable, it's just a significantly small portion of the market, and 2) the point is basically irrelevant. I (and I assume 99.9% of users here) don't use my PC at a Fortune 500 company office haha. A lot of people don't even connect their DAWs to the internet. I do, and I use my PC as my "everything" PC in addition to my DAW. I haven't been getting viruses/malware, let alone ones that prevent me from recording or anything.

I'm not trying to start an argument. Just trying to make a practically unnecessary and seemingly retarded point of "Macs are not perfect and PCs are not terrible." :lol:
I always found the "Macs don't have viruses and PCs do" argument very irritating. It is not hard to avoid viruses on a PC. Naturally, it is usually ppl who are not very good at computers who make such arguments to validate their purchases.
 
I would say: Those Antivirus-Software Companies worked hard to finally "release" a Mac virus/maleware.

Mac users are suggested to use common sense -- that is, don't try to download and installed pirated software -- and to update any antivirus definitions immediately. If you're a Mac user and aren't using security software, well, this might be a good time to start.
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The growing field of Mac-Users maybe just becomes an atractive market...

I have no virus-scanner on my mac. Yet.
 
jhakwe said:
Ha, I still got a VIC-20 stashed up somewhere in my parents' house. I dug it up a couple of years ago and warezed games by downloading the game ROMs, converting them to WAV and hooking up my PC to a cassette recorder :D
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Dude, holy shit - so the cassette recorder became a tape drive? That's fucking wild! Or I'm totally wrong :lol:
 
brandy said:
I would say: Those Antivirus-Software Companies worked hard to finally "release" a Mac virus/maleware.
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I dont know if this virus is made by any of the virus companies, but the first really massive virus attack will probably be from one of them.
I still belive that Sobig and Sasser was made by or made with help from anti-virus companies.

My Father, as i have stated earlier in this forum is an anti-virus "specialist"(Cant translate the title to English.), and there was apparently allot of weird stuff going on from F-Secure and Norton at the time(Didn't tell me exactly what it was though.).

Yes, its a conspiracy theory, but i find it very likely(The more hits, the more people buy their software.).
 
Metaltastic said:
Dude, holy shit - so the cassette recorder became a tape drive? That's fucking wild! Or I'm totally wrong :lol:
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Yes, the vic was a tape-based system. You don't know the meaning of the word 'slow' until you've used tape. Come to think of it, I think I've still got a few tapes kicking around somewhere with some old programs on them.
 
it happened again because someone posted yet another thread meant to somehow paint macs in a bad light
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wow....I've had my Macbook Pro for a little over a year now and I was just posting this article because I remember someone saying it would only be a matter of time before this happens.

It wasn't meant to be a Mac vs. PC thread.
I just think it sucks that neither is safe ....I do support Mac being more stable though.
 
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