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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?
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Alf, we both know you have a reason to be biased here.
Answer is, because the OS is flawed and allows it to happen.
Read below, the first is written by computer security consultant, published author, teacher at Washington U and columnist Scott Granneman.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/fed-talk/2004/Nov/msg00018.html
Now also ask yourself a question.
Why do virus writers do what they do? Answer is varied, cause mayhem, they have an axe to grind, their mother never told them she loved them etc...
One basic common theme is simply to prove that they can. It's ALL about the challenge.
Theirs is a very strange culture. They are highly intelligent and highly competitive individuals. They are accutely aware of the huge monetary and emotional damage that they cause but they continue to do it. They just don't give a s**t about you or me or anyone else, it's about earning respect in their community, gettin their props.
I for one do not believe that none, NOT A SINGLE ONE of these people has no motivation whatsoever to be the first one to do something that everyone is saying can't be done?
Lack of installed base is simply a convenient answer and is plain silly when you take the time to understand and appreciate the technological challenge involved AND the psychology of those involved.
Scott