On 2/26/07 3:03 AM, in article
w92dnbPiTrTwP3_YnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@hawaiiantel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

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> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com...
>> In article <12u2jugkmgp6k88@corp.supernews.com>,
>> "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
>> <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>>> <xavier-onassis@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:fbWdnaFANMYJFQnYnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>> That URL is a prank. You are about to see some explicit sex video
>>>
>>> Nowadays, you have to be very wary of going to a website that's a
>>> 'prank'. The bastards are making websites that do driveby virus
>>> installation. Your PC ends up becoming another bot on a botnet. Or
>>> worse, it installs a key logger and your identity gets stolen, along
>>> with your bank account.
>>
>> Or you can own a Mac and laugh at all this stuff.
>
>
> Talk about prank! The fallacy that Macs are immune from viruses and
> exploits is so much bull-hocky. Macs (and OS-X) are absolutely no more
> impervious to these attacks than are PCs; it is simply that almost all the
> exploits are against the PC, which account for 96% of all computers sold.
> If Macs were 97% of the computers sold, it would be Macs being attacked and
> PC users saying "get a PC". I love the look on the face of a Mac owner that
> has brought his/her machine in for a problem, and we tell them it was
> infected...they actually believe that their machines are "impervious". This
> false sense of security is laugable, and dangerous.
>
>
> Honu
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