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[Phys-L] Re: email virus/worm



I keep receiving OS updates from Apple, the majority including security
updates. I suspect this represents a misplaced hope.

bc, using his brand new latest model 15" PowerBook G4, and only
experienced colds, flu, etc.

p.s. I didn't suggest all, just us list people, and as evidence from
Rick T's post few will take advantage of this fix.

Edmiston, Mike wrote:

Bernard Cleyet said... "You forgot the most important cure; switch t=
o
an Apple platform machine."

If we all switched to Apples, then the virus writers would start writ=
ing
worms and viruses that target Apples. The only reason they don't do =
it
now is because the Apple population is not high enough to make it
worthwhile. So, if telling us we should switch to Apples to avoid
viruses would actually convince most of us to do just that, then the
advice would ultimately end up being wrong, and Apple users would sta=
rt
going through the same crap the rest of us go through to buy and
maintain antivirus software, etc.

Be careful what you hope for.=20

Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Bluffton College
Bluffton, OH 45817
(419)-358-3270
edmiston@bluffton.edu

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