Comments on: Black Hat Fingers Email As Easy Target http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/ Spam, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Phishing & Viruses from the Front Lines. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mick4394 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-459 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:24:49 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-459 In the coming months and years mac users may be eating their words. The use of Intel architecture will make a lot of things a lot easier than they were before, like cross platform hacking/viruses.<br> I relish the thought that someday smarmy mac users will have to crawl off their tiny clouds. In the coming months and years mac users may be eating their words. The use of Intel architecture will make a lot of things a lot easier than they were before, like cross platform hacking/viruses.
I relish the thought that someday smarmy mac users will have to crawl off their tiny clouds.

]]> by: Joshua Paine http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-458 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:34:56 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-458 Macs aren't immune, but they really aren't targetted, which is a heck of a lot better than nothing. Then again, I've been using Windows XP for a some time without anti-virus or anti-spyware and with nothing better than the built-in personal firewall (currently disabled because I was running an FTP server for my own use and it was too much bother) and I have not had a virus or spyware problem in almost 10 years. (I know XP came out in 2001--I used Windows 2000, 98, and 95 much the same way before that.)<br> <br> It helps that I'm suspicious of flashy free downloads, use(d) Netscape then Mozilla then Firefox/Thunderbird for my 'Net activities, and don't try to "borrow" copyrighted works from strangers over P2P. Macs aren’t immune, but they really aren’t targetted, which is a heck of a lot better than nothing. Then again, I’ve been using Windows XP for a some time without anti-virus or anti-spyware and with nothing better than the built-in personal firewall (currently disabled because I was running an FTP server for my own use and it was too much bother) and I have not had a virus or spyware problem in almost 10 years. (I know XP came out in 2001–I used Windows 2000, 98, and 95 much the same way before that.)

It helps that I’m suspicious of flashy free downloads, use(d) Netscape then Mozilla then Firefox/Thunderbird for my ‘Net activities, and don’t try to “borrow” copyrighted works from strangers over P2P.

]]> by: KB http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-457 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:07:54 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-457 blah blah... Macs are invincible.. yeah. blah blah… Macs are invincible.. yeah.

]]> by: Tony Swash http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-456 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:36:56 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/02/06/email_aacibfdcae_ch/#comment-456 It may be worth pointing out that as a Macintosh user none of the dangers so vividly described in your article apply. I have used many different Macs on the net without any virus protection installed for 15 years and my last virus infection was under the old MacOs 9 around 1995. What you describe is a Windows problem and could be solved by simply switching to a Mac. It may be worth pointing out that as a Macintosh user none of the dangers so vividly described in your article apply. I have used many different Macs on the net without any virus protection installed for 15 years and my last virus infection was under the old MacOs 9 around 1995. What you describe is a Windows problem and could be solved by simply switching to a Mac.

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