Getting a virus that uses your computer to send out spam without your knowledge is bad. Getting a virus that hides kiddie porn on your computer is much, much worse.
Apparently, paedophiles have started using viruses to hide their vile stash on strangers computers. And guess what? Nobody believes that it was a virus that put them there when those pictures are found.
People have ended up going to jail because the exams that courts do on your computer are so expensive, judges don’t like paying for them. And people have gone broke clearing their names.
The moral of the story? Use virus-protection software, and don’t go to shady sites on the web. Because, yikes. [ABCNews]
Jordan
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:33 AMOSX – 1up!
PG
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:14 PMI wonder when people start to understand that OSX is not more secure but rather less attractive as a potential target for those who write malicious code – small volume in relation to Windows’s population equals less probability of hitting one…
Andrew
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:37 PMYeah, not even virus writers can be bothered making their software mac compatible :P
Jack
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:47 PMAnd thus we are back to the original comment, OSX – 1up.
Either way, we aren’t getting viruses ;)
Ha
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:11 PMBut you also aren’t getting as much compatible software. Windows – 1up!
Adam
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11:13 AMthat really annoys me that comment because pretty much all windows software windows software works on osx with emulators and virtual OS’s
Happydude
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:50 PMeshays
Bob T
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:32 PMSo, where is the handy link to tell people how to scan their machines to make sure that haven’t already been dumped on?
gargravarr
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:34 AMGo ahead PC people – keep beating that tired old drum as you deal with this new threat. Windows (insert version here) – there’s a virus for that.