Macs and viruses -- are we as safe as we think?

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16 Percent Of Computer Users Are
Unaffected By Viruses, Malware Because
They Use Apple Macs

16 Percent Of Computer Users Are
Unaffected By Viruses, Malware Because
They Use Apple Macs 06/05/2005 10:47 PM

By MacDailyNews

Trend Micro offers free safe computing
guide to protect Middle East businesses
from viruses

Trend Micro offers free safe computing
guide to protect Middle East businesses
from viruses 05/16/2004 06:21 AM
AME Info May 16 2004 10:47AM GMT

The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on
Technology Transfer Agreements Is the
New Safe Harbor Less Safe?

The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on
Technology Transfer Agreements Is the
New Safe Harbor Less Safe? 05/17/2004 10:26 AM
Mondaq May 17 2004 1:36PM GMT

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses 12/31/2003 05:02 AM
BBC Dec 31 2003 4:53AM ET

ContentWatch Announces “Family Safe”
Recognition for Family Safe Web Sites on
the Internet

ContentWatch Announces “Family Safe”
Recognition for Family Safe Web Sites on
the Internet 09/24/2004 03:13 AM
ContentWatch announces its Family Safe Program, complete with a new "Family Safe" Award for websites, a list of family safe websites, and internet and email protection products for homes and businesses. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

3,300 new viruses hit co

3,300 new viruses hit co 09/07/2004 10:34 AM
Techzonez Sep 7 2004 2:34PM GMT

Mac OS X viruses

Mac OS X viruses 03/26/2005 07:25 PM
Putting his money where his mouth is regarding the recent Symantec (Norton Utilities, Anti-Virus etc.) Mac OS X virus claims...? Seems not to be, but the fellow who was sponsoring the $25,000 reward has a, shall we say, checkered past. Mac users are still waiting for the first real attack. I could live without it, but this particular religious war (howev er insane and inane it can get) does liven up our computing experience. If the pop-unders at MacDailyNews get around your browser's pop-up blocker, go here.

Viruses up - or down

Viruses up - or down 06/01/2004 09:10 AM
Take your pick on malware activity figures

EU to Ban Macs

EU to Ban Macs 04/01/2005 07:45 PM

First 3G for MACs

First 3G for MACs 09/07/2004 03:38 AM
3G Sep 7 2004 7:21AM GMT

Next-gen viruses need next-gen responses

Next-gen viruses need next-gen responses 03/25/2005 04:55 PM

Currently I have 10 viruses that infect
my PC and are yet to

Currently I have 10 viruses that infect
my PC and are yet to 09/10/2004 08:32 PM
TechTree Sep 11 2004 0:44AM GMT

Protect Your PC Against Viruses

Protect Your PC Against Viruses 07/27/2004 12:28 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 27 2004 5:08AM GMT

Apple Viruses

Apple Viruses 08/07/2004 07:06 PM
TechTree Aug 7 2004 11:46PM GMT

The Apple Viruses 1, 2 and 3, which came

The Apple Viruses 1, 2 and 3, which came 08/07/2004 07:06 PM
TechTree Aug 7 2004 11:46PM GMT

Zero Viruses In 2005?

Zero Viruses In 2005? 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

100,000+ Viruses in 2004

100,000+ Viruses in 2004 12/29/2004 02:28 PM
The BBC is reporting that there has been a 50% increase in the number of viruses released in 2004; as many as 100,000 viruses were seen 'in the wild', many of them doing serious damage to their targets. Bot-nets, computers infected with remote control software featured largely in 2004; equally prominent was the use of viruses and these bot-nets for cyber-crime and sending spam.

2004 also saw the release of the first proper virus for mobile phones. For PC's, in first place on the top ten viruses of 2004 was the Netsky worm variant, <a href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32netskypdam.html ">Netsky-P</a>. The worm exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer and mailed itself to vulnerable Windows machines.

It's very easy to blame Microsoft for the security issues associated with their products; after all, 90%+ of people using a PC on the desktop run a version of Windows. However, Microsoft are continuing to make serious efforts when it comes to security, and Service Pack 2 was a massive step in the right direction. Yet Bruce Schneier, a security expert, believes that although the likes of SP2 were a good start, they aren't good enough. "Deep down, Microsoft still treats security problems as public relations problems. They are still not able to make the hard trade-offs of security and functionality. They still see features as their primary goal, and security secondary."

Security problems are here to say; sensible protection can help you avoid them. Stay patched up and only use secure and trusted programs. Recent company acquisitions by Microsoft could signal either the inclusion of basic anti-virus and anti-spyware with Windows in 2005, or the offering of a Microsoft anti-virus solution.

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When Viruses Attack

When Viruses Attack 08/30/2004 06:13 AM
A bacteria-eating virus is the star of a new video that could help researchers learn the secrets of viral infection and thereby develop better gene therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Welcome to yet another year of viruses

Welcome to yet another year of viruses 01/05/2004 12:01 AM
ZDNet Jan 4 2004 11:33PM ET

IM viruses finally come of age

IM viruses finally come of age 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 4 2005 12:23PM GMT

Viruses usually can be avoided

Viruses usually can be avoided 02/12/2004 02:43 AM
Washington Times Feb 12 2004 6:30AM GMT

Viruses have a new target

Viruses have a new target 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
Houston Chronicle Dec 27 2004 7:42AM GMT

Viruses keep on growing

Viruses keep on growing 09/20/2004 12:17 PM
The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to Symantec.

