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Symantec's self serving warnings


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:31:28 -0500


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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:31:00 -0500
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Subject: Symantec's self serving warnings

Symantec's self serving warnings

Fran Foo
ZDNet Australia
March 22, 2005, 13:10 GMT

Symantec has claimed that Mac OS X users are at risk from malware
attacks, and that this risk will only get worse. The questions is:
Why are they telling us this?

Apple has apparently become a victim of its own success - since Mac
OS X is gaining in popularity, Symantec expects it to become a target
for more attacks and intense vulnerability scrutiny.

This trend was published in Symantec's Internet Security Threat
Report for July to December 2004.

To back its claim, Symantec cited several reasons - ranging from Mac
OS X's heredity to attacking the intelligence of loyal Mac fans.

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http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39192261,00.htm



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