[StevenB]

Originally Posted by iGuy

I'm not going into the "Mac vs PC" either. If there have been viruses for OSX I'd just like to see the proof........

Still waiting.

Here is one: louisgray.com: I Got a Mac OS X Trojan and Infected CenterNetworks. Oops.

and if there were no viruses for Mac then you wouldn't need this:

VirusScan for Mac | Virex | AntiVirus Protection for Mac Users | McAfee (Mcafee for Mac)

[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by iGuy

Sorry, but a typical response from a Windows user.

This doesn't seem like a Mac v. PC type attitude? Oh well, I don;t even know why I keep responding. I am done -_-

Originally Posted by StevenB

Here is one: louisgray.com: I Got a Mac OS X Trojan and Infected CenterNetworks. Oops.

and if there were no viruses for Mac then you wouldn't need this:

VirusScan for Mac | Virex | AntiVirus Protection for Mac Users | McAfee (Mcafee for Mac)

Thanks for linking but you really should have let him try out Google

[iGuy]

Steven....

The 1st one is a joke (read it)

The 2nd one is from a company trying to sell you stuff.

I await any concrete proof of an OSX virus (if I'm wrong I'll apologise).

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by iGuy

Steven....

The 1st one is a joke (read it)

The 2nd one is from a company trying to sell you stuff.

I await any concrete proof of an OSX virus (if I'm wrong I'll apologise).

*sigh* continue to read it please:

"Allen, looking at the pictures and then back at his site, thought I was joking. But I wasn't."

There is your proof. Wether it did anything beyond his computer or not it's still a virus/trojan. That's how they started back in the day on PC's, as pranks.

[iGuy]

*sigh* *sigh* *sigh* all you want. louisgray.com was a joke. We laughed muchly.

Still waiting for that concrete evidence though.

[tonycortes]

Originally Posted by iGuy

*sigh* *sigh* *sigh* all you want. louisgray.com was a joke. We laughed muchly.

Still waiting for that concrete evidence though.

I can't resist... please stop being a douche (and I mean this in the most nicest way ;]).. I use both windows and mac, and this belief that os x is something god like is crap

OSX.Exploit.Launchd trojan
OSX.Leap.A worm/virus (depending on your definition)
OSX.RSPlug.A (require user permission, but so do similar code for VISTA)

os x is great, windows is great, accept it, they both have their purposes

[iGuy]

I am really not trying to be a douche. And I'm not trying to slate Windows.

All I'm saying is that in the amount of years that I've owned a Mac (Bondi Blue iMac to current MacBook and quite a few others in between) I've never come across a virus. If there is one I'll apologise like I've already said.

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by iGuy

I am really not trying to be a douche. And I'm not trying to slate Windows.

All I'm saying is that in the amount of years that I've owned a Mac (Bondi Blue iMac to current MacBook and quite a few others in between) I've never come across a virus. If there is one I'll apologise like I've already said.

See above.

Also in my 15 years using PC's I have yet to have a computer infected by a virus.

[iGuy]

Originally Posted by StevenB

Also in my 15 years using PC's I have yet to have a computer infected by a virus.

I have never had to use any sort of anti-virus software. (Even Sziklassy admits the same). Whether that continues I don't know.... However, I'm just trying to say that this "vulnerability" is not a virus. Why people want to make such a hoo-har over this compared to the vulnerability of Windows is beyond me. I don't believe Apple is "God-Like", I just like their products. iPhone included!

[Cody Overcash]

lol @ all of you arguing about viruses in OS X vs. Windows in a thread about a vulnerability that is on OS X and Windows

[Texasphi89]

Haha, firefox for the win. Never used safari in my whole mac life.

[iGuy]

Ha! Ha! All these people who want to slag off anything to do with Apple have suddenly gone quiet. Maybe that's because they own an Apple product? Hmmm.

[dale1v]

Originally Posted by iGuy

Ha! Ha! All these people who want to slag off anything to do with Apple have suddenly gone quiet. Maybe that's because they own an Apple product? Hmmm.

Well seeing as everyone on this site does own an apple product of some sort, I doubt they are trying to slag everything off. They've probably moved on.
I believe that people make a hoo-har when something is wrong with OS X, because of such "confident" slogans Apple distribute, examples include:

• "A Mac does everything a PC does, but better"
• "It just works"
• The PC vs Mac adverts which get off on demeaning and stereotyping the PC user.

Apple repeat this over, and over... and over.... I guess it's getting to the point where people think that Apple and their customers are just plain cocky (may not be true, but I have seen a lot of cocky mac owners).
Now, if something with Apple goes terribly wrong, people will gloat;
honestly, wouldn't you find it funnier if you saw a pompous fool trip over and land in mud, compared to an average Joe?

[iGuy]

Hopefully they'll support Steve Coppell as much as they do Steve Jobs then Dale.

[dale1v]

Originally Posted by iGuy

Hopefully they'll support Steve Coppell as much as they do Steve Jobs then Dale.

lawl