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Well yeah...
Pray to GOD for him to reveal himself to you.
Old-ish news. Macs were never invulnerable.
Prepare for the fanboy hankster to come and flame on this thread.
*Prepares*
C'mon, who ever claimed invulnerability? Its a relative thing and OS X is still the least risky, for now. B)
Yey! Finally this is the end of the quote
Who ever heard of a virus for a mac? Huh? HUH???
I knew it would happen sooner or later, no computer is without it's back entrance, all it needed was time for some yahoo to discover the language of the operating system and creat the stupid virus! Haleluja! XD
Sry I'm happy about this, but that stupid quote at school was seriously getting old B)
**..::I am thoroughly... 
amused:::..**
Heres a little quote from the previous thread:
Hackers are breakfast. Entertainment is lunch. Work is dinner
- b20
From the article :
...infected by what security experts call the first virus for Mac OS X
Virus Totals
OS X : 1
Windows XP : several hundred (if not thousands)?
Close enough to invulnerable for me :)
Apple is working on this issue and by this time tomorrow Apple users will be back to zero virus again.. ;)
have a nice day!
Heh I did a forum about this a long while back. Yes we know it is not invulnerable, but it has the lowest amount of viruses compared to Windows.
-AO
That's another whippersnapper belted by the feared AncientOne!
@ AO
If at all possible please email me ther results of the AOA awards before 9 pm EST tonight ! TY B)
I'm going to go start a new thread entitled, "For Mac users with viruses: post here."
I predict large numbers.
The issue may be old but that article is current
And if you actually read it Hank - Apple has not responded
I'll vouch that people who claim that Macs are flawless and completely immune to viruses are blow-hards.
However....
I think it's pretty clear that OS X has a pretty sharp edge over Windows for ease of use, virus resistance, and stability. Saying that Macs aren't better because they aren't perfect is like saying that a Porsche is no faster than a Hundai if it can't break the sound barrier.
- Bomb...James Bomb
Upon further review :
We did see a number of uses of this exploit. I wouldn't characterize them as a virus, as they didn't self-replicate. They fall more in the category of 'bots' as they will then connect back to some kind of command and control server to allow the attacker to execute additional commands.
"Such a bot would be able to perform any action the user would be permitted to perform. For example, the bot would be able to connect to network services, send e-mail or modify/delete files owned by the user."
Quote is from this Mac Observer article
I may have to take 1 away from the OS X virus total.
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