Viruses, Mac OS X, and File Permissions
by admin on Jan.28, 2012, under FreeBSD
A detailed look at how file permissions in Mac OS X’s Unix layer helps to protect users from viruses, malware, and spyware.
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January 28th, 2012 on 5:23 am
one word : Linux.
January 28th, 2012 on 6:13 am
@Iivaitte while Im at it, let me state I never once addressed computers running windows as “PCs”
that statement alone is ignorant, furthermore Im not a fan of windows, Im a fan of computers.
linux requires work, macintosh is to expensive, so in my opinion windows is most cost and time effective.
and lastly, you yourself have shown the ugly smug attitude I have talked about, everything from “BIG BOY windows PC” to your flaunting about “deep-knowlage”
January 28th, 2012 on 6:55 am
@bibbler227 your not even listening to what im saying, when there is a machine you ave a goal, if that goal can be met, your machine has served its purpose, then there’s also costs vs effectiveness, if you get more work out of it than the money you put into it, then it has served its goal effectively.
I honestly dont think its worth the price, and I think he mac consumers need to chill thats my only point.
January 28th, 2012 on 7:32 am
@Iivaitte No, your comments didn’t “bother me” not did you “debunk” anything. You just spewed out a bunch of nonsensical insults. My judgment that OS X is superior is based on years of experience and a deep knowledge of the inter-workings of the OS, not the bunch of shit that you posted. (Zealots, Nazis, “The only thing his company is good at”)…. Bottom line is, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
Go play games kid on your pretty BIG BOY PC.
January 28th, 2012 on 8:14 am
@bibbler227 whatever, this conversation didnt start this way and I really didnt want to go in this direction, you call me a kid, but just by replying you have shown that my comment effects you, a 50 year old man, I didnt say “everyone” zealots over mac, but a lot indeed do, Steve jobs is in fact a marketer, all I was trying to do was debunk the mac myths in one paragraph and address the problem, the systems fine, I honestly dont give a shit, its the smug attitude of the consumer I hate.
January 28th, 2012 on 8:51 am
@Iivaitte This video was obviously WAY over your head. Let’s face it, you don’t have the education or brains to understand this video so you just start ranting your PC Fanboy nonsense (Zealot, Nazis, Steve Jobs)….
I don’t need to convince anyone of anything. I was building my own PCs, administering in UNIX, and programming in C when you were in diapers kid. Run off now and play computer games on your BIG BOY Windows PC.
January 28th, 2012 on 9:19 am
if you reply to this, your a moron who thinks that u can convince people to switch to a broken system by making a comment on a video on youtube.
the fact of the matter is, people zealot over macs……,why, if they didnt NEED defending, then why are you defending the system, steve jobs is a marketer, he specializes in selling things, and thats the only thing his company is good at.
Im pretty sure the mac Nazis are gonna get me now.
January 28th, 2012 on 9:57 am
I disagree with the market share argument. The fact is Unix and Unix-like operating systems dominate the market, all markets except for the home workstation. If you really wanted a target rich environment you would target Unix.
January 28th, 2012 on 10:30 am
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January 28th, 2012 on 11:22 am
@highhow
Security was never seriously considered in the early versions of Windows, as they were designed for home computers at a time when the World Wide Web hadnt caught on, and such security later came as an afterthought. Rather than continuing the Mac OS line, Apple abandoned Mac OS and started off from scratch using by UNIX as the foundation for OSX. By having a stable and reliable OS at its core, OSX has a vastly superior design to Windows, which Microsoft struggles to modernize.
January 28th, 2012 on 12:04 pm
@highhow
While you are correct, saying that a user can avoid getting a virus by using common sense. The assumption that the foundations of OSX’s design had anything to do with the intelligence of its users is flat out wrong. OSX is derived from a well known OS called UNIX, which was mostly designed for networking purposes and as such security was and still is a very high priority.
January 28th, 2012 on 12:27 pm
@commodore256
Even if a Mac has a Windows partition with 9000 viruses. Not one of those Viruses could come even close to touching OSX.
January 28th, 2012 on 1:07 pm
@Iivaitte
Kid, you have no idea what your talking about. Give me evidence of this statement and we will talk.
January 28th, 2012 on 1:18 pm
@RaverAmbitions yeah fucking right, windows is build like a web, mac like a tower.
if one of windows strings get cut there is still a few strings keeping it up.
in mac, just like janga, just pull a brick and watch it tumble.
January 28th, 2012 on 1:36 pm
The day my “OSX is 100% secure” utopia died, was when i had my proof of concept trojan horse applescript finished – and that one didn’t require root privileges to run.
And i have to mention, i had absolutely NO coding background -
asking myself what some seriously skilled guys could do.
uploaded a proof of concept video a while ago, if you wan’t to see how it “works”.
January 28th, 2012 on 1:49 pm
@maw88ify
Mac OS X is 100% sandboxed.
January 28th, 2012 on 2:44 pm
Linux, and PC-BSD however can run on almost any PC … This means that Apple is not in any way the only ones not to get viruses … Plus if a Windows user was just to sand-box they would get viruses, and wouldn’t need anti-virus software… I know because I have Linux Ubuntu , and many other Linux , and BSD OSes and they just don’t get viruses… and the Windows I have is sand-boxed and it never gets viruses…
January 28th, 2012 on 2:58 pm
Isn’t Mr. Bits prime statement contrary to the multiple lawsuits that Apple and Microsoft filed back and forth?
January 28th, 2012 on 3:32 pm
I agree with you concerning the good security design that Unix was built on.
market share really doesn’t matter for exploiters, what matters it the security design of the system. If it is easy, then the exploits will appear.
January 28th, 2012 on 4:32 pm
cool story bro
January 28th, 2012 on 4:39 pm
why do every time I do update I get so much files that need repair, when I run repair permissions, it dont fix.
why is this happening, do this have to do with key chains??
January 28th, 2012 on 4:53 pm
even if you put windows on a mac, and windows gets the virus it would not touch mac os x because it 2 hard dirve
January 28th, 2012 on 5:10 pm
So patch it, and recompile the kernel. You can do that.