Reply #13: *YAWN* Oh puh-leeze [View All]

[Atman]

>"due to your using a system that I believe about 8% of people use"

What a load of crap.

No, it has nothing to do with market share and everything to do with crappy software. The e-mail is indeed an indication of the dreaded virus. An indication that some chump running a Winbox with your e-mail address somewhere in its mailbox got infected, NOT you. The e-mail made its way back to you because it glommed onto your address in the Winbox. When it turned out to be a fake address, it "returned" it to you. If you were running a Winbox, it would then do the same thing the people in YOUR mailbox, and send itself back out.

The Mac OS won't execute files the way Windows does. Period. Apple could have a 98% market share, and the OS still is infinitely less likely to "catch" a virus, simply because of the way the OS functions, not because of how many -- or few -- people own Macs. I don't own a Mac because it is pretty. In fact, mine is downright ugly. But it is fast, stable as a rock and I don't get viri. That works for me just fine.