02-16-2007, 05:33 PM
[quote Seacrest]A "hacker" who would successfully crack the Mac's security with a widespread, easily propagated virus would gain a ton of notoriety.
However, what real malware writers want these days is easy money, so they write malware that targets the platform that's EASIEST to exploit and which offers the most bang for the byte. Windows malware gets them bots and successful phishing attacks galore, so THAT's why it's targeted more than Macs.
That's what I say.
If it's so easy to write a virus or trojan that will bring down thousands of Macs, why hasn't someone with a grudge against or hatred of Macs done it yet?
However, what real malware writers want these days is easy money, so they write malware that targets the platform that's EASIEST to exploit and which offers the most bang for the byte. Windows malware gets them bots and successful phishing attacks galore, so THAT's why it's targeted more than Macs.
That's what I say.
If it's so easy to write a virus or trojan that will bring down thousands of Macs, why hasn't someone with a grudge against or hatred of Macs done it yet?