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Nobody Really Bothers to Attack Macs?
February 22, 2006 |
In a Wired article today, I saw the old reference to nobody attacking the Max because of its small market share:
The Mac has had no viruses to date, he said, primarily because of its small market share. It’s got a superior track record compared to Windows, but it’s not invulnerable; rather, no one has bothered to spend much time trying to attack it. Now that hackers are taking more notice, life will get harder for Mac owners. He suggested I tackle this “wake up call” in this column. Wired News.
I just don’t buy it - I am sure hackers have heard that so many times now - their work ethos must have driven them to attacking the Mac by now. Maybe they jut haven’t succeeded? The anti-virus companies and the so called ’security experts’ want to keep up the impression that there could be a virus coming to the Mac soon after all. That’s how they sell stuff.
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maybe you missed it but there ARE viruses for the mac now…
the thing about macs not having as big of a marketshare just means they aren’t as big of a target, not that they aren’t a target at all… malware does and will get written, just not as fast and not as often because there are far fewer people working on it…