Re: Mac viruses are easy to make...

In article <2006082518470275249-micron@invalidnet>,
Michelle Ronn <micron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-08-25 09:23:00 -0700, Edwin <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> said:

... just write malicious workflows for Automator...

Yes, they are easy to make. The devil is in the distribution....

I'm not speaking to Edwin here, as he is too far gone to bother with.
But for those interested:

By definition a 'VIRUS' must be able to:
1) Infect a computer all by itself
AND
2) Self-replicate
AND
3) Spread itself from one computer to another.


You can't write a virus in automator. End of story.

There has NEVER been a virus for Mac OS X. The closest anyone has come
has been the TROJAN HORSE called 'Oompa Loopa' or Leap-A which was
unable to infect anything. But if a user were fooled into opening it
then it would THEN infect their system, and self-replicate, and send
itself over iChat to other computer's on the original computer's LAN
(NOT the Internet) and try to fool someone there to also open it.

Please read my post from two days ago called:

"Mac vs. Windows Security: Mac Benefits Explained"

This is one of a series of posts on the subject coming up.

Why do I write about Mac security? So people understand just how GOOD IT
IS, and understand just how lame anti-Mac security FUD is. Hopefully
everyone already knows that Windows security is an outrageously
expensive catastrophe.

:-D

--
Fortune Magazine, 11-29-05: What's your computer setup today?
Frederick Brooks: I happily use a Macintosh. It's not been equalled for ease
of use, and I want my computer to be a tool, not a challenge.
<http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363107/>
[Frederick Brooks is the author of 'The Mythical Man Month'. He spearheaded
the movement to modernize computer software engineering in 1975]
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Relevant Pages

  • =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_Macarena_-_Neuer_Trollvirus_f=FCr_Mac?=
    ... Further details have been published regarding the 7th piece of malware for Mac OS X, named OSX.Macarena. ... The compiled malware has zero ability to infect anything beyond its enclosing directory. ... Therefore, the malware is not viable in the wild, is unable to perpetuate itself beyond one folder, and therefore does not qualify the moniker of 'virus'. ...
    (de.comp.sys.mac.misc)
  • Re: Nimda on Mac?
    ... Subject: Nimda on Mac? ... Because the email attachments are exe files, it is not possible to infect a ... Mac which does not have some Windows emulation abilities installed. ... Regarding yesterday's discussion of effects of the nimda virus on a Mac, ...
    (Incidents)
  • Re: You Knew Was Coming Or...
    ... There it is a Mac virus in the wild. ... infected didn't have to give the virus special permission. ... infect other macs? ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: You Knew Was Coming Or...
    ... There it is a Mac virus in the wild. ... propagates far and wide on mac os x, because then all these stupid false ... infect other macs? ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: MOSX Virus Not Viable On The Internet / WinTrolls In Denial
    ... Mac OS X exploitable security hole of any kind. ... whom it hopes are stupid enough to download the virus and do ... Windows security hole crawling viruses Windows users put up with in the ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)