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Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined

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On 4/2/13 5:05 PM, in article kjfrk8$i4c$1@dont-email.me, "Lusotec"
<nomail@nomail.not> wrote:

>>>> The bottom line: if you use Windows or Android you are at significant
>>>> risk of getting malware. If you use OS X, iOS, or desktop Linux you are
>>>> not.
>>> 
>>> You can add OS X to the list that are at significant at risk of getting
>>> malware with one of the largest malware outbreaks out side Windows, and
>>> one of the largest outbreaks percentage wise.
>> 
>> Dont be silly Lusotec. That was a one off and doesnt come close to the
>> malware infecting Android phones.
> 
> That "one off" was one of the largest malware outbreaks, in percentage of
> infected systems. Close to 1% of all active OS X systems were infected at
> one time. No Android and very few Windows malware ever had such a high
> percentage of infected systems, and even fewer infected at the same time.

Are you denying that Android and Windows users are much more likely to be
infected with malware than are OS X and iOS users?

>> Instead of going into denial and whining like a stuck pig why not be
>> constructive and try to help people stuck with 2.3 or riddled with
>> malware?
> 
> It is a bit hard to clean a Android system of malware since I have yet to
> come across such a situation. On the other hand, I have lost count to the
> number of infected Windows systems I have cleaned up.

At least you admit you are ignorant on how to deal with malware on Android.

>>> <http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_Confirms
>>> _Flashfake_Flashback_Botnet_Infected_more_than_600_000_Mac_OS_X_
>>> Computers_Describes_Ramifications_and_Remedies>
>>> 
>>> And Android can be "desktop Linux" so your statement is both wrong and
>>> illogical.
>> 
>> No it cant.
> 
> It can't? I must have imagined it then!

Your statement was made to contradict my claims... you tried another of your
pedantic BS and nobody is buying it.

You do this a lot. With stats where you were shown to be wrong, with your
disagreement with kernel.org and Linus Torvalds, and now this.

You are just running around whining and hoping to finally prove me wrong.
The funny thing is if you do I will just admit to it... after checking what
you say, of course. This is shown often - a recent example being TomB
showing my evidence about linux.org was incomplete and even incorrect. He
found some info to show this and I found even more. When I am wrong I admit
to it.

This is not a quality you have.

-- 
"In fact, the main goal of Linux might be called usability... the most
important thing is that it works well and people ... want to use it."
-- Linus Torvalds

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Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2013-04-02 09:09 +0100
  Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 09:45 +0100
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 08:47 +0000
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 07:04 -0700
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-02 17:03 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-02 11:21 -0500
        Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 13:21 -0400
        Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 18:42 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 18:41 +0100
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 06:49 -0700
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2013-04-03 01:05 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 17:29 -0700
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2013-04-03 11:14 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-03 07:23 -0500
  Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 06:44 -0700

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