Are Macs less secure than PCs?

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"It’s a common belief that Macs are more secure than personal computers
using Microsoft’s Windows. But a new study comparing the number of
flaws in Apple’s and Microsoft’s operating systems suggests that the
opposite might be true..."

Wall Street Journal: http://easyurl.net/MacSecurity
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LOL! You're an idiot! Go a head, point out ACTUAL ATTACKS. Didn't think so.
 
Exactly. It is called a "blended defense". The same reason our e-mail gateway
runs one anti-virus product and the mail servers run a different one. It
doesn't mean one is less secure than the other, it is part of an overall
security strategy (unless you are talking about McAfee, which sucks). I KID.
I KID. ;)
 
Nomen Nescio said:
"It's a common belief that Macs are more secure than personal computers
using Microsoft's Windows. But a new study comparing the number of
flaws in Apple's and Microsoft's operating systems suggests that the
opposite might be true..."

Wall Street Journal: http://easyurl.net/MacSecurity
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The question is are Mac users more secure than windows users.
I think the answer up until now is yes.
 
That ZDNet is owned by M$ may or may not be factually true, but
certainly it is contextually true.

Siths at the evil empire have been mind controlling ZDNet for years.
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Unless they put out an article that is positive to Apple. Then they
are the fount of wisdom and purity.
(It's not that much different than how the Jedi at Apple have been
mind controlling PCWorld.)

It's well documented that ZDNet is filled with M$ shills:

Seehttp://www.roughlydrafted.comand search for ZDNet.
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There's your problem. Roghly Drafted is full of crap.
 
PC Guy said:
Apple's security is no better or worse than Microsoft's. The two are
essentially the same.
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Back it up there WinBiased. Show us where the "insecure nature" of the
Mac OS has resulted in attacks where data was stolen/lost.
 
Andre said:
The last time I checked, operating systems are designed and developed
by humans and the same people who try to infiltrate them are called
humans too.
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Heh! I thought that the notion "Computers can only do what humans can do..."
died many years ago.

Computers are, in large measure, designed by other computers. Infiltration
can, and often is, done by other computers running "brute force" attacks.
 
Jim said:
Back it up there WinBiased.
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Already done. No surprise you still don't get it.
Show us where the "insecure nature" of the Mac OS has resulted in attacks
where data was stolen/lost.
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I didn't characterize OS X as "insecure nature". I clearly said it was no
better or worse than Microsofts. That the two are essentially the same.
 
PC Guy said:
Already done. No surprise you still don't get it.


I didn't characterize OS X as "insecure nature". I clearly said it was no
better or worse than Microsofts. That the two are essentially the same.
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Dance, dance, dance and dance some more.
 
PC Guy said:
Already done. No surprise you still don't get it.


I didn't characterize OS X as "insecure nature". I clearly said it was no
better or worse than Microsofts. That the two are essentially the same.
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Jim is such a Dunce, that he argues a point that has nothing to do with the
OP. He's a drunken ZERO.
 
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