For example. You'll notice, of course, that you're opinion is in the minority in those threads and you've been conspicuously silent in them.
Mac users are in the miniority, with about 9%-10% of usage and 7% of non-server market share. But we're proud of our choice, aren't we (most of here are, anyway, I think?)
I've never even clicked on those threads before because I'm not drawn to the topic. The only reason why I'm involved now is because the topic was brought up in this thread, which had nothing to do with it originally.
But yes, spyware has been installed sometime, somewhere on a Mac OS X box. Whether it's tailor-made by a semi-legitimate software distributor or just SubSeven hidden inside another app's .pkg file, it's obviously out there. It's obviously been done. I know people that who made distributed.net client torjans that install via harmless looking .pkg files.
How the can you say there's no spyware for OS X? It boggles my mind. There is obviously a smaller number, but that's not what you're claiming.
"OS X is immune to worms"
"There are no Trojans in OS X"
"There's no spyware for Macs"
All these statements are utterly false, and it's not in anybody's best interest to allow these lies to persevere. A low count != non-existence.
Hell, even OpenSSL's source was compromised by a spyware-esque trojan last year.
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Originally posted by pensieve
So, we went from your saying that there IS spyware on the Mac, to do you know how easy it is to make?
I've taken this thread OT enough as it is. If you want to continue, maybe we can use the multiple threads asking this very question?
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For example. You'll notice, of course, that you're opinion is in the minority in those threads and you've been conspicuously silent in them.
Mac users are in the miniority, with about 9%-10% of usage and 7% of non-server market share. But we're proud of our choice, aren't we (most of here are, anyway, I think?)
But yes, spyware has been installed sometime, somewhere on a Mac OS X box. Whether it's tailor-made by a semi-legitimate software distributor or just SubSeven hidden inside another app's .pkg file, it's obviously out there. It's obviously been done. I know people that who made distributed.net client torjans that install via harmless looking .pkg files.
How the
"OS X is immune to worms"
"There are no Trojans in OS X"
"There's no spyware for Macs"
All these statements are utterly false, and it's not in anybody's best interest to allow these lies to persevere. A low count != non-existence.
Hell, even OpenSSL's source was compromised by a spyware-esque trojan last year.
EDIT: http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive.../msg00160.html -- Boomshakalaka.