home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.flame.macintosh      Steve Jobs sucks      403 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 382 of 403   
   Josh McKee to GreyCloud   
   Re: Does Mac Malware Benefit From Obscur   
   09 Jun 06 16:57:50   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system   
   XPost: comp.sys.macintrash   
   From: jtmckee@rmac.know-spam-bogus.net   
      
   In article ,   
    GreyCloud  wrote:   
      
   > Josh McKee wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article   
   > > ,   
   > >  Derek Currie  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > [ snip ]   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>Below are a few personal thoughts, for whatever they are worth:   
   > >>   
   > >>   1) Windows is really is a far less secure operating system than Mac.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > How much malware exists for Windows on the MIPS platform? The Alpha   
   > > platform?   
   >   
   > Most likely that the hacker could recompile their viruses/malware for   
   > those platforms and the same results would happen.   
      
   I didn't ask if it could be recompiled. I asked how much currently   
   exists. Still waiting for an answer.   
      
   Josh   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca