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Originally Posted by Intel_man
Because if someone actually takes the step of releasing widespread virus for mac's, you're screwed until developers find a way to stop them.
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Even this statement is not true in the sense that you think it is. Unix, POSIX, and standard permissions do not allow software to just run if it will modify the system. While, it is not bullet proof, it is damn near close. So, you would have to give a virus authorization to install itself on the first place, or the virus itself would have to use brute force or dictionary attacks.
Even then, it is near impossible for it to self propagate. While it isn't impossible, if there actually were viruses floating around in the wild for Unix/Linux OSes, it would be very hard for it to do what it does to windows.