By: mark schneider

mark schneider — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:50:23 +0000

Todd I think you nailed this one. Mac users are told by salespeople,pundits,and the old media that they don’t have to worry about being hacked. Many operate as admins. and never bother to turn on their firewall which is off by default in Leopard. Pretty soon, the hacker nation is going to realize Macs are the low hanging fruit on the tree, and have at it. I was also surprised that Ubuntu didn’t come with a firewall but one was easily installed in the latest 8.04 beta. Still Unix based OS’s are very hackable, either on a Mac or in Linux.

By: Travis Chillemi

Travis Chillemi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:07:45 +0000

I don’t think it is a platform issue. I think it is an ‘end-user ignorance’ issue. Most Mac users don’t have virus protection (a bad idea in my opinion) and a lot of Windows users do. The issue is that virus protection is a maintenance issue, not a one time fix. You HAVE to keep the virus definitions up to date. You HAVE to upgrade your scanning software from time to time. You HAVE to understand what the little boxes that pop-up are talking about. Do I want to allow “CreditCardNumberDuplicator.exe” access to the internet? Sure, as long as this pesky window gets out of my way. No matter which platform you are on, people need to be more responsible in maintaining their computers. Look, if you can’t change the oil in your car, you take it to a professional. The same should hold true for maintaining your computer.

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