[NPMUG] Fwd: apple viruses

[Jennifer Landefeld]

And, comparatively, 20,000 in computing these days is a mighty small  
number.

By far, Apple Macintosh users pay for legit software. That has been  
studied and acknowledged. (-:

Patrick is correct. Viruses still aren't getting a foothold but Trojan  
horses have been around and will continue to be for whatever small  
portion of users either willingly or unintentionally try to install  
"non-standard" software.

-Jenn

On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Bruce Wells wrote:

> According to Intego’s numbers, more than 20,000 people have  
> downloaded the affected file, a number which also says something  
> about Apple’s ability (or desire?) to curb piracy of its proprietary  
> software.

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