EricYoung

Oregon

Graduate Student

I don't really understand how many media reporters have taken up the stance that a virus is finally on the Mac. First it is not a virus, and if you really want to log on to an administrator account on your machine, and do some damage, than you don't need malware! Seriously, the reason that mac fanboys say that macs don't have to worry about viruses, is well, because they don't. There has never been one, so why wouldn't a mac fan say they are not worried. I have never all of the sudden just left the surface of the earth and started flying like a bird, and as a result, I am not too worried about this happening. I would look pretty stupid trying to tie myself to park benches, while proclaiming "it only a matter of time until gravity will give up, then I will shoot into the air!!" A lot of people have also stated that the reason for there not being any mac viruses is because they have such a small market share. Well, there were several viruses for OS 9, and OS X is much more popular than OS 9. So the system became more popular and well known, and the hackers decided to stop writing viruses?? This is not logical! If the number of viruses was indeed related to popularity, then the number should have increased proportionally, not drop to zero!