Re: OS X "Security" myths

In article <ByV0f.1735$y_1.517@edtnps89>, "Fred" <Fred@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever
> imagined.....
>
> http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=1798

So where is the malware for OS X?

You wintrolls can spin like tops all you want. But the fact remains;
there is currently no known malware for OS X.

--
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund
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