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RE: Did Apple Actually Market XProtect?
By jragosta on 9/1/2009 10:10:47 AM , Rating: -1
"You would not believe how many CEO's, CIO's, CPO's and CLO's all believe MAC is a more secure OS. Little do they know...."

Let's see. There are hundreds of thousands of WIndows viruses in the wild and zero OS X viruses. Seems to me that OS X is more secure.

No one ever said it was impossible for OS X to be hacked. But, as of today, the chances are infinitely greater that a windows user will receive a virus than a Mac user. So what kind of bizarre, deluded logic leads you to conclude that all those CEOs, CIOs, CPOs, and so on are wrong?

By SavagePotato on 9/1/2009 10:42:27 AM , Rating: 5
If aids is rampant in Africa it doesn't mean you are immune to aids because you live in Tasmania and haven't got it yet.

Point of fact it is an extremely insecure platform that has not been targeted by serious threats yet. This has been proven and confirmed by security experts time and again.(see pwn to own competition)

If apples market share shot up to 70% overnight and Mac's outnumbered Windows machines they would be attacked into the stone age and left in a smoking pile of ruin within a couple weeks.

RE: Did Apple Actually Market XProtect?
By StevoLincolnite on 9/1/2009 11:44:33 AM , Rating: 5
You make it sound as if using Windows you will get a Virus every 5 seconds of casual web surfing, which is false.

With the correct software, and the correct browsing precautions you are pretty safe.

The biggest way to not get a virus is to only visit Trusted websites, not websites which have Cracks for your shiny new PC game, or Pr0n websites to get a fix, and most of all don't open an email attachment which says: Earn1milliondollars.exe.txt

The biggest chances of getting a virus is through the stupidity of the person using the computer.

RE: Did Apple Actually Market XProtect?
By snbdr on 9/1/09, Rating: -1
RE: Did Apple Actually Market XProtect?


