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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (55841)	8/13/2006 1:05:28 AM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213176

All of these links were to "proof of concept" or rumors, which you'd know if you were a little more diligent. Each one refers to a "possible" virus or a virus produced under lab conditions. None infected any Mac computers in the real world. Believe me if it happened I would know. But as each rumor came out it was methodically shot down. No one here will dispute it's POSSIBLE for a virus to infect OSX, but it hasn't happened yet. We've all heard it a million times. It's all bull so far.

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (55841)	8/13/2006 1:34:10 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

KIS - A virus has to be able to replicate itself without user intervention. The so-called Mac Virus that was reported in the stories to which you link could not do that. Here's a quote from one of those stories: "On the other hand, several saw this as a much more ominous sign for the Mac platform. However, this application itself is of a rather limited threat by the nature of its propogation -- and no particular Mac OS X vulnerability exists which allows the unimpeded transmission of a virus. Unless you specifically downloaded and launched this file, there is no way your Mac could have been infected." [emphasis mine] - Allen