Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!silver!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Re;"Curse-virus" orig.article Message-ID: <70038@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 5 Nov 90 19:47:10 GMT References: <90305.084851LK-AP@finou.oulu.fi> <1990Nov3.022808.6903@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> <1990Nov3.162807.3019@csvax.cs.ukans.edu> <4813@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Sender: news@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Lines: 17 *> I, too, have noticed that lack of actual proven viruses that have *>appeared around here on PC's. On the other hand, Macs do have a *big* *>problem with them. I don't know how many times I've scanned a disk on *>one of our systems here, and found that the disk needed to be "sanitized." *>Apparently, it is because of how the mac shares information or some such. *>(Never did like the buggers anyway... :^) We did have a rather bad outbreak of the Jerusalem B virus at our public clusters some time ago. But its true, Macs are so much more susceptible to viruses, and I think its more due to how the USERS behave (they are more likely to trade software than IBM users). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !