[X4U] Virus & Spyware No Problem on Mac?

[David Flory]

On Apr 4, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:

> Are us Mac users really that much safer? Will we be less safe as  
> Apple gains market and mind share?
>
Succinctly, yes, and perhaps. The main reason that Macs are really  
less vulnerable is that by default all the windows (yes, there's that  
word!) for people to get at your computer from online are turned off.  
On Windows they are on by default. This means that you have to go in  
and turn them ON to be vulnerable. Windows people have to go in and  
turn them OFF. This small thing is a BIG thing for security.

I recall a couple of server folk offered a pretty good money reward  
to anyone who could crash their Mac servers, They didn't have any  
claimers of the reward.
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