PDA Viruses Could Get Nasty

PDA Viruses Could Get Nasty 07/29/2004 11:58 PM
Viruses that target handhelds can be even more dangerous than their cousins that attack PCs, spawning self-replicating programs that hide easily, a security researcher told an audience of security professionals at the Black Hat Briefings conference here this week.

The first virus aimed at Pocket PC handhelds, revealed last week, could be far worse if it were modified slightly to carry a harmful payload, said Seth Fogie, a vice president of Airscanner, which develops security software for the Window Mobile platform.

The benign WinCE4.Duts.A (or just "Dust") virus was created as a demonstration of threats against personal digital assistants. However, Fogie noted, such programs could spread stealthily, logging keystrokes on the Pocket PC's "soft keyboard," and sending data stored on handhelds across the Internet.

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One man created most PC viruses

One man created most PC viruses 07/29/2004 11:39 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 29 2004 3:15PM GMT

Spam And Viruses Down?

Spam And Viruses Down? 09/08/2004 02:29 PM
It's only one month's worth of data (and only data from one company), but MessageLabs is claiming that spam and viruses decreased in August. It could just be that, like everyone else, spammers took vacations in August. However, some are suggesting that the US crackdo wn on spam operations may have helped. Of course, it should also be noted that that the creator of six of the ten top viruses is currently sitting in a German jail after charged with computer sabotage, which might just explain the slowdown in virus activity. Unfortunately, it's likely that others will come along to fill in the empty spaces left by those arrested until a longer term solution to spam is developed.

3,300 new viruses hit computers

3,300 new viruses hit computers 09/07/2004 10:33 AM
Techzonez Sep 7 2004 2:35PM GMT

When viruses strike

When viruses strike 12/24/2004 12:36 PM

Mad Macs And The Unshredder

Mad Macs And The Unshredder 04/27/2004 08:20 PM
So just in case Apple has to change its name, I've come up with a few suggestions. Apple could express its feelings toward Paul and Ringo and the heirs by renaming itself BHM. By Michael Swaine, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)

Conferences with Macs

Conferences with Macs 04/09/2004 04:08 PM

Three reasons Macs make excellent companions to geek-centric conferences:

1. iChat and Rendezvous. iChat uses Rendezvous (aka zero configuration networking) to automatically display a list of all other iChat users on the same network as you. In a conference setting this can be a great way of seeing who's around - I met a couple of people at SxSW who I'd been hoping to run in to by co-ordinating a metting via iChat. A few panelists even used iChat to take questions during their panels. Here's a screenshot of iChat Rendezvous taken during SxSW.
2. SubEthaEdit, which really has to be seen to be believed. I made a half hearted attempt to get a SubEthaEdit session going at SxSW but failed to achieve critical mass. Ted Leung at PyCon seems to have got it sussed.
3. EtherPEG. This isn't as essential as the other two but can be a lot of fun - it's an ethical (as in it doesn't steal anything important) network sniffer which displays a selection of images currently being transferred across the network. It provides an often surreal insight in to the browsing habits of other conference goers.

I remember hearing Mac owners complain of being treated like second-class citizens. I haven't felt like that once in nearly three months of owning a Mac.

Macs in Bioinformatics

Macs in Bioinformatics 03/14/2005 05:04 PM
We're interested in bioinformatics as one of the fields that our son Sean may pursue in college, so it was interesting to see this article about the use of Macs and XServes in the field. A Perfect X, by John...

The vulnerability of Macs

The vulnerability of Macs 12/11/2003 10:49 AM
Discussing what it calls a "significant hole," ABCnews asserts that a security issue affecting both Jaguar and Panther versions of OS X announced last month means that the "Mac OS is just as vulnerable as Microsoft Windows." While no operating system can claim to be perfectly secure, OS X and Unix variants in general are more secure than Windows by design, because Unix was created for a networked, multiple user environment, and Windows was created to operate on...

Of Macs And MIDI

Of Macs And MIDI 06/23/2004 01:31 AM
We'll provide some background and show you how to use MIDI files to expand GarageBand's repertoire. By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

"The 20 Macs That Mattered Most"

"The 20 Macs That Mattered Most" 01/10/2004 03:53 AM

The top 20 Macs over 20 years

The top 20 Macs over 20 years 01/09/2004 10:08 PM
In light of the twentieth anniversary of the Macintosh this year (1984-2004), Wired has posted an article by Owen Linzmayer in which the twenty most memorable Macintosh computers are selected...

Macs On Mars

Macs On Mars 01/28/2004 12:28 PM

Were you raised on Macs?

Were you raised on Macs? 04/05/2005 04:40 PM

Macs In The Wild

Macs In The Wild 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

The Halo Effect is in motion... By Nick Santilli, The Apple Blog

Meandering Macs

Meandering Macs 09/15/2004 02:04 AM
There are a lot of things right about the EyeHome -- its simplicity, good looks and cost, but its interface drove me crazy, often leaving me frustrated and cursing. By Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics (via MyAppleMenu)
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