Comments on: For Safe Porn Viewing, Apple Recommends QuickTime 7 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/ by John Paczkowski Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric Welch http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Eric Welch Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:51 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/#comment-792 Yeah, one trojan that requires the user to type in an administrator's password to see Brittany Spears nekkid is a harbinger of the downfall of Macs. Please, I thought this site was a bit more savvy when it came to Microsoft astroturfers taking every opportunity to slam OS X. Now iet's see. One single trojan and no viruses. And it's a trojan that requires a computer user to install. Compared to 144,000+ viruses and trojans, many of which need no help to compromise Windows Yeah, Macs are no more secure than Windows. Riiiiiiight. Mac users do need to be alert. But this is far from the first time such a ludicrous claim, such as OSX being the new Windows 98, has been foisted on the non-savvy public. Yeah, one trojan that requires the user to type in an administrator’s password to see Brittany Spears nekkid is a harbinger of the downfall of Macs.

Please, I thought this site was a bit more savvy when it came to Microsoft astroturfers taking every opportunity to slam OS X.

Now iet’s see. One single trojan and no viruses. And it’s a trojan that requires a computer user to install. Compared to 144,000+ viruses and trojans, many of which need no help to compromise Windows

Yeah, Macs are no more secure than Windows.

Riiiiiiight.

Mac users do need to be alert. But this is far from the first time such a ludicrous claim, such as OSX being the new Windows 98, has been foisted on the non-savvy public.

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Neil Anderson Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:10:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/#comment-789 Sounds like these security guys are a little insecure. Sounds like these security guys are a little insecure.

]]> By: Hal Summers http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Hal Summers Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:31:07 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071102/osx-trojan/#comment-788 I have to wonder if security experts who proclaim OSX is the new Windows 98 have something to sell Mac users. I have to wonder if security experts who proclaim OSX is the new Windows 98 have something to sell Mac users.

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