>>Malware of any kind, be it viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, etc. to most of the public is the same thing and they can't differentiate the technical differences. If there's confusion here, imagine how confused everyone else is about this. Because of that, the public perception will be that the first "virus" is out there. In some ways, Apple's denial may not be the best way to deal with the inevitable first "real virus".<<
Inaflash -
The public perception that this is a "real virus" is close enough, as far as I'm concerned. Who cares if it's really technically a "worm"?
I agree that Apple shouldn't be denying that it's a virus. They should simply point out that it's a low level threat, but that it does point out that vulnerabilities exist on every platform. There's just no question that OS X is inherently more secure, but as someone else pointed out here, that "more secure" doesn't mean invulnerable.
The virus score is now Windows 100,000 (roughly), OS X 1. The Mac platform is woefully behind in terms of the availability of good viruses. This one is only a Level 1 threat! Pathetic. There are lots of excellent Windows viruses that cause real damage. As a Mac user, I'm embarrassed. ;-)
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