On 25/08/2010 16:28, Peter Foldes wrote:
> David
>
> You are a hard headed ignoramus. Give it up already. Macs can and do get
> infected on a much smaller rate than PC's but they do get infected.
> Advertising by Apple even HINTING that they do not is not right. It is
> worded on the Mac page as to sound they are not is a very clever
> marketing ploy and the way it is put forward to the public sounds
> different . But if you any resemblance of intelligence then you can read
> between the lines in the advertising that it is not the case completely
> as presented
>
>
> One of many links that touch on Mac's and viruses
> http://antivirus.about.com/od/macint..._Resources.htm
>
>
> Using Bing as your search engine type in Mac and viruses and you will
> have 75,800,000 results confirming what you are squawking against
>
>

I'm not quite as ignorant as you perceive Peter. I *am* aware that *any*
computer /can/ be infected - it is a machine and thus imperfect!

Interestingly ........

Security Update 2010-005 (Snow Leopard) was issued this *very* day!

"Security Update 2010-005 is recommended for all users and improves the
security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated
into this security update."

Ref: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1094

--
Dave - SeaNymph (on SE) will no doubt be interested in the perceived
need to "read between the lines"!