Virus Issue 2

[Shawn Christopher]

I don't agree...the value of the information is what drives the desire.
People will hackup Win boxes cause they know the possibility of
gathering data. While with Mac's what are you gonna get? Art files?,
Peoples home movies, and maybe some peoples tax returns? If there was a
massive switch to Mac, or Linux for home users I could see that the
attack wave would happen but it would be slow. Once people learned how
to change programming styles then they would just go after those. 

Windows isn't the problem, Linux isn't the problem, Mac's aren't the
problem. The problem is the users not looking at what they're doing once
they get online. Once they get infected or hacked then they learn. I've
seen people who get infected that are proud cause now their careful and
smarter and more cautious. The business I'm in the "Now I know"
statement is something that I've come to hear alot and expect from some
people.

Shawn 

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 14:33 +1000, David wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 09:04:29AM +0200, Andre Truter wrote:
> > 
> > To write a Linux virus/trojan, you still need a very high skill level.
> >  Any kid with a VB IDE cannot write a Linux virus.
> > I think that due to this, we won't easily see mindless Linux viruses
> > that are only aimed to show how l33t you are, because most people who
> > have the skill to write a successful Linux virus are way past the l33t
> > stage.
> > So, you might see viruses/trojans that are more focused on specific targets.
> > 
> > What do other people think?
> 
> 
> I thought this issue was already pretty well covered. There have been 
> enough Mac systems on desktops for long enough that the real problem has 
> been long established. Windows is the problem. Don't forget, Macs are 
> marketed to non-geek users and always have been. These are people who 
> don't understand complex security issues. Despite this, there are hardly 
> any significant Mac virii, even after OS X, which has enough computer 
> power to do pretty much anything you would want to do.
> 
> I run OSX boxen open to the internet without virus issues. That's because 
> they are Unix, not WinXX. Windows is the security problem, and seems to be 
> even if there are firewalls, much less the dubiously useful anti-virus 
> products.
>