Actually, it's more of a Microsoft issue. Both their Operating System and
Software Applications (MS Office, Outlook, Exchange, IE) use technology
that is vulnerable (i.e.,VB). It's a double edged sword - in their effort
to make both the s/w and o/s intergrated, they expose themselves to
viruses ("yes, I'm over simplifying). For this reason, I use Lotus Notes,
and rarely ever get infected (once in 8 years). I can even open an
infected files to look at it without running them!
>Pete,
>If MACs had anywhere the following that the Windows machines did there
would be viruses being written for them as >well. But no self respecting
cyber
>terrorist would waste his time writing viruses for a platform which is so
insignificant that comparatively little >damage could be caused!
>Joe
>Pete & Aprille Chadwell wrote:
>
> >Lately, I have been receiving a great deal of infected email
> >messages. Today when I first pulled up my email, I had 32 messages,
> >nine of which were
> >infected.
> >
> >Thank God for Norton Anti Virus.
>
> Or how about 'Thank God for Macintosh.'
>
> --
> Pete Chadwell
> Power Macintosh G4/400 Mac OS 9.2.2
> Power Macintosh 7200/75 Mac OS 8.6
> Macintosh Plus
> 1973 Triumph TR6
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