Re: Blackworm: those who forget the past...

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

> Date sent:            Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:09:37 -0500
> From:                 TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com>
>
> > At the time, I was surrounded by Macs at work, and at home I ran a
> > BBS.  
>
> I recall, slightly before that time, that there were relatively few Mac viruses in 
> comparison to those on DOS--but Mac environments had infection rates that we, 
> in the DOS world, never thought possible ...
 
I recall, back then, thinking that this might have to do with the fact 
that macs had a lot of auto-execute stuff, whereas Dos didn't. Windows, of 
course, has rectified this security flaw imbalance.

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