XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system   
   XPost: comp.sys.macintrash   
   From: Lars.Traeger@epost.de   
      
   John Slade  wrote:   
      
   > "Derek Currie"  wrote in message   
   > news:derekcurrie-F3E25A.15003108062006@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...   
   > > One of the stupid/favorite winTroll excuses for Windows having thousands   
   > > of times more malware than Mac is that the Mac is 'obscure.' They say   
   > > that Windows having around 90% market share versus Mac having around 4%   
   > > market share justifies their conjecture.   
   >   
   >     Oh boy you left out a bunch of factors. In fact you left out the main   
   > factor. The human factor. I say you should talk to hackers and you can get a   
   > lot more information than you can crunching numbers. People who make viruses   
   > and other malware want to spread it. People who want to use DDOS attacks   
   > want to use as many computers as possible. It's common sense that they would   
   > not want to even attack a Mac, Unix or Linux box.   
      
   So you admit it's easier to fool PC users.   
   --   
   Lars T.   
      
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