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Re: mac trojan in-the-wild


From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:04:44 -0500 (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.

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