�Macs have viruses?�

I have received numerous emails, calls and more from PC users and recent Mac switchers claiming that I told them Macs don�t get viruses just a few months ago or that as a Mac user I finally get to join the crowd of security conscious PC users. All of you can go to hell. I know that�s a bit extreme but I would like to clarify a few things to those of you that have immense confusion on this whole Mac virus thing.

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The �worm� is not a security vulnerability in the Mac nor is it a virus at all. Apple has implemented things on its systems that help the spread of this worm but whether or not you will be infected with this is completely up to you. Mac users, if you receive a message called �latestpics.tgz� from one of your iChat buddies you have a few options. You can deny it because you have to wash the car and take the kids to the park or you can accept this and run this application so to infect your computer and delete crucial data and spend your weekend restoring your system from the most recent backup. You also have the pleasure of getting hate IMs from all of your iChat using friends that were in your address book after they get infected.

This worm only executes a command line script at the UNIX core level of your Macintosh that, put simply, screws some stuff up. This is not like a Windows computer when you receive this file and break the rule of opening attachments, you still have a password prompt asking you to enter your administrator password and you are given a visual readout of what application or script is requiring your password.

If you do all that the virus tells you and then get infected it is your own fault. I have almost 200 buddies in iChat and I have not received a message of �latestpics.tgz� yet but when I do, the first thing I�ll do is message them and ask if they just sent me a file. I suggest you do the same.