[X4U] Consumer Reports

[James S Jones]

Not only are there no viruses, it's unlikely 20% of Mac users even have 
anti-virus software.

We should all consider ourselves blessed. We've been given unique 
insight as to how inaccurate and useless Consumer Reports actually is.

On Sep 7, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Michel Treisman wrote:

> According to Consumer Reports for 2005,
>
> Macs are safer than Windows PCs for some online hazards. Only 20 
> percent of Mac owners surveyed reported detecting a virus in the past 
> two years, compared with 66 percent of Windows PC owners. Just 8 
> percent of Mac users reported a spyware infection in the last six 
> months vs. 54 percent of Windows PC users.
>
> What are these viruses that affect 20% of Macs?  I thought there 
> weren't any.