On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:01:30 -0600, Steve W. Jackson wrote:
>> "OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via iChat instant messaging software" [Feb 2=
006]
>> http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.ht=
ml
>> http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=3D2006-02=
1614-4006-9
>> 9
>>
>> http://www.securemac.com/
[Follow all the links]
>>
>> http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3D102379
> This proves that Sophos...
And Symantec?
> thinks worms are a sub-category of viruses,
> a claim with which I strongly disagree.
> I still believe that my original statement that there are *no* viruses=
> in existence for OS X is correct.
> All this does is take advantage of people's inattention.
Well, you should blame the liberal interpretation on me,
rather than on any AV companies, which probably have
used the term more strictly than have I.
When I see an OP ask whether some glitch might be due
to a virus, I take "virus" to mean "any malware";
otherwise it's like the cop squad which lets a thief
escape a mall, even though ordered to "cover all the exits,"
because of nit-picking over a technicality,
in which the thief actually escaped via an "Entrance" :)
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