For those Mac users living in fantasy land..

davester

moonrakerz wrote: »

This story is spreading - like a virus :rotfl::rotfl:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13453497

Beat me to the post lol,

It was only a matter of time before this happened,

Whats funny is its an old skool virus, !!!!!! pics popups lol.

Time for Macboys to take off the Apple tinted glasses and see that a Mac is as insecure as any PC without security installed. Time for the Macboys to become men I think.

free4440273

our part-time resident Apple aficionados (and I too use Apple and windows both ) have been 'missing' for some time/ .....:whistle:

baconbuttieman

prefer old ubuntu myself

free4440273

baconbuttieman wrote: »

prefer old ubuntu myself

hello bbman :welcome to the mse :hello:

trets77

davester wrote: »

Beat me to the post lol,

It was only a matter of time before this happened,

Whats funny is its an old skool virus, !!!!!! pics popups lol.

Time for Macboys to take off the Apple tinted glasses and see that a Mac is as insecure as any PC without security installed. Time for the Macboys to become men I think.

Reply from a Macboy .

i have never taken my mac to be immune from malware , and take sensible precautions of Anti virus ect .

but come on ...one piece of Malware does not even come close to what PC users are assaulted with everyday .

davester

trets77 wrote: »

Reply from a Macboy .

i have never taken my mac to be immune from malware , and take sensible precautions of Anti virus ect .

but come on ...one piece of Malware does not even come close to what PC users are assaulted with everyday .

True but it highlights the fact alot of Macboys are obviously not protecting themselves for the cyber criminals to bother with them.

thescouselander

I'm well aware that my Mac is not immune but a few bits of malware aren't going to make me run out and buy Antivirus software. For me the disadvantages of antivirus still outweigh the risk as things stand. If the situation changes I might think about getting something then.

23n1th

Currently most apple users idea of security is this:



Head in the sand approach doesn't work for long.