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Is Mac OS X really safer from virus attacks?

In his latest column for the Baltimore Sun, David Zeiler takes a look at the current state of virus problems for Windows and Mac users. Is Mac OS X really more secure, or are hackers simply ignoring the Mac and focusing on Windows machines? “As the latest Microsoft Windows infection spread across the Internet last week, knocking out thousands of PCs in homes and businesses, Macintosh users did what they usually do during a computer virus outbreak — they continued working.” Update: Sam Diaz has written a similar article for the Mercury News — “Mac users watch from sidelines.”

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