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Originally posted by alf
I thought it was those damm pesky ad companies sticking stuff into my PC w/o consent. How is the OS involved

Do Macs not have no Spyware or Virus issues or are not as targeted due to the lower installed base?
Because Microsoft stuck so many backdoors into their system, for various reasons, and Apple did not.

MacOS is 100's of times more resistant to intrusions of all kinds than Windows.
Old 07-17-2006, 07:25 PM
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