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Thread ID: 82759	2007-09-06 22:57:00	Macs Not As Secure As Users Make Out	Pete O'Neil (6584)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
588734	2007-09-07 10:14:00	Surely, not even Steve Jobs would suggest that users abandon "making out" in the interests of security ? Although such a policy, if backdated a generation, has a certain amount of appeal.	R2x1 (4628)
588735	2007-09-07 10:18:00	Guys even I'm tired of bashing Macs and winmacguy even though we are completely right and he is not. This thread is just going to get to 6 pages and then Jen is going to lock it down. So, lets leave it alone and admit that we are all vulnerable.	beeswax34 (63)
588736	2007-09-07 10:28:00	Guys even I'm tired of bashing Macs and winmacguy even though we are completely right and he is not. This thread is just going to get to 6 pages and then Jen is going to lock it down. So, lets leave it alone and admit that we are all vulnerable. Some users will always be vulnerable to certain forms of phishing that involve giving away their bank details and other personal information to dodgey websites posing as legit bank sites regardless of the platform they are on - aka social engineering, so yes beeswax34 your right on this point. (But you would have to be pretty stupid to do it nowadays.) However interms of malicious trojans and malware installing itself on your system without your knowing about it when you click on a url - that is and will remain Windows territory. Mac users get an admin password prompt when a program wants to install itself (which should be a pretty strong hint that something is phishy) and .exe files don't work on OS X.	winmacguy (3367)
588737	2007-09-07 11:57:00	Guys even I'm tired of bashing Macs and winmacguy even though we are completely right and he is not. This thread is just going to get to 6 pages and then Jen is going to lock it down. So, lets leave it alone and admit that we are all vulnerable. You are not completely right....In fact most of your dribble is completely wrong	plod (107)
588738	2007-09-07 11:59:00	Righto. I think we are all pretty much over this bickering about OSs. Give it a break and find something else to entertain yourselves with. Ta.	Jen (38)
588739	2007-09-07 13:12:00	You are not completely right....In fact most of your dribble is completely wrong BS, if you can't accept the fact that Mac owners can be wrong about something, you're the one dribbling all the time. All I wanted some peace and you come back swinging insults. Sorry Jen, not taking plod's verisimilitude nonsense lying down:)	beeswax34 (63)
588740	2007-09-07 13:21:00	So.....how about those Warriors??? :( :( :(	CYaBro (73)
588741	2007-09-07 15:51:00	10-12 it was close atleast. They've made us proud this year:)	beeswax34 (63)
588742	2007-09-07 18:46:00	Sorry Jen, not taking plod's verisimilitude nonsense lying down:)Tough. I've asked everyone to stop it. Seeing as this is your first offense you are only getting a infraction.	Jen (38)
588743	2007-09-07 18:51:00	BS, if you can't accept the fact that Mac owners can be wrong about something, you're the one dribbling all the time. All I wanted some peace and you come back swinging insults. Beeswax34 if Macs are so vulnerable why is it that the Storm botnet consists of millions of infected Windows PCs and NO Macs? Because according to your theory there should be a few 100,000 infected Macs in there too since there are 30 million or so Macs in use around the world. Storm worm botnet more powerful than top supercomputers The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world's top supercomputers. That's the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three months. www.itnews.com.au I have only quoted the first two paras with link - feel free to follow the link and read the rest.	winmacguy (3367)
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