Any gurus out there know much about computer virus?

[NormanTheCow]

Is it true that most virus only attacks PC and not MAC? Or in another word, is Mac less virus-prone?

Thx.

 

[sirstarvsalot]

Yes, very less virus prone, simply because it is a vastly smaller market.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Not really a question for Hardware, it's perhaps a Software question or maybe Off-Topic since it's more about society than specific programs.

Consider: PCs have 95-97% of the market, so if you write one for the PC you have 20-30 times that chance of doing damage as you would with a mac virus.

 

[DaFinn]

Yeah, why would anybody bother to knock down what... 20 macs???

 

[NormanTheCow]

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Yeah, why would anybody bother to knock down what... 20 macs???

HAHAHAA

very true.



thx for the answers!

 

[dullard]

My memory is a bit hazy, but I think in the history of viruses, some of the pioneers were avid Apple users who were angry at PCs getting to be more popular. So they started writting viruses as a revenge against their hated PC-using enemies. Then they soon moved to writing and distributing user-friendly programs that let more PC bashers easilly create variations of their viruses to more easilly infect PCs. So right from the beginning PCs had more viruses.

Now things have gotten to the point mentioned above - if you want to do damage, you'll have a much better chance damaging the company with the larger market share.

 

[Whitedog]

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g e n e r a l - h a r d w a r e - i s s u e

virus is an O S - i s s u e