David Coursey wrote an interesting article for eweek, talking about Mac viruses/malware, or more accurately, the lack thereof..

While I don’t agree with everything he says in the article (I don’t believe that any of the Mac OS’s security is due to the size of its installed base).. and it really annoys me that the editors at eWeek decided it would be good to pepper the article with links to articles they’ve ran in the past about Mac “security” issues (its not a OS security issue if they have physical access to the machine…. thats a case for needing better locks on your door).

Overall, what he says there echos what I’ve told my friends/family/co-workers/anyone within earshot for awhile now.. the main reason to run Anti-virus software is to play nicely with others..and prevent yourself from accidentally forwarding that email full of nasty windoze killing bugs on to every windoze user you know (if you want to intentionally forward it, that’s your call).

I’ve been using Macs off and on since 1984..and the only viruses I can ever remember having.. were microsloth Word macro viruses, and I haven’t seen one of those in years… the point? If you avoid M$ software.. you avoid viruses/spyware/adware/malware and just plain bad software..

More ecto/iTunesy goodness (this will probably be one of the last ones)

Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) from the album “The Sinister Urge” by Rob Zombie