There will be a significant rise in virus attacks on both the Mac and open-source platforms, according to renowned security expert, Eugene Kaspersky.
The co-founder and head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Labs claims that Vista’s lukewarm reception will drive more customers towards alternative platforms, making them a more attractive target for malware writers. ‘Home users are not so loyal to the OS. Not many of them are satisfied with Microsoft Vista,’ Kaspersky told PC Pro. ‘Some Windows users will switch to other OSes. Microsoft will not lose its dominance, but it will be reduced a bit.’
Kaspersky claims that Mac viruses are no more difficult to repel than Windows attacks, but says ‘it’s not so easy to find good [anti-virus] experts for non-Windows platforms.’
Open source presents more serious problems, however. ‘More people are watching open-source code, so they are more quick to find problems. If the people who make the fix are good guys,
that’s great; if they are bad guys, that’s a problem,’ Kaspersky warns.
Well I would say the argument either way is mute yes Mac’s have fewer viruses do to its lack of popularity but thats not to say that it won’t handle the problem better then Microsoft we simply don’t have any way to know that. So until we start seeing allot viruses made for a Mac we can only speculate on how well they would deal with the constant onslaught brought on by the internet miscreants.
This is too funny! I love it when people say that thier MAC doesn’t get viruses. And Hoe becuase of that thier MAc is better than a PC.