Invulnerable No More: Apple Recommends Antivirus Software »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & TechnologyIt's long been asserted that Apple computers are invulnerable to viruses. This has not been because the OS is flawless, but rather because hackers focused on the more popular OS: Windows, as well as the fact that most hackers had Windows machines. But no longer.
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CRYMTYPHON7 months, 1 week ago
First viruses I ever saw were on the macintosh;
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the mac OS gave every file a 'resource fork', into which you could place or withdraw scripts. Even a bland text file could be infected.
It was like each application had its own nice warm petri-dish full of used bandaids.
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