No More Viruses...

I just read this on MacDailyNews.com:

68,736 Microsoft Windows Viruses
- VS -
ZERO for Apple Mac's OS X

Folks, if that doesn't make you want to run out and buy a new mac, than read on:

"... It may or may not surprise you, but there are no OS X viruses (or worms or trojans), partly due to the implementation of OS and its almost-inaccessible Root," Graham K. Rogers writes for The Bangkok Post.

"... Most Mac users never need Root access. We use Administrator privileges, and if Root is needed for installation of an application or for alterations to the system -- what a virus would need to do -- a user must enter a password. This physically and consciously acknowledges an event (and its consequences).

Mac naysayers would have us believe there are no viruses because there are so few Macs (this also applies to Linux and Unix platforms), although that could change with the Mac mini," Rogers writes. Rogers continues, "If the numbers of viruses for Windows keeps on growing (as of January this year, there were a total of 68,736 viruses detected, according to Symantec), the Mac may come in for some attention.

There is no point spending all your time virus-writing, however, if viruses will not work. The only problem on OS X is from macros with Microsoft products and from mail attachments. These do not harm the Mac environment but may damage a Windows computer if sent. As a normal precaution, I do not open attachments, and trash them instantly."
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