"George Kerby" <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:C2085025.1A5C0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com...
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> On 2/26/07 3:12 AM, in article
> T5SdnSEwO8DuOX_YnZ2dnUVZ_vCknZ2d@hawaiiantel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
> <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:labolide-5B50EC.20590225022007@news.giganews.com...
>>> In article <nospam.m-m-5C3C66.20025225022007@newsread.uslec.net>,
>>> M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
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>>>> In article <cr84u2tli4g6jd6p3um2b2of5da6ojqvsd@4ax.com>,
>>>> Kent Wills <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Some
>>>>> owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is
>>>>> incapable of harbouring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them
>>>>> shell-shocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is
>>>>> real.
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>>>> Yea. Yawn. Name ONE Mac user who has ever had a virus in Mac OSX.
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>>>> Oh- right-- coming soon to a Mac near you.
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>>>> Let me know when I should be careful.
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>>> Yeah, me, too. 16 years+ and never a virus.
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>> That you *KNOW* of. If you are not runnign any AV, and the virus does
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>> manifest itself in an obvious way, you would not know it.
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>> You cannot claim that you have never had a virus. You have no way of
>> proving that, because your arrogant posts indicate that you don't run any
>> antivirus scanners.
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>> Head in the sand...
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>> Honu
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> A question: What are you talking about? Jeeze!


It's simple. You are not running any antivirus. Your computer could be
infected, and you would never know, *because you are not running any
antivirus software".

Most viruses do not announce themselves. Unless you have a way to detect
viruses, you cannot say with any certainty that there are no viruses on your
computer.

Honu