viveka <me@karmanaut.com>:
> ... I've used and administered Macs for 10 years. I have never
>once seen a Macintosh virus in the wild. ...
I've *once* had one (which came in an attachment from a Singaporean
student, and which took some modest effort to get rid of). That's
despite intensive use since the second boatload in April 1984,
Internet-connected since 1990 at work and 1993 at home.
And yes I've been very slack about virus-protection as a result, i.e.
despite being a 30-year industry-veteran, I'm a clueless user!
Did you like the NSW Labor MPs explanation about having been a
trained programmer and IT manager in the 1980s, but being a clueless
user now? Admittedly it was an attempt to escape the gallows over
the apparent insider-hacking in the NSW Parliament; but it was more
credible than most things pollies say!
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