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  • dlazz
    I thought Macs didn't get viruses but then I read this:

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225862/Fast_growing_Flashback_botnet_includes_over_600_000_Macs_experts_say?taxonomyId=12


    Should I buy a new Mac? Will it affect me? Please advise.
  • Laley23
    dlazz;1137380 wrote: Should I buy a new Mac?
    Yes.
  • Fly4Fun
    As people have been saying for years... it's not that Mac's are that much superior that they can't get viruses. It was just there was a lot less of them so it didn't make sense for hackers to write viruses for them. Now that they are becoming more common place, Mac's can expect to start getting them as they will be targeted.
  • sleeper
    I agree with C4F.
  • Iliketurtles
    sleeper;1137389 wrote:I agree with C4F.
    LOL! And now the world will end.
  • dlazz
    Fly4Fun;1137385 wrote:As people have been saying for years... it's not that Mac's are that much superior
    They are superior I've had a Mac for 9 years and it still runs like new but the Dell I bought yesterday exploded and killed my dogs.
  • ernest_t_bass
    sleeper;1137389 wrote:I agree with C4F.
    CALL AL GORE! SHUT DOWN THE INTERNET!
  • ernest_t_bass
    dlazz;1137409 wrote:They are superior I've had a Mac for 9 years and it still runs like new but the Dell I bought yesterday exploded and killed my dogs.
    Why are you the way you are?
  • Heretic
    dlazz;1137409 wrote:They are superior I've had a Mac for 9 years and it still runs like new but the Dell I bought yesterday exploded and killed my dogs.
    I get it. You're really Michael Vick looking for a valid excuse for your activities which you never really stopped doing after getting out of jail. You sly rascal, you!
  • Automatik
    If you get a virus, trojan, etc, you're a dumbass no matter what type of computer you're using.
  • Heretic
    Automatik;1137479 wrote:If you get a virus, trojan, etc, you're a dumbass no matter what type of computer you're using.
    Or you just like porn. A lot of porn. All the time.

    And there's nothing wrong with that. Except for the viruses.
  • Commander of Awesome
    or you like free movies, music, audio books, games, etc...
  • Automatik
    Heretic;1137481 wrote:Or you just like porn. A lot of porn. All the time.

    And there's nothing wrong with that. Except for the viruses.
    You just gotta know the right sites. :thumbup:
  • dlazz
    Automatik;1137479 wrote:If you get a virus, trojan, etc, you're a dumbass no matter what type of computer you're using.
    Wrong. A lot of viruses (including this one) use Java to inject their payload. Malicious ads are usually the culprit.
  • Automatik
    dlazz;1137496 wrote:Wrong. A lot of viruses (including this one) use Java to inject their payload. Malicious ads are usually the culprit.
    I don't go to sites with malicious ads.
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    Automatik;1137483 wrote:You just gotta know the right sites. :thumbup:
    Like ... ???
  • Commander of Awesome
    Automatik;1137500 wrote:I don't go to sites with malicious ads.
    How do you know ahead of time? lol at auto being a smug know it all once again.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Scarlet_Buckeye;1137503 wrote:Like ... ???
    limewire, imesh, kazaa, morpheus, napster
  • dlazz
    Automatik;1137500 wrote:I don't go to sites with malicious ads.

    The ads could be on simple websites such as Facebook. It only takes one malicious ad uploaded to Doubleclick and then you've got your code on a ton of websites.
  • hoops23
    I always laugh at the people on FaceBook who get hit with viruses and their wall is plastered with spam posts.
  • oletiger
    this one using flash updates
    http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hackers-hitting-macs-virus-industry-experts-202856151.html
  • dlazz
    "On Tuesday, Apple released a Java update in order to address a critical vulnerability that's being exploited to infect Mac computers with the Flashback Trojan horse."

    Java isn't Adobe.
  • Firad
    Return of the Mac?
    [video=youtube;uB1D9wWxd2w][/video]
  • said_aouita
    A lot of people like Apple because of it's marketing for the ignorant. Serious computer nerds will always stick to pc's, which are not proprietary.