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RE: mac trojan in-the-wild

From: Gadi Evron (gelinuxbox.org)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 20:04:44 CDT


On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Jim Harrison wrote:
> While Apple-oriented threats may not get either the validation or the publicity (on hardly equals the other) that Windows attacks do, it's hardly accurate (much less fair) to make those comparisons.
> For all those comparative points, my Kaypro-4 running ZCPR is more secure than any Apple OS.
>

The comparison is of the Microsoft eco-system in the security realm when
Windows 98 was out. Whether by lack of visibility, unpatched exploits or
organized criminal interest.

That is the significant part.

         Gadi.