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There are OS X viruses out there. Linux would be harder because of an increased fragmentation and systems being more up-to-date generally (especially since linu
by esbwhat 14y ago
There are OS X viruses out there. Linux would be harder because of an increased fragmentation and systems being more up-to-date generally (especially since linux is commonly used on servers, and thus held up to a different standard of security in first place)
On windows or mac, getting a virus to run is generally just a matter of packaging it with some downloadable software. In linux, pretty much everything is available through package managers. You can't just throw a virus into a torrent for photoshop or whatever.
That being said, I'm by no means an expert.
- randomdata 14y agoThey certainly exist, but nobody has successfully created one that has spread to the levels seen on Windows system. That's really what I'm referring to: Something that would cause panic in the media, so to speak. Code that attacks a small handful of systems isn't particularly interesting to anyone, no matter what platform it targets, Windows included.
- jpxxx 14y agoI respectfully disagree. Fully functioning and frequently self-replicating malware does now exist in the wild for the Mac platform. I've seen drive-by website infections, malicious software installs using social attacks, and malicious attachments infecting Office. When Flashback alone infecting the better part of one million Macs, it is now newsworthy